Jonathan Benassaya

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur, having founded and run 4 companies since he was 23. He started his first company, VIGAO, back in 2003. VIGAO became a leader in video game market research. Convinced of the massive shift of this industry towards online games, he founded Magicparty in 2005. Magicparty became a leading technology provider for in-game advertising. He moved the company to China in 2006 and eventually sold it to NGI Corporation in Beijing the same year. In 2007, he co-founded Deezer.com the French largest music service. When he left the company in November 2010, Deezer reached 7M monthly visitors and 500,000 subscribers to its paid service. At Deezer, Jonathan learned to manage relationships with the music industry, negotiate licensing deals, monetize the audience and position Deezer as the major music brand in France.

Jonathan is involved as a mentor at the Founder Institute and is a business angels.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Jonathan Benassaya has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 10, 2007, when Deezer raised €14.70M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Oct 10, 2007 Deezer Series B €14.70M Apps Detail