Nathan Benaich
Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, an AI-focused venture firm.
Nathan Benaich is the Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a London-based venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage AI-first companies, which he launched around 2019–2020. Before founding Air Street, he was an investor at Playfair Capital in London (where he led the seed round in Mapillary, later acquired by Facebook) and a Venture Partner at Berlin's Point Nine Capital from 2017. He holds an MPhil and PhD in computational and experimental cancer research from the University of Cambridge, funded as a Gates Cambridge and Dr. Herchel Smith Scholar, following a biology degree at Williams College. Benaich co-authors the widely cited annual "State of AI Report" and co-founded the RAAIS and London.AI conferences connecting AI researchers and practitioners.
Overview
- Role
- Founder & General Partner, Air Street Capital
- Based in
- London, UK
- Prior experience
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Frequently asked
- Who is Nathan Benaich?
- Nathan Benaich is the Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a London-based venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage AI-first companies, which he launched around 2019–2020. Before founding Air Street, he was an investor at Playfair Capital in London (where he led the seed round in Mapillary, later acquired by Facebook) and a Venture Partner at Berlin's Point Nine Capital from 2017. He holds an MPhil and PhD in computational and experimental cancer research from the University of Cambridge, funded as a Gates Cambridge and Dr. Herchel Smith Scholar, following a biology degree at Williams College. Benaich co-authors the widely cited annual "State of AI Report" and co-founded the RAAIS and London.AI conferences connecting AI researchers and practitioners.
- What is Nathan Benaich's role?
- Nathan Benaich is Founder & General Partner, Air Street Capital, based in London, UK.
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Nathan Benaich is the founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a computational cancer researcher by background; Air Street's $17M debut fund was backed by Twitter, Google's Jeff Dean, and Supercell's Ilkka Paananen.
CNBC: Twitter, Supercell, Google's AI boss back Nathan Benaich's Air StreetVerified2020-11-03 - 2
Nathan Benaich holds an MPhil and PhD in computational and experimental cancer research from the University of Cambridge (Gates/Herchel Smith Scholar) and a BA in biology from Williams College.
nathanbenaich.com: Nathan Benaich, Air Street CapitalVerified2026-08-06