About
Benedikt Franke is a General Partner at Emergence Ventures and a former founder of Helpling and Planetly.
General Partner, Emergence Ventures
Benedikt Franke is a General Partner at Emergence Ventures, which invests in early-stage venture funds and makes direct co-investments. His investment work follows a career building technology companies. He co-founded household-services marketplace Helpling and served as its Co-CEO before founding climate-software company Planetly with Anna Alex.
Planetly developed tools for businesses to calculate and reduce carbon emissions. OneTrust acquired the company in 2021, after which Franke worked as a General Manager at OneTrust. His experience spans marketplace operations, sustainability software, acquisitions and early-stage investing, bringing an operator’s perspective to his work with emerging fund managers.
Experience Benedikt brings to founders
- Marketplace operations
- Climate software
- Early-stage investing
- Acquisition integration
Operating and investing experience
A selection of companies and roles connected to Benedikt Franke.
Ventures
Emergence Ventures
General Partner
Helpling
Co-founder and former Co-CEO
Planetly
Founder and former CEO
OneTrust
Former General Manager
Highlights
- Co-founded Helpling.
- Founded Planetly, which OneTrust acquired in 2021.
- Moved from company building into fund investing at Emergence Ventures.
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Benedikt Franke is a General Partner at Emergence Ventures and a former founder of Helpling and Planetly.
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