Benjamin Wainstain leads the 45M€ seed investment fund at Demeter Partners, a leading European cleantech-focused private equity firm, which he joined in early 2012. He has been working in early-stage venture capital since 2007 and serves as Director for several companies including I-TEN, OpenField, NawaTechnologies, Qualisteo, Ideol, Cogebio and Microphyt. Prior to joining the venture capital community, Benjamin has spent several years as a management consultant at BearingPoint where he advised large corporations in their organization and business strategies. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, holds a MSc in Environmental technologies from ENGREF, Paris, and a MSc in bioinformatics from Marseille University.