Benjamin JOFFE

Benjamin JOFFE is a Partner at HAX the world’s most active early stage investor in hardware startups with over 200 investments including robotics, IoT, consumer and health tech. HAX is part of SOSV, a unique seed fund with a deep tech focus, creator of vertical accelerator programs with milestone-based investment.

As a thought leader on hardware, IoT, and innovation ecosystems, Benjamin is a contributor to Forbes, TechCrunch and VentureBeat, and was featured in numerous media including Nature, WSJ, Bloomberg and WIRED. He also spoke at over 200 events in over 20 countries, including TechCrunch Disrupt and two TEDx. His presentations and annual “Hardware Trends” report collected over 1 million online views.

Born in France, Benjamin trained as an aerospace engineer before turning to corporate strategy and Asia, where he has lived since 2000, mainly in China and Japan.