Ben Constanty
Toronto, Canada
Ben (Benoit) Constanty is an entrepreneur, investor, and board member of several companies.
Ben started out as an oil consultant at Total before transitioning into asset financing in the telecommunications industry with the French group Global Concept in 2011. In 2013, he leaves Paris and embarks on a year-long spiritual journey across Asia. He cofounds Wetel in 2014, a company offering financing services for information technology infrastructures to enterprises, capitalizing on his expertise and network in the space. The company formed strategic partnerships with major financial institutions like BNP Paribas and Grenke and rapidly expanded into a team of 40 in its second year. Ben relocates to Toronto and exits the company in 2018.

He bootstrapped 10+ businesses, experiencing both success and failure.

Among them, BME Care, an e-commerce company focused on selling protective equipment, working with clients such as Dior, Rolls-Royce, Vivendi, Nokia, and many more. The project generated $7M in 7 months during the pandemic and was acquired by Sourcing Force, a sourcing company, in 2021.

He co-founded Smartlink, the first on-chain escrow gateway for e-commerce. The project raised $4M and has partnered with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).

Ben built Vortex, a decentralized exchange on the Tezos platform backed by the Tezos Foundation. The exchange grew to $10 million TVL in a few days, with no institutional money. The project was acquired by Equisafe.

Ben is the founder and current CEO of The Blox, a startup accelerator based in Paris and Toronto. Its portfolio has 22 startups that have raised $27M collectively in the last year.

Ben is also a co-founder and active member of Metacircle, Europe's first Metaverse Think Tank. Founding members include top-tier projects such as RTFKT, The Sandbox, Exclusible, Arianee, and 100+ members.

Ben began his academic journey in law at the University of Bordeaux, but his aspirations for entrepreneurship and practical knowledge led him to quickly pivot, ultimately graduating in business and negotiations.
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