Richard Yen

Director/Board Member at

Benson Acquisition LLC

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Richard Yen is currently a Director at Benson Acquisition LLC and an Advisor at SignalFire Management Services LLC.
He previously worked as a Director at Astoria Software, Inc., a Managing Director at Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity), a Vice President at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Principal at D.
E.
Shaw & Co. LP, an Associate at KIT Capital, a Principal at Rustic Canyon Partners, and a Principal at Blueprint Ventures LLC.
Mr. Yen holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard Yen active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Benson Acquisition LLC Benson Acquisition LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Organizes and conducts educational programs	Director/Board Member	31/01/2011
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses across a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, later and growth transactions with an investment size of USD 5 - 20 million. The firm acts as a lead investor. It also makes follow-on investments.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Richard Yen

Companies	Position	End
Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Saban Capital Group invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in early and late-stage transactions. The firm acquires a minority interest and controlling position.	Private Equity Investor	01/01/2018
Blueprint Ventures LLC Blueprint Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blueprint Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on software systems and silicon components. It participates in seed and early stage capital requirements.	Private Equity Investor	31/05/2008
Rustic Canyon Partners Rustic Canyon Partners Investment ManagersFinance Rustic Canyon Partners seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States primarily in California State. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of digital media, e-commerce, consumer online services and SaaS. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
KIT Capital KIT Capital Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides merchant banking services	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/08/2002
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	12
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services	Finance
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance DESCO employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools to uncover independent, hard-to-find sources of return across global public and private markets. Their investment activities may be divided into three broad categories—systematic strategies based on quantitative and computational techniques, discretionary strategies based primarily on human analysis, and hybrid strategies that combine systematic and discretionary approaches to investing.	Finance
Astoria Software, Inc. Astoria Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software applications for structured document management	Technology Services
Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Saban Capital Group invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in early and late-stage transactions. The firm acquires a minority interest and controlling position.	Finance
KIT Capital KIT Capital Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides merchant banking services	Finance
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Akimbo Systems, Inc. Akimbo Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides internet delivered video entertainment programming services	Technology Services
Rustic Canyon Partners Rustic Canyon Partners Investment ManagersFinance Rustic Canyon Partners seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States primarily in California State. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of digital media, e-commerce, consumer online services and SaaS. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Blueprint Ventures LLC Blueprint Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blueprint Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on software systems and silicon components. It participates in seed and early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Benson Acquisition LLC Benson Acquisition LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Organizes and conducts educational programs	Commercial Services
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses across a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, later and growth transactions with an investment size of USD 5 - 20 million. The firm acts as a lead investor. It also makes follow-on investments.	Finance