Capital, policy and technology, from the same seat.
Michael Benezra is Partner, North America at Crewstone International, a globally active private equity firm, where he focuses on transactions across consumer, financial services, life sciences and commercial real estate.
He is also founder and CEO of Signal87 AI, which turns municipal codes, ordinances and public records into searchable, question-driven knowledge bases with cited answers, so city staff and residents get clear answers instead of dense legal text.
Before moving into investing, he served as Israel's Consul for Innovation & Economic Affairs in New England, working with governors, state economic development teams and federal officials on trade and investment. He went on to co-found the GK Fund, a Boston nonprofit closing the racial wealth gap in startup funding. He holds a master's degree in government from Harvard University.