Eric Bantegnie is the CEO and Founder of Embedded Venture Partners, an investment and management consulting firm specializing in deep tech since 2016. In 2000, he founded Esterel Technologies, a worldwide leading provider for mission and safety-critical embedded software and systems application development tools. Esterel was acquired by ANSYS, Inc. in 2012, where Eric became Vice President. Before Esterel, Eric was the President and CEO of Simulog, a high-tech software and services company specializing in high-tech industries for simulation, and also created the Simulog Technologies start up (now DISTENE), specializing in mesh technologies.
Eric has led various organizations through his career such as DYADE, an R&D joint venture and the Embedded France Professional Association. He has served as member and director of various boards including Syntec Numérique, Kalray, Trust In Soft, Modelon and Krono Safe.