# Benjamin Netter

> Benjamin Netter is a French entrepreneur and software developer, co-founder and CEO of Riot. Previously a co-founder of the European lending platform October, he started Riot after a phishing incident exposed an employee-security problem. His earlier projects included travel applications, and Riot participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Riot
- **Organizations:** Riot, October, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Software engineering, EPITECH - European Institute of Technology, Artificial intelligence studies; visiting year, Concordia University, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Foursquare Global Hackathon winner in 2011., Co-founded October and Riot., Led Riot through its Winter 2020 Y Combinator participation and 2025 Series B.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Won Foursquare’s global hackathon with a travel-planning app.
- **2014** — Released Somewhere and co-founded Lendix, later renamed October.
- **2014–2018** — Chief technology officer at October.
- **2018–2019** — Chief product officer at October.
- **2019** — Built an early Riot phishing-simulation tool alongside his work at October.
- **2020** — Riot joined Y Combinator’s Winter batch; Netter became its CEO.
- **2025** — Riot announced a $30 million Series B led by Left Lane Capital.
- **2026** — Described a Paris hub strategy for European expansion.

## Achievements

- Foursquare Global Hackathon winner in 2011.
- Co-founded October and Riot.
- Led Riot through its Winter 2020 Y Combinator participation and 2025 Series B.
- Listed in Institut Choiseul’s 2026 Choiseul 100 publication.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Discussed execution, recruiting and the transition from CTO to CEO on Dans la tête d’un CEO, episode 272.
- **2026-02** — Maddyness reported Riot’s Paris-based European expansion strategy, 140 employees and more than two million employees protected at that time.
- **2026-01** — Named as Riot CEO in Business France’s official French delegation catalogue for Davos 2026.
- **2025-02** — Announced Riot’s $30 million Series B and international expansion ambitions.

## Links

- Website: https://tryriot.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b-netter/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benjaminnetter
- GitHub: https://github.com/bnetter

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