# Paul Benigeri

> Paul Benigeri is the co-founder and CEO of Archive, an AI-powered influencer and user-generated-content marketing platform he launched with Geoffrey Woo in 2021. A Stanford computer-science graduate raised in Paris, he spent his early career writing code at First Round Capital and RockMelt before scaling growth and engineering at the nutrition company HVMN. Archive grew from a Shopify app that auto-captured Instagram Stories into a platform used by brands like Quest, Allbirds and Hexclad, raising roughly $12M-plus and reaching a reported $100M valuation in about 18 months while staying lean and remote-first.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Archive
- **Organizations:** Archive, HVMN (Health Via Modern Nutrition), Backslash, First Round Capital, RockMelt
- **Nationality:** French / American
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Stanford University, Secondary education, British School of Paris
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Archive to a reported $100M valuation in roughly 18 months, Raised approximately $12M+ from Stripe, Tiger Global, Human Capital, Battery Ventures and others, Archive reached 500+ customers within months of launch

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Intern at First Round Capital, helping build the First Round Network in Ruby on Rails
- **early career** — Intern at RockMelt; software engineering work including at Dancing Astronaut
- **college** — Co-founded Backslash and coordinated the BASES Startup Career Fair at Stanford
- **2014** — Graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Computer Science
- **pre-Archive** — VP of Growth & Engineering at HVMN, scaling e-commerce and engineering
- **2021** — Co-founded Archive with Geoffrey Woo; raised $4M seed led by Stripe
- **2022** — Raised $8M seed extension co-led by Tiger Global and Human Capital at a reported $100M valuation

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Archive to a reported $100M valuation in roughly 18 months
- Raised approximately $12M+ from Stripe, Tiger Global, Human Capital, Battery Ventures and others
- Archive reached 500+ customers within months of launch
- Archive ranked #1 trending app on Shopify during its launch week
- Built a profitable, lean, fully-remote company serving brands like Quest, Allbirds and Hexclad
- Customers collectively drive a reported 1.6 billion organic social impressions

## Latest updates

- **2022-03** — Closed an $8M seed extension co-led by Tiger Global and Human Capital, reportedly valuing Archive at $100M.
- **2023** — Archive reported profitability with roughly $2.5M in annual revenue and expanded into AI-driven influencer discovery and social listening.

## Links

- Website: https://archive.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benigeri
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benigeri
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benigeri/

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