Kurt Benjamin Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Corporate Advisory/Capital Formation/Business Development/Mortgage Company Investor/Marketing/Lead GenerationHCP has varied interests that span over the past 20 years from Financial Technology to Brand Managment. HCP has been a key provider to the Hedge Funds sector primarily in Distressed Debt, Distressed Real Estate and Venture Capital raising approximately $700 million USD for Hedge Funds and an additional $250 plus million USD for an array of business ventures ranging from Fintech,Restaurants, Real-Estate, Art to a Digital Coupon Company. I am a Member of the American Association of Investment Management Executives (AIMSE)From 2009-12 I focused on the dislocation in the residential real estate market securing approximately 68 million USD in debt and equity financing for "Non Performing Note" purchases with Starwood Capital. I further took aim at the residential mortgage industry creating joint ventures with (NYSE Ellie Mae) and PRMI that continue to thrive today. I have developed foundational lead generation/distribution programs with major US online portals fueling industries in Credit, Solar and Mortgage with an emphasis on the ever changing compliance landscape. I have led investments in numerous structured P.I.P.E transactions while playing a pivotal role in restructuring and developing the companies, two of which are now prominent Bio Tech fims one in Cancer Research the other "Oxidative Stress Research". In all, my fund and myself invested in nearly 100 public company transactions. I either serve or have served on the Boards of SNB National Bank NA, Upledge.com, The Alliance of College Ready Charter Schools, NeuroGum, Yowza, Brentwood Hills HOAI support other philanthropic organizations such as National Parkinson’s Foundation, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and The GRAMMY Museum where my wife and I am Executive Circle Level Donors.

Los Angeles California

SurePaths-BDS LLC began as a pure data driven business focused on driving solutions to our many partners in regard to optimizing the value of under utilized data. We have forged our brand with a strong emphasis on compliance in all aspects of what we do. BDS also operates a number of consumer facing websites that drive business to our many data partners and other related vender relationships. Our goal is to build mortgage company pipelines with transparent reporting while directing deserving consumers to compliant options that educate and improve their overall borrowing health.

Greater Los Angeles Area

United States

SIFT Payments formerly CardX West, delivers (fully compliant)Zero Cost Credit Card Acceptance Technology Platforms serving small, medium and enterprise businesses allowing for the processing of credit cards at zero cost in full compliance, state federal and, card brand rules.We also provide traditional processing technology and an array of cutting edge financing solutions to help grow your business. www.gotsift.comOur O% credit card cost technology technology team led the legal effort on behalf of American businesses at both the Supreme Court and State level to lift the financial burden placed on business owners, by banks, card brands and merchant processors tied the acceptance of credit cards. The team further led the technological effort in developing the countries (only) fully compliant zero cost credit card acceptance platform for businesses that meets all State, Federal and Card Brand regulations. Finally, the platform delivers the (only) fully compliant solution available for companies that are Amex (SE) clients processing over $1 million in Amex volume per year.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Dakota Partners LLC. We own and control the largest never-before-seen archive of Beatles and Rolling Stones images taken by their US Tour Manager from 1964 to 1966. We plan to sell and market fine art globally. We will deliver a unique global marketing/selling platform and exhibition strategy which we have tested yielding unprecedented sales. I have already developed and continue to develop partnerships with some of the most important and credible brands in the world delivering a whole new meaning to the "certificate of authenticity" that typically accompanies rare and limited-edition fine art photography.

Greater Los Angeles Area

I was a founding shareholder and Chief Strategy Officer for a Los Angeles based financial services technology firm which focused on providing industry disruptive equipment financing solutions to equipment manufactures, dealers and business owners. With over 220 employees in 4 offices throughout the country we developed proprietary technology that redefined the equipment finance industry reducing the approval, underwriting and funding process to literally minutes. We operated both a direct lending platform as well as digital "hub n spoke" platform with over 60 additional lenders seamlessly integrated into our cloud based platform. In my role I have procured deeply imbedded partnerships with companies such as ATW (Big Tex),Proxibid, Budget/Avis, CAT, Trader Interactive, Cosby Harrison Company, SandHills, FastLine Publishing, American City Business Journals (ACBJ), Liquidity Services (LQDT NASDAQ), AXYZ, MMI- Direct, HURC(NasdaqGS), AutoQuotes, Wasserstrom and many others which ultimately drove north of 85% of the companies lead flow. Our approach to the industry was very clear and focused delivering bleeding edge cloud based technology to the industry making what were once complex transactions radically simple, more intuitive and significantly more profitable. The company sold to a leading industry publishing company in January of 2021.

Yowza!! International is the countries largest Location Based Service (LBS) coupon, offer and announcement APP. Yowza!! provides a national shopping platform for consumers to over 90 thousand US merchants. Many of the millions of consumers who have downloaded Yowza!! access our merchant offers through their Mobile Devices on a daily basis.

Philanthropic Record Label focused on leveraging celebrities musical aspirations for the development of CD/DVD product for which the proceeds of sales benefit social causes.

Santa Barbara, California Area

As Senior Executive VP of Business Development I led the growth of Pacificor's AUM taking the company from $112 million USD to over 680 million USD. The fund was focused on a "stressed, distress and to a lesser extent special situations investment strategy. The fund was non sector specific. I left shortly after the funds CIO passed away.

Co founder of Mercator Group a firm that was focused on private investments in public equities. I was responsible for seeding and raising MAG funds from start up to 90 plus million in A.U.M. with both US and Non US investors. I sold my interest in the fund in 2004.

Santa Monica California

Mahogany Elite manufactured and distributed eye-wear as well as other licensed accessories. I acquired licenses through a UK based manufacturer (AFB PLC) for the Elite Model Agency, Easyrider Magazine and World Cup Soccer. I built out a nationwide distributor network and platform and sold then company in 2000 to an Austrian retail group.

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