Eric Archambeau is currently a General Partner at Wellington Partners, a pan European venture capital firm with offices in London, Munich, Palo Alto and Zurich, with a focus on online services, software and consumer electronics. He is serving on the Board of Directors of a number of technology and internet companies including the professional social network company Xing and the innovative online media companies Amiando and Goom Radio as well as the leading pan-european online ski Tour Operator TravelHorizon.

Prior to Wellington, Eric was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital where he played a key role in launching the firm's European activity. He joined Benchmark from Atlas Venture where he was a General Partner in Silicon Valley.

Before becoming a venture capitalist, Eric was a repeat entrepreneur in Silicon Valley where he co-founded Trading Dynamics (acquired by Ariba) as initial CEO. He was also a co-founder and board member of eGroups (acquired by Yahoo!) and was the co-founder, President and CEO of RightPoint Software which merged with ePiphany.

Eric is also an active Venture Philanthropist. He is one of the founders of Social-Impact International, a social business accelerator with local operations in India and Costa Rica, helping social entrepreneurs worldwide to increase their social impact and to reach their full potential. Eric also founded the Social Entrepreneurship department at INSEAD where he is currently serving on the Board of Advisors. He was also previously a founding member of the Ashoka Support Network for Ashoka's operations in Western Europe.