CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT CACTUS

Benedict Altier

Building technology that helps the insurance and investment worlds understand complex risks in simple terms. Previously CEO & co-founder of Y Combinator backed startup CatX.


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I'm passionate about making risk management clearer and fairer for everyone. Through my work at CatX and now Cactus, I build technology that helps the insurance and investment worlds understand complex risks in simple terms.

Our goal is practical: when everyone sees risk the same way, we can spread it efficiently across the economy, making communities more resilient to disasters.

CatX raised its pre-seed and seed rounds in 2023 focused on supporting institutional investors with more than $500bn in total AUM access, understand and invest in insurance risk.

Background

Chief Operating Officer
Cactus
Sep 2025 – Present
Chief Executive Officer
CatX
Jun 2023 – Sep 2025
Strategy Consultant
Baringa Partners
Sep 2020 – May 2023
1st Class Master of Arts
University of Oxford
Sep 2016 – Jun 2020

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