About Nicolas Benady

Nicolas Benady is the Co-Founder of Antelop Solutions and CEO & Co-Founder of Swan. He is Co-founder and CEO of Swan. A serial entrepreneur and payments expert, Nicolas Benady leads Swan's strategic development and expansion across Europe. Swan is his biggest venture yet. With Swan, Nicolas Benady’ ambition is to build a generational embedded banking company, for years to come. Nicolas is an avid cyclist, and one of the things that keeps him up at night is how to build a more ecologically responsible company. He has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Prior to Swan, Nicolas Benady co-founded Antelop Solutions in 2014, a company that connects banks and card issuers to Visa and Mastercard Tokenization systems. He served as the president of Limonetik from 2007 to 2012, where they connected alternative payment methods to e-commerce websites. Before that, they worked as an IT project manager at AXA Cessions from 2003 to 2006, managing the F@C Service project. He also had a role as a team member at Endless Winter in 2002, where they engaged in a snowboarding trip around the world. Lastly, they co-founded PriceMinister in 2000 and worked as a Java developer. Nicolas Benady pursued their education with a focus on engineering and management. Nicolas Benady attended the National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble from 1999 to 2000, where they earned a degree in Computer Science. Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, Nicolas studied at ENSGI, obtaining an engineering degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.