He entered the world of technology in 1979, when he co-founded Mission Electronics, a high-end home entertainment equipment producer.
[2] From 1988 to 1996, Bennie was co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Delrina Corporation, which forged new software strategies and was best known for producing WinFax.
Listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, Delrina was sold to Symantec in 1995 for share consideration valued at $760 million.
Bennie currently manages the XDL Capital Group, investing at the venture and angel levels.
Current active venture investments include Figment.io, Q4 Inc., Newtopia and LumiQ[4] Current active angel investments include Sheertex, JoyRide, Thalmic Labs Inc., Nuco, Platterz, Vouchr, Tulip Retail, Nymi Inc., Linkett, Validere Technologies, Interaptix Inc, Edsby, Mimosa Diagnostics Inc., and Xanadu.