Benchmark

United States
Benchmark invests in and works alongside entrepreneurs building startups into transformational companies. They focus on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, and infrastructure and enterprise software. Founded in 1995, the firm has offices in Woodside and San Francisco, California. The firm has been recognized for itscommitment to open source and is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. The six equal general partners who take board seats and a hands-on approach to every entrepreneur and company they back, with no junior investment staff. Current general partners are Matt Cohler, Peter Fenton, Bill Gurley, Mitch Lasky, Eric Vishria, and Scott Belsky. Benchmark has had 37 exits since beginning of 2011; 14 IPOs and 23 M&As representing a total market value of more than $60 billion. Benchmark’s current portfolio of early-stage venture investments includes private market leaders such as Uber, Snapchat, Tinder, Stitch Fix, Elastic and Cyanogen; recent IPOs and acquisitions such as Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, League of Legends, Jasper, OpenTable, New Relic, Hortonworks, GrubHub, Zendesk and Zillow; and franchise companies from Juniper to eBay to Red Hat.
Founded:1995
Firm Location:United States • San Francisco, California • Redwood City, California • Palo Alto, California • Cupertino, California • Menlo Park, California • Atherton • San Francisco Bay Area
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Benchmark Team
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Alex Balkanski
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Woodside (CA)
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Matt Cohler
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $4.0M
Range: $2.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists)
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Jason Droege
Benchmark·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Bruce Dunlevie
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Peter Fenton
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $4.0M
Range: $2.0M - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Miles Grimshaw
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $3.0M
Range: $500K - $10.0M
Investors in New York (NY), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Bill Gurley
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Kevin Harvey
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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George Hu
Benchmark·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $5K - $50K
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Jim Lanzone
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $5K - $50K
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Games (Pre-seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed), Investors in Games (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Arad Naveh
Benchmark·Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in Cupertino (CA)
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Chetan Puttagunta
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Everett Randle
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $500K - $150.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Eric Vishria
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)