Benchmark

San Francisco, California
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:San Francisco, California • Detroit, Michigan • Redwood City, California • Palo Alto, California • South San Francisco, 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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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: $8.0M
Range: $100K - $15.0M
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)
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Bob Kagle
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Mitch Lasky
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in Woodside (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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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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Blake Robbins
Benchmark·Principal
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in Detroit (MI)
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Steven Spurlock
Benchmark·Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in Woodside (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Sarah Tavel
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $12.0M
Range: $4.0M - $30.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Los Angeles (CA), Investors in Toronto (Ontario), Investors in Vancouver (WA), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in Seattle (WA)
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Eric Vishria
Benchmark·General Partner
Sweet spot: $8.0M
Range: $1M - $15.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)