Investing Profile

Ken Chenault Jr.

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Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Benchstrength
benchstrengthvc.comNew York, New York
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Benchstrength Managing Partner
$500K - $10.0M
$2.0M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
The Folklore Group
SeedApr 2024$3M
$5M
Co-investors: Odile Roujol (fab Ventures), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital)
Altis Labs
SeedJun 2023$6M
$6M
Gusto
Series CJul 2018$140M
$700M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Steve Loughlin (Accel), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Eric Ries (Long-Term Stock Exchange), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Laela Sturdy (CapitalG), Hiten Shah (FYI), Jason Green (Emergence Capital Partners), Christian Jensen (Dragoneer Investment Group), Jeff Abbott (Blitzscaling Ventures), Anu Hariharan (Rappi), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Matt Rogers (Incite Ventures), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Jay Simons (Bond), Marco Zappacosta (Thumbtack, Inc.), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Matt Mickiewicz (Unstoppable Domains), Clara Shih (Gusto), Aston Motes (UnitedMasters), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Aaron Patzer (Vital Software), Seth Sternberg (Auto Insurance Specialists), Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Adam Nash (Gusto), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp.com), Matt Humphrey (Quiet Capital), Julia Popowitz (Broadway Angels), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Josh Silverman, Sam Altman, Larry Augustin, Aaron Levie, Jeff Seibert, Jared Leto, Erick Tseng, Drew Houston, Doug Sleeter, Charlie Cheever, Justin Rosenstein, Dharmesh Shah, Kris Duggan, Phil Libin
Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand
Seed RoundOct 2017$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Jaisa Minor (New Voices Fund)
Compass
Seed RoundDec 2012$8M
$1.1B
Co-investors: Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Sandy Miller (IVP), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Mitchell Green (Lead Edge Capital), Sean Seton-Rogers (Pro Founders Capital), Allen Morgan (Venture Sherpa/Active Angel Investor), Daniel Recanati (Earth and beyond ventures), Amir Banifatemi (K5 Ventures), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Cyrus Massoumi (Humbition), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Anil Sethi, Oliver Thylmann, Marc Benioff