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: Ajay Relan (Slauson & Co.), Yohei Nakajima (Untapped Capital), Odile Roujol (fab Ventures)
Altis Labs
SeedJun 2023$6M
$6M
Gusto
Series CJul 2018$140M
$700M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Dan Rose (Coatue), Steve Loughlin (Accel), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Christian Jensen (Dragoneer Investment Group), Laela Sturdy (CapitalG), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Jeff Abbott (Blitzscaling Ventures), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Matt Rogers (Incite Ventures), Jay Simons (Bond), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Louis Beryl, Wayne Chang, Matt Mickiewicz, Jeff Seibert, Tobias Lutke, Tien Tzuo, Justin Rosenstein, Marco Zappacosta, Larry Augustin, Jared Leto, Aaron Levie, Sam Altman, Drew Houston, Clara Shih, Aston Motes, Josh Silverman, Seth Sternberg, Kris Duggan, Dharmesh Shah, Hiten Shah, Doug Sleeter
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: Todd Chaffee (IVP), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Cyrus Massoumi (Humbition), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Sean Seton-Rogers (Pro Founders Capital), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Daniel Recanati (Earth and beyond ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Eduardo Haber, Oliver Thylmann, Anil Sethi, Marc Benioff