Investing Profile

Peter Fenton

VCInvestorAngel
General Partner at Benchmark
benchmark.comPalo Alto, California
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Networks Peter is a member of
Stanford University Network
700 CONNECTIONS
Accel Network
45 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
17 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
96
Current Fund Size
$425M

Peter Fenton is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Peter Fenton's Investments On Record (39)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Exa
Series BSep 2025$85M
$100M
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Mei Z.
ClickHouse
Series CMay 2025$350M
Series BOct 2021$250M
Series ASep 2021$50M
$650M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Ethan Choi (Khosla Ventures), Vibhor Rastogi (Citi Ventures), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital)
Sierra
Series UnknownFeb 2024$110M
$110M
Sema4.ai
Series AJan 2024$31M
$31M
Co-investors: Navin Chaddha (The Alchemy Fund)
Product Science
SeedJan 2023$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners)
Fellow
Series BJun 2022$30M
$30M
Docker
Series CMar 2022$110M
Series BMar 2021$23M
Series ANov 2019$35M
Series EOct 2017$92M
Series DApr 2015$95M
Series BJan 2014$15M
Series AMar 2011$12M
$440M
Co-investors: Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Bill Coughran (Sequoia Capital), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Frank Artale (Ignition Partners), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Jonathan Abrams (8-Bit Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Kenny Van Zant
Digits
Series CMar 2022$65M
Series BApr 2020$22M
Series ANov 2019$11M
$110M
Co-investors: Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Jennifer Lum (Biospring Partners), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), David Cancel, David Chang, Ric Fulop, Merlin Kauffman, Adrian Aoun, Joshua Reeves

Peter Fenton's Experience

General Partner Benchmark Capital2006 - Present
Managing Partner Accel1999 - 2006
GM Video Business Virage1996 - 1998

Peter Fenton's Education

Stanford Business School Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Stanford University Bachelor of Arts (BA) Philosophy