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
935 CONNECTIONS
Accel Network
76 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
101
Current Fund Size
$425M

Peter Fenton is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Peter Fenton's Investments On Record (41)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ollama
Series BJul 2026$65M
Series AJan 2023$15M
$80M
Co-investors: Tomasz Tunguz (Redpoint Ventures), Quinn Slack, Spencer Kimball
Sierra
Series EMay 2026$950M
Series UnknownFeb 2024$110M
$1.1B
Co-investors: Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital)
Eigen
SeedApr 2026$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Zachary Sims (Bowery Capital), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Ben Silbermann (Pinterest), Sarah Tavel (Benchmark Capital), Charlie Songhurst, Peter Sellis, Akshay Kothari, Claire Hughes Johnson
Exa
Series BSep 2025$85M
$100M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Mei Z.
ClickHouse
Series CMay 2025$350M
Series BOct 2021$250M
Series ASep 2021$50M
$1.1B
Co-investors: Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Caryn Marooney (Coatue), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners), Ethan Choi (Khosla Ventures), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Kevin Wang (Altimeter Capital), Jay Simons (Bond), Vibhor Rastogi (Citi Ventures), Christian Jensen (Dragoneer Investment Group)
Sema4.ai
Series AJan 2024$31M
$56M
Co-investors: Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund)
Product Science
SeedJan 2023$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners), Oleg Rogynskyy, Peter Sellis
Fellow
Series BJun 2022$30M
$54M
Co-investors: Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Elena (Lainy) Painter (Craft Ventures)

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