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
507 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
15 CONNECTIONS
Accel Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
94
Current Fund Size
$38.1M

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Peter Fenton's Investments On Record (38)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Sierra
Series UnknownFeb 2024$110M
$110M
Co-investors: Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital)
Sema4.ai
Series UnknownJan 2024$31M
$31M
Co-investors: Navin Chaddha (Mayfield)
Product Science
SeedJan 2023$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Jim Armstrong (Composite Ventures), Peter Sellis, Oleg Rogynskyy
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
$420M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Bill Coughran (Sequoia Capital), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Frank Artale (Ignition Partners), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), David Namdar (Coral (Coral Defi)), Ashvin Patel (Morado Venture Partners), Jonathan Abrams (8-Bit Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Kenny Van Zant, Matt Mazzeo
Digits
Series CMar 2022$65M
Series BApr 2020$22M
Series ANov 2019$11M
Series ANov 2019$11M
$120M
Co-investors: Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Pat Kinsel (Polaris Partners), Nicole M. Stata (Boston Seed Capital), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Richard Jun (Bam Ventures), Brian Lee (Bam Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Chris Keller (NextGen Venture Partners), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Jeff Fagnan (Accomplice VC), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Elad Gil, Adrian Aoun, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Weil, Ric Fulop, Merlin Kauffman, Jennifer Lum, David Cancel, Aaron Levie, Jason Robins, Eric Wu, Wayne Chang
Timescale
Series CFeb 2022$110M
Series BMay 2021$40M
Series AJan 2019$15M
Series AJan 2018$12M
$180M
Co-investors: Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Forest Baskett (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Spencer Kimball
Cockroach Labs
Series FDec 2021$280M
Series EJan 2021$160M
Series DMay 2020$87M
Series CAug 2019$55M
Series BMay 2017$27M
Series AMar 2016$20M
Series AJun 2015$6M
$630M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Jonathan Lehr (Work-Bench), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Kevin Wang (Altimeter Capital), Moisey Uretsky

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