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Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital

San Francisco, Californiabenchmark.com

Overview

Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in sectors including social, mobile, local, cloud, consumer technology, and enterprise software.

Year Founded

1995

AUM

$4.8B

Portfolio Companies

175

Investments

Benchmark Capital investments
CompanyDateStageLead
InstinctAug 2026Series BLead
Deep CogitoAug 2026Series ACo-investor
FurientisAug 2026Early FundingLead
DecadeAug 2026SeedCo-investor
OllamaJul 2026Series BCo-investor
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Key People

George Gellman

CEO

Alex Balkanski

General Partner

Bill Gurley

General Partner

Bob Kagle

Owner and General Partner

Bruce Dunlevie

General Partner

Chetan Puttagunta

General Partner

Eric Vishria

General Partner

Everett Randle

General Partner

Jack Altman

General Partner

Kevin Harvey

General Partner

Miles Grimshaw

General Partner

Peter Fenton

General Partner

An-Yen Hu

Operating Partner And General Counsel

Matt Cohler

Partner

Mitch Lasky

Partner

Daniel Slutzky

Operating Partner And CFO

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Sector & Stage Mix

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded1995
AUM$4.8B

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