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

134

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
PaxMay 2026SeedLead
ExaMay 2026Series CCo-investor
DecartMay 2026Series BCo-investor
MonacoMay 2026Series BLead
Crypto.comMay 2026Series BLead

Key People

Alex Balkanski

General Partner

Bill Gurley

General Partner

Chetan Puttagunta

General Partner

Kevin Harvey

General Partner

Peter Fenton

General Partner

Sarah Tavel

General Partner

Victor Lazarte

General Partner

An-Yen Hu

Operating Partner And General Counsel

Arad Naveh

Partner

Matt Cohler

Partner

Mitch Lasky

Partner

Daniel Slutzky

Operating Partner And CFO

Alexander Bruehl

Co-Investor Contentful

Bala C.

Investor

Rachel Park

Investor

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded1995
AUM$4.8B

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