Benchmark

Early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups across consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure and enterprise software.

Venture capitalSan Francisco, United States
Deals
46
Rounds led
14
VP50 companies
3
First deal
Nov 2009
Latest deal
Sep 2026

Portfolio

Companies Benchmark backed, newest deal first
CompanyVP50RoundsLatest
Instinct—Led Series B, in Series CSep 2026
Cognition—In Series ESep 2026
Sierra—Led Funding round, in Series EMay 2026
Sunday—In Funding round and Series BMar 2026
Cerebras Systems—Led Series A, in Series D, F, G, and HFeb 2026
Mercor—Led Series A, in Series B and COct 2025
ClickHouse#28Led Series A, in Series B and CMay 2025
Anysphere—In Series BJan 2025
Fireworks AI#16Led Series AMar 2024
Nile—Led SeedJan 2024
Airtable—Led Series C, in Series D and FDec 2021
Stytch—Led Seed, in Series A and BNov 2021
Chainalysis—Led Series A, in Series B, C, and EJun 2021
Benchling—Led Series B, in Series C, D, and EApr 2021
Confluent—Led Series A, in Series B, C, and DJan 2019
Asana—Led Series A, in Series B and ENov 2018
Discord#45Led Series A, in Series B and Funding roundJun 2017