# Benchling funding: rounds and investors > Benchling has raised $162M across 7 rounds since 2014. Investors include Thrive Capital, Menlo Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/benchling (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series F startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Benchling* 7 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Biotech Healthcare Valuation: $6.1B, Mar 2026 Y Combinator: S12 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$162M** raised across 7 rounds since 2014, from 7 sources **$900K** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **$7.0M** Round **$15M** Series B **$35M** Series C **$100M** Series F - **Latest round:** Series F, $100M Nov 2021 - **Step-up i:** 2.9× - **Investors:** 15 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$900K** Seed **?** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **$7.0M** Round **$15M** Series B **$35M** Series C **$100M** Series F - **First round:** Seed, $900K - **Biggest round:** $100M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2021** Series F **$100M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Source recorded - **Jul 2019** Series C **$35M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) Lead [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Lead Edge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lead-edge-capital) [Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2018** Series B **$15M** *3 new* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital) Benchmark/ F-Prime Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2016** Round **$7.0M** *1 returning* [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $7.0M sold, first sale Apr 2016 - **Apr 2015** Series A **$5.0M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) From a historical funding record - **Aug 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) From a historical funding record - **Feb 2014** Seed **$900K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Sajith Wickramasekara** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Ashutosh Singhal* *Miles Grimshaw* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Series B** 2018 **Series C** 2019 **Series F** 2021 [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) L [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) ## Everyone who backed them [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **3** rounds [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **2** rounds [Kevin Mahaffey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-mahaffey) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **1** round [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **1** round [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **1** round [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital) Accelerator **1** round [Rock Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rock-health) VC firm **1** round [Lead Edge Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lead-edge-capital) Private equity **1** round [Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) VC firm **1** round Benchmark/ F-Prime no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=benchling). ## Also claim to have backed them These 10 firms list Benchling as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site [Techstart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstart-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site [Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Artisanal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artisanal-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Parable](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parable) VC firm Growth, per its site [Todd Dagres](https://millionrounds.com/fund/todd-dagres) VC firm Per its own site [Ensemble Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ensemble-labs) Family office Per its own site [Section Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-partners) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Benchling ### Who invested in Benchling? Benchling's investors include Thrive Capital, Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Kevin Mahaffey and Y Combinator, and 10 more on record. ### How much has Benchling raised? Benchling has raised $162M across 7 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Benchling last raise? Benchling's most recent round was a Series F of $100M in Nov 2021. ### What was Benchling's biggest round? Its most recent round, $100M in Nov 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Benchling first? Benchling's first round on record, in Feb 2014, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Benchling at? Benchling's latest named round is a Series F, in Nov 2021. ### Where is Benchling based? Benchling is based in the United States. ### Who led Benchling's rounds? Menlo Ventures led the Series C in 2019. ## Companies like Benchling In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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