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What does Benchmark invest in?
Benchmark invests most often at Series B and Series A (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Productivity Tools, Platform and Software.
Benchmark highlights
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34 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 52% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 50 rounds, median $7.3M
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87 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Filed 1 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2024-07From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $30M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Productivity ToolsPlatformSoftware
- Based in
- Woodside, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first587 appearances
- 2026
30 rounds
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- Jan
- 2025
27 rounds
- Nov
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- Oct
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
ARAmber R. RamseyDirectoriFiling they signed
AHAn-Yen H. HuManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
BBBlair BrinkleyDirectoriFiling they signed
BWBruce W. DunlevieManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
CWChetan William PuttaguntaManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
EMEric M. VishriaManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
EREverett RandleManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JWJ. William GurleyManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
JAJack AltmanManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JJJohn J. D'AgostinoDirectoriFiling they signed
JCJudd C. LeeChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, the Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed
KRKevin R. HarveyManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
MCMatt CohlerManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
MRMatthew R. CohlerManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MHMitchell H. LaskyManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
NRNiall R. O'DowdDirectoriFiling they signed
PHPeter H. FentonManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
RFRobert FergusonExecutive officer of Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
RGRonan GuilfoyleDirectoriFiling they signed
SESarah Emily TavelManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SFScott FranzblauExecutive officer of Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
SRStephen R. WestphalDirector and Executive officer of Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
SASteven A. CarrollExecutive officer of Benchmark Plus Management, LLC, the Investment ManageriFiling they signed
SMSteven M. SpurlockManaging Member of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
We also hold 45 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$7.6Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Benchmark Capital Holdings Co. LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 160352
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed87 in all
LiveOpsBought by Marlin Equity PartnersUndisclosedDec 2015
Good TechnologyBought by BlackBerry$425MSept 2015
ZimbraBought by Synacor$25MAug 2015
PathBought by Daum KakaoUndisclosedMay 2015
PentahoBought by Hitachi Data SystemsUndisclosedFeb 2015
3V Transaction ServicesBought by SafeChargeUndisclosedDec 2014
Eucalyptus SystemsBought by Hewlett-Packard$11BSept 2014
dotCloudBought by cloudControlUndisclosedAug 2014
PoptipBought by Palantir TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2014
ZipRealtyBought by Realogy HoldingsUndisclosedJul 2014
Newport MediaBought by AtmelUndisclosedJul 2014
OpenTableBought by Priceline$2.6BJun 2014
CollabNetBought by Woven SystemsUndisclosedFeb 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
AlphyraUndisclosedJun 2003