# Benchstrength: portfolio, investments and team > Benchstrength is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchstrength (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Benchstrength Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 7 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $43M, Dec 2025 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Enterprise Consumer Fintech Follow Benchstrength and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fbenchstrength) Deploying now **80%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$14M** Rounds led **2 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 86%** Pitch Benchstrength ## Benchstrength highlights - 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 86% of its rounds - 03 Led 2 rounds ## What they do > Benchstrength is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies that transform business and uplift communities. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed - **Sectors:** Enterprise Consumer Fintech - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Crux Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/crux-labs)** Seed · US · Silicon Angle **$6.0M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Altis Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/altis-labs)** Series A · CA · BetaKit **$25M** With 7 others - **Mar** **[Knox Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/knox-systems)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$25M** With 6 others - **Mar** **[Slide](https://millionrounds.com/company/slide)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$70M** With 8 others - **2025** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[Garage](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$14M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[Alta](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$11M** With 10 others - **May** **[Rentana](https://millionrounds.com/company/rentana)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$5.0M** *Led* 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 registration **3 named** JM **John Monagle** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed KC **Kenneth Chenault Jr.** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed KI **Kenneth Irvine Chenault** Managing Member i Form ADV We also hold **4** 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 **$73M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Benchstrength Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 325448 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise 8 Point Studio Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$43M** raised in Dec 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 7 rounds **29%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *3* - Series A *3* - Series B *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 **Pitching Benchstrength?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Benchstrength put money into. [**Crux Labs** $6.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/crux-labs)[**Altis Labs** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/altis-labs)[**Slide** $70M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/slide)[**Garage** $14M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)[**Alta** $11M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta)[**Rentana** $5.0M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/rentana) ## Quick answers about Benchstrength ### What does Benchstrength invest in? Benchstrength invests most often at Seed and Series A (86% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise, Consumer and Fintech. ### How active is Benchstrength? 7 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Benchstrength invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Crux Labs (Seed, Oct 2026), Altis Labs (Series A, Sept 2026) and Knox Systems (Series A, Mar 2026). ### How big are Benchstrength's cheques? The median round it joins is $14M. ### Does Benchstrength lead rounds? Yes: it led 2 of its 7 investments on record (29%). ### Where does Benchstrength invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Canada (14%). ### Is Benchstrength investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Benchstrength? Benchstrength is a VC firm based in New York, United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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