The firm
BenchmarkVC firm · US36cheques in 12 months587all time18ledCompanies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
AcuityMD
Airtable
Amplitude
Benchling
Blue Hexagon- Brighter.com
Bugsnag
Buoyant
CTERA Networks
Cerebras Systems
Chainalysis
Citymapper
CloudPassage
Cockroach Labs
Commerce Layer- Confluent
- Contentful
DeepL
Digits
Discord
Docker- Domo
Duffel- Euclid
Farmigo
Good Eggs
Greenhouse Software
HackerOne
Hipcamp
Hound Labs
Imagine Impact
Instawork
Laurel & Wolf
Manticore Games
Marco Polo
Modern Treasury
36 of 64 companies.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAcuityMD, Inc.Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAmplitude, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCommerce Layer, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBlue Hexagon Inc.Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingConfluent, Inc.Directorsince 2017
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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Eric Vishria - A Decade of Lessons Investing in Software & Hardware - [Invest Like the Best, EP.486]
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My guest today is Eric Vishria, a General Partner at Benchmark. Eric has spent his career in software and cloud, and few people know the history of these markets as well as he does. What makes him special is his ability to use that history to make sense of today. We discuss what the rise of AWS… More on the show's page
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Cerebras IPO, WarshTime, General Catalyst Ad Reactions | Andrew Feldman, Amy Reinhard, Ben Hylak, Doug O'Laughlin, Eric Vishria, Steve Vassallo
WithAndrew FeldmanEric VishriaSteve Vassallo
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(01:04) - Cerebras IPO (21:36) - Warsh Confirmed as FED Chair (30:51) - Amy Reinhard is the President of Advertising at Netflix, where she leads the company’s global ads business and monetization strategy. She oversees Netflix’s push into ad-supported streaming, partnerships with advertisers,… More on the show's page
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Benchmark’s Eric Vishria on Going Zero to $100M ARR in 12 Months, Archetypes of Top AI Founders, Why Storytelling is a Superpower, How Benchmark Makes New Investments
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MentionsSajith WickramasekaraSemil ShahSpenser Skates
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Eric Vishria is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. Our conversation goes inside the new class of startups going zero to $100 million ARR in 12 months, the ways AI is changing company building, and how Eric and Benchmark make new investments. We get into the risk rewards of Series As today,… More on the show's page
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E78: Why Benchmark is Different Than Other Firms with Sarah Tavel & Eric Vishria
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In this episode of Turpentine VC, we're sharing Erik Torenberg's 2023 interview with Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria from Benchmark, exploring the firm's unique minimalistic approach, commitment to deep founder partnerships, and their deliberate avoidance of platform teams. 📰 Be notified early… More on the show's page
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20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Where is the Value in AI: Chips, Models or Apps | Why Nvidia Will Not Be The Only Game in Town | The Commoditisation of Foundation Models | Which AI Apps Have Sustaining Value vs Hype and Short Term Revenue
WithEric Vishria
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Eric Vishria is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the world's leading venture firms. At Benchmark, Eric has served on over 10 boards including Confluent (CFLT), Amplitude (AMPL), Benchling, Contentful, Cerebras and several other private companies. Prior to joining Benchmark, Eric was… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageE44: How Benchmark Invests in AI with Eric Vishria and Quilter Founder Sergiy Nesterenko
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MentionsRevolution
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In today's episode, we discuss Benchmark's investment philosophy in the AI era with general partner Eric Vishria, and Sergiy Nesterenko, the Founder and CEO of Quilter. Sitting in for Erik Torenberg as host is AI Scout and Cognitive Revolution host Nathan Labenz. They cover the questions that… More on the show's page
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Uncapped #57 | Andrew Feldman from Cerebras
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MentionsEric Vishria
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Andrew Feldman is the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, the AI chip company he founded in 2016 around a single radical insight: that winning in compute requires not incremental improvement but a fundamentally different architecture. Cerebras is the creator of the world's largest chip, the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageUncapped #41 | The Benchmark Partnership
MentionsChetan PuttaguntaEric VishriaPeter Fenton
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In this episode, the Benchmark partnership explains why they’ve resisted scale, eliminated residual economics, and built an equal partnership designed to endure. We talk about what that choice enables – for founders, for decision-making, and for practicing venture as a craft rather than a factory.… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageWhy AI Will Never Replace Engineers, Inside the 996 Discourse, and Creative Marketing | Daksh Gupta, Greptile
MentionsEric Vishria
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Daksh Gupta is the Co-founder and CEO of Greptile, the AI code reviewer that understands your entire code base. Greptile just closed a $25M Series A led by Eric Vishria at Benchmark, and we get into their long and winding journey to build one of the fastest growing AI companies. Thanks to Suds at… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageTeen Hacker to Founder, Building an Open Source Security Company | Bobby DeSimone, CEO of Pomerium
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Bobby DeSimone is the Founder and CEO of Pomerium, the best way to authenticate, authorize, monitor, and secure user access to any application without a VPN. Bobby explains why access control is so important, how it led to the biggest corporate hack ever, how its related to the day CrowdStrike… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageE13: How Benchmark Thinks About Venture in 2023
MentionsEric VishriaSarah Tavel
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This week's episode of Turpentine VC features Benchmark GPs Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria. We discuss ideas that are central to Benchmark's beliefs in firm-building, including why platform teams exist to help the general partners more so than founders themselves. If you’re looking to improve your… More on the show's page
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