# Mitch Lasky, Co-Owner at Benchmark

> Mitch Lasky, Co-Owner at Benchmark. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Atherton, US · Partner

# Mitch Lasky

Co-Owner at [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)

Latest rounds

- **Hammer & Chisel** Series A · $8.2M Nov 2013

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2013
- **Filings:** 10 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 10 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Benchmark
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Benchmark** VC firm · US **36** cheques in 12 months **587** all time **18** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $8.2M
- **Active:** 2013

2013

- [Hammer & Chisel](https://millionrounds.com/company/hammer-and-chisel) *Series A* **$8.2M** *US* Nov 2013 Joined · +6 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**

Alongside

- [9+ *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/9)
- [Accel Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- [IDG Ventures USA *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures-usa)
- [Phil Sanderson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phil-sanderson)
- [Riot Games *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games)
- [Time Warner *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Discord](https://millionrounds.com/company/discord)
- [Engine Yard](https://millionrounds.com/startup/engine-yard)
- [HipLogic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hiplogic)
- [Manticore Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/manticore-games)
- [Meteor Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/startup/meteor-entertainment)
- [NaturalMotion](https://millionrounds.com/startup/naturalmotion)
- [Outpost](https://millionrounds.com/startup/outpost-11)
- [PlayFab](https://millionrounds.com/company/playfab)
- [Red Robot Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/red-robot-labs-inc)
- [Snap Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/startup/snap)
- [Thatgamecompany](https://millionrounds.com/startup/thatgamecompany)
- [Vivox](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vivox)
- CYNGN
- Cyanogen
- Gaikai
- Inc.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Cyngn Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **MANTICORE GAMES, INC.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Discord Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Ubiquity6, Inc.** Director since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **MANTICORE GAMES INC** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Hound Labs, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Snapchat Inc** Director on 3 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Gaikai Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Riot Games, Inc.** Director since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raising **HipLogic, Inc. (fka NUMOBIQ INC)** Director since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Benchmark

- [**Andy Rachleff** Venture Capitalist from San Francisco. Andy Is the Executive Chairman & Board *8 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-rachleff)
- [**Matt Cohler** General Partner *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/matt-cohler-2)
- [**Bruce Dunlevie** GP *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bruce-dunlevie)
- [**Peter Fenton** Member *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-fenton)
- [**Bill Gurley** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-gurley)
- [**Bob Kagle** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bob-kagle)
- [**Kevin Harvey** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kevin-harvey)
- [**An-Yen Hu** Operating Partner and General Counsel *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/an-yen-hu)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Acquired](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/acquired) · 26 Apr 2023 · 2h 9m Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming With [Blake Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/person/blake-robbins)[Mitch Lasky](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky) About this episode We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to discuss the history and future of gaming business models. This episode is the perfect bookend to our Nintendo/Sega gaming series this season on Acquired, no one is… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 6 Sept 2022 · 1h 16m Mitch Lasky - The Business of Gaming - [Invest Like the Best, EP.293] With [Mitch Lasky](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky) About this episode My guest today is Mitch Lasky. Mitch is a partner at Benchmark and one of the leading figures in the video game industry. Over the last 30 years, he has built, led, and invested in a number of the best gaming companies in the world, including Activision, EA, Riot, Snapchat, and Discord. I couldn’t… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 10 Jul 2017 · 25 min 20VC: Benchmark's Mitch Lasky on The Snapchat Journey From Series A to IPO, Why Small Is Beautiful In Venture Partnerships & Why Venture Is Very Much Like Hollywood With [Mitch Lasky](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky) Mentions [Riot Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games) About this episode Mitch Lasky is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the world's leading VC funds with a portfolio including the likes of Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, eBay, WeWork, Yelp and many more revolutionary companies of the last decade. As for Mitch himself, Mitch has made investments or is on the boards of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Mitch Lasky in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 11 Nov 2025 · 43 min Wolfgang Hammer - The Power of Story - [Invest Like the Best, EP.447] Mentions [Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen)[Mitch Lasky](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky) About this episode My guest today is my friend Wolfgang Hammer. Wolfgang is a successful film producer and executive who helped create House of Cards and ran several major studios, including Lionsgate, CBS Films and Miramax. He’s now building a new kind of film studio with support from Mitch Lasky and Marc… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 27 May 2024 · 1h 4m #192 CTO & Co-Founder Discord, Stanislav Vishnevskiy: Ship It Mentions [Claire Hughes Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claire-hughes-johnson)[Jason Citron](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-citron)[Mitch Lasky](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitch-lasky) About this episode Guest: Stanislav Vishnevskiy, CTO and co-founder of Discord For many years, the conventional wisdom was the gaming was not social because it was something you usually did at home. “But people who play games are often the most social,” says Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy. “They’re spending 10,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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