Benchmark
Venture Capital
Elite, Low-volume Series A
San Francisco, United States · 243+ investments · 122 portfolio companies
Seed
Early Stage
Artificial Intelligence
Infrastructure
Marketplace
SaaS
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 1995
- Website
- benchmark.com
- AUM
- $3.0B
- Portfolio Companies
- 122
- Total Investments
- 243
- Last Investment
- Jun 2026
- Geographic Focus
- United States
Investment Thesis
Benchmark focuses on founder-first, high-conviction early-stage investing. Partners take equal stakes and board seats, with no junior staff, backing exceptional founders in consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, and infrastructure.
Benchmark is a Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, United States. It has made 243 investments in Artificial Intelligence and Infrastructure, including Robo, X and Confluent.
Portfolio122
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Robo
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Synopsys
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Living.com
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TriStrata
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E-Loan
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Scient
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Ariba Technologies
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