About Benchmark
Benchmark is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Nov 2026, Benchmark is an active investor, having invested in 318 companies, with 13 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Tendrils Compute Overall, Benchmark portfolio has seen 26 unicorns, 25 IPOs and 143 acquisitions including key companies like Zillow, Wix and Prosper. A lot of funds co-invest with Benchmark, with names like Accel sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Benchmark has team of 12 people including 11 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 6 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Benchmark's List of Top Investments
Benchmark has a portfolio of 318 companies, including 26 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Airbyte and MindsDB.Their portfolio spans across United States, Israel, United Kingdom and 14 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 33 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 6 more. Here is the list of top investments by Benchmark:1. Zillow
Provider of real estate listings, rentals, mortgages, and agent connections. It offers tools for buying, selling, renting, and managing properties. The platform facilitates connections between users and real estate agents. It also provides resources for property valuation and market analysis.
Key facts about Zillow
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2014
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $87M
- Employee Count: 13,647 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, TDM Growth Partners and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 12, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Wix
Provider of tools for website creation, hosting, and business management. It offers features for designing websites using templates or AI. The platform provides domain name registration, web hosting, and website security. It also includes solutions for e-commerce, scheduling, restaurant management, blogging, and portfolio creation. The platform extends to payment solutions, mobile applications, CRM systems, and website analytics. It also provides tools for email marketing and search engine optimization.
Key facts about Wix
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Israel
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $53.5M
- Employee Count: 7,016 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Gynther Capital, Benchmark and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 16, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Prosper
Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Prosper allows people to invest in each other in a way that is financially and socially rewarding. Borrowers list loan requests between $2,000 and $35,000 and individual lenders can invest as little as $25 in each loan listing they select. Prosper handles the servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and investors. It also offers personal loans for business purposes. It has disbursed more than $5B in loans as of February 2016. Its investors include investors include Sequoia Capital, BlackRock, Institutional Venture Partners, and Credit Suisse NEXT Fund.
Key facts about Prosper
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $414M
- Employee Count: 499 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, EG Capital Advisors and 48 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 17, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. MongoDB
Provider of a cloud-based database-as-a-service platform. The platform uses distributed infrastructure on commodity servers and supports developers in building mobile and web applications. Features of the product include data visualization, vector search, stream processing, cluster distribution, and more.
Key facts about MongoDB
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Jan 31, 2026
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $311M
- Employee Count: 8,070 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: h-tif.com, Intel and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jan 10, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Next Door
Social networking and e-commerce platform for neighborhoods. It allows users to sign up with an address and connect with people in their local communities and greet newcomers, exchange recommendations, and read the local news. It also works with local government agencies that can send out citywide alerts on things like utility shutdowns, alerts, or emergency preparedness tips. Available on both Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Next Door
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $470M
- Employee Count: 959 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Allen & Company and 52 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, May 08, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Benchmark's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Benchmark has invested in 319 companies over the last 29 years, with an average of 8 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 20 investments, while as of Nov 2026, it has made 26 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Tendrils Compute and most recent follow-on round was in Mercor.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 12 | 14 | 26 |
2025 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
2024 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
2023 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2022 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
2021 | 5 | 21 | 26 |
2020 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2019 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
2018 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
2017 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Benchmark's Investments by Stage
Benchmark is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (163) rounds where average round size is $2.22B, Series B (73) rounds where average round size is $2.41B and Series C (27) rounds where average round size is $747M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 163 |
Series B | 73 |
Series C | 27 |
Seed | 21 |
Series E | 9 |
Others | 8 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Benchmark's Investments by Sector
Benchmark has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer, High Tech and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 280 Tech companies, 211 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 188 Software companies and at least 115 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 145 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 75 |
Consumer | 69 |
High Tech | 46 |
Media & Entertainment | 29 |
Others | 252 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Benchmark's Investments by Geography
Benchmark has made most investments in United States (246), followed by Israel where it has made 15 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 246 |
Israel | 15 |
United Kingdom | 8 |
Germany | 6 |
Netherlands | 3 |
Others | 22 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Benchmark's recent investments
Benchmark has made 26 investments in 2026 so far. Tendrils Compute and Mercor are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Benchmark:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 10, 2026 | - | Series B | 3293 | [+6] | |
Nov 10, 2026 | United States | Series D | 3024 | [+11] | |
Oct 20, 2026 | Sweden | Series E | 6917 | [+14] | |
Oct 08, 2026 | United States | Seed | 2822 | ||
Oct 06, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9892 | - |
Unicorns in Benchmark's Portfolio
Benchmark has 26 unicorns in its portfolio - Exa, Applied Compute, Star Cloud and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Exa. It became a unicorn in 2026.Here is a list of unicorns in Benchmark's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | Provider of web search, AI search engine, and website crawler tools | 2021 | San Francisco | Series C | xtgtoqq | ||
61 | Provider of AI-powered agents for company-specific data and workflows | 2025 | San Francisco | Series C | iwbdelq | ||
66 | Provider of data center solutions for space | 2024 | Redmond | Series A | fxbqddc | ||
58 | Developer of a home robot designed to perform household tasks | 2024 | Mountain View | Series B | kwugosw | ||
73 | Generative AI platform as a service for accelerating product innovation and disruption | 2022 | Redwood City | Series D | qorhvuo |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Benchmark's Portfolio
25 of Benchmark's portfolio companies have become public. Cerebras got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in May 2026 at marketcap of $5.55B and Wealthfront got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $2.05B.Here are Benchmark's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2026 | Mar 2016 | Series A | 8293 | |
Dec 12, 2025 | Jan 04, 2018 | Series E | 6896 | |
Oct 20, 2021 | Sep 18, 2013 | Series A | 3435 | |
Sep 28, 2021 | Aug 05, 2015 | Series A | 3232 | |
Jun 10, 2021 | Nov 03, 2011 | Series A | 2373 |
Acquired companies in Benchmark's Portfolio
143 companies from Benchmark's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Prosper.Here are Benchmark's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 02, 2026 | Apr 2005 | Series A | 7296 | |
Aug 04, 2026 | Nov 15, 2018 | Series C | 6474 | |
Jun 01, 2026 | May 26, 2016 | Series B | 9747 | |
Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 25, 2025 | Series B | 3264 | |
Mar 24, 2026 | Jul 08, 2010 | Series B | 3232 |
Team profile of Benchmark
Benchmark has a team of 12 members including 11 Partners located in United States and Israel. Benchmark's team sits on the board of 11 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Benchmark:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Palo Alto | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Israel | - | ||
Partner | Menlo Park | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - |
Co-investors of Benchmark
Over the past 29 years, 1497 investors have co-invested in Benchmark's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Benchmark: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital and 348 others have invested in rounds before Benchmark. There are 19 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Benchmark and 8 companies where Sequoia Capital has invested before Benchmark.
- Top Co-investors of Benchmark: 381 investors entered a company along with Benchmark. These include investors like Accel (19 companies).
- Invested after Benchmark: A total of 766 investors have invested in Benchmark's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include DAG Ventures (34 companies), Index Ventures (18 companies) and Sequoia Capital (15 companies).
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