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    Benchmark

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 1995

    Benchmark is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on leading the first institutional rounds of funding for companies in sectors such as social, mobile, local, cloud, consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure, and enterprise software. The firm is known for its equal partnership structure and takes a hands-on approach, typically securing a board seat with each portfolio company.

    Deal activity increased 80% year-over-year (18 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $69.2M (across 198 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    219

    Fund Size

    $4.8B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    18

    Team

    ML

    Mitch Lasky

    Longtime Benchmark Investor

    EV

    Eric Vishria

    CEO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    219 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Sunday logoSundaySeries B$165MMar 2026
    Gumloop logoGumloopSeries B$50MMar 2026
    Legora logoLegoraSeries D$550MMar 2026
    Cerebras Systems logoCerebras SystemsSeries H$1BFeb 2026
    Sunday logoSundaySeries A$35MNov 2025
    Agentio logoAgentioSeries B$40MNov 2025
    Fomo logoFomoSeries A$17MNov 2025
    Mercor logoMercorSeries C$350MOct 2025
    LangChain logoLangChainSeries C$125MOct 2025
    Reducto logoReductoSeries B$75MOct 2025
    Numeral logoNumeralSeries B$35MSep 2025
    Exa Labs Inc. logoExa Labs Inc.Series C$85MSep 2025
    Fomo logoFomoSeries A$17MSep 2025
    Levelpath logoLevelpathSeries B$55MJun 2025
    Sema4.ai logoSema4.aiSeries A$25MJun 2025
    Legora logoLegoraSeries B$80MMay 2025
    Butterfly Effect logoButterfly EffectSeries C$75MApr 2025
    Reducto logoReductoSeries A$24.5MApr 2025
    Mercor logoMercorSeries B$100MFeb 2025
    New Lantern logoNew LanternSeries A$19MNov 2024
    Agentio logoAgentioSeries A$12MNov 2024
    11x logo11xSeries C$50MNov 2024
    Mercor logoMercorSeries A$30MSep 2024
    11x logo11xSeries A$24MSep 2024
    111x.aiSeries A$24MSep 2024
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    Last updated: 10 April 2026