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Benchmark portfolio
Benchmark has 46 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 12 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 1995. It led 25 of the 58 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Tendrils's $30M funding round in November 2026, which it led. By category, its portfolio leans toward Developer tools and cloud (13) and AI agents (11). It has co-invested with Index Ventures, GV and Y Combinator, most often Index Ventures (11 rounds).
About Benchmark
What Benchmark invests in
- Developer tools and cloud · 13 · 28%
- AI agents · 11 · 24%
- Consumer and social · 7 · 15%
- Foundation models and research · 5 · 11%
- Data and analytics · 5 · 11%
- Gaming · 4 · 9%
- Media and content · 4 · 9%
- Sales and marketing · 4 · 9%
Benchmark recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
 TTendrils | round · $30M · lead | none named | |
| Seed · $60M · lead | Index Ventures (lead) | ||
| Seed · $25M · lead | Silent Ventures, Spark Capital | ||
| Series B+ | Index Ventures | ||
| Series A · $250M | Cisco, Nvidia, Soma Capital +7 | ||
| Series B+ · $250M | Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Lightspeed | ||
| Series B+ · $300M | Toyota Ventures, Radical Ventures (lead), Nvidia +7 | ||
| Series B+ · $50M · lead | Human Capital |
How Benchmark invests
Benchmark portfolio companies
- TTendrils$30Mround · Nov 2026
HHone$60MSeed · Oct 2026
FFurientis$25MSeed · Oct 2026
IInstinctSeries B+ · Aug 2026
SStarcloud$250MSeries A · Aug 2026
EExa$250MSeries B+ · May 2026
DDecart$300MSeries B+ · May 2026
MMonaco$50MSeries B+ · May 2026
GGumloop$50MSeries B+ · Mar 2026
LLegora$550MSeries B+ · Mar 2026
SSunday$35MSeed · Nov 2025
MMercor$350MSeries B+ · Oct 2025
GGreptile$25MSeries A · Sep 2025
NNumeral$35MSeries B+ · Sep 2025
LLevel Path$55MSeries B+ · Jun 2025
RReducto$24.5MSeries A · Apr 2025
NNew Lantern$19MSeries A · Nov 2024
AAgentio$12MSeries A · Nov 2024
111x$24MSeries A · Oct 2024
HHeyGen$60MSeries A · Jun 2024
SSierra$110Mround · Feb 2024
QQuilter$10MSeries A · Feb 2024
DDigits$65MSeries B+ · Mar 2022
SStytch$90MSeries B+ · Nov 2021
IInstawork$60MSeries B+ · Jul 2021
CChainalysis$100MSeries B+ · Jun 2021
SSorare$50MSeries A · Feb 2021
CCockroach Labs$160MSeries B+ · Jan 2021
CContentful$80MSeries B+ · Jun 2020
GGood Eggs$50MSeries B+ · May 2018
CCitymapper$40MSeries B+ · Jan 2016
OOptimizely$58MSeries B+ · Oct 2015
DDuo Security$30MSeries B+ · Apr 2015
Tthatgamecompany$7MSeries B+ · May 2014
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DDuffelbacker
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AApplied Computebacker
LLangChainbacker
PPomeriumbacker
TTigerDatabacker
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CClickerbacker
MManus AIbacker
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GGame Closurebacker
| Company | Round with Benchmark | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTendrils AI infrastructure and compute |
round · $30M · lead | $30M | Nov 11, 2026 round |
| Seed · $60M · lead | $60M | Oct 8, 2026 Seed | |
Defense and security |
Seed · $25M · lead | $30M | Oct 6, 2026 Seed |
Crypto x AI |
Series B+ | $250.5M | Aug 27, 2026 Series B+ |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A · $250M | $433.9M | Aug 21, 2026 Series A |
Foundation models and research |
Series B+ · $250M | $352M | May 22, 2026 Series B+ |
Foundation models and research |
Series B+ · $300M | $453M | Aug 18, 2026 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $50M · lead | $75M | May 17, 2026 Series B+ |
| Series B+ · $50M · lead | $70.6M | Mar 12, 2026 Series B+ | |
Legal and compliance |
Series B+ · $550M | $855.5M | May 1, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Seed · $35M · lead | $200M | Mar 12, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $350M | $1.24B | Nov 10, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series A · $25M · lead | $79.5M | Oct 19, 2026 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
Series B+ · $35M | $153.5M | Sep 23, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $55M | $55M | Jun 30, 2025 Series B+ |
Foundation models and research |
Series A · $24.5M · lead | $108.4M | Oct 14, 2025 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series A · $19M · lead | $19M | Nov 20, 2024 Series A |
Consumer and social |
Series A · $12M · lead | $56.25M | Nov 18, 2025 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series A · $24M · lead | $76M | Mar 24, 2025 Series B+ |
Education |
Series A · $60M · lead | $60M | Jun 20, 2024 Series A |
| round · $110M · lead | $1.58B | May 4, 2026 Series B+ | |
Robotics and hardware |
Series A · $10M · lead | $35M | Oct 7, 2025 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $65M | $97.5M | Mar 24, 2022 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $90M | $126M | Nov 1, 2021 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $60M | $138M | Jul 5, 2023 Series B+ |
Oracles and on-chain data |
Series B+ · $100M | $571.6M | Mar 7, 2026 Series B+ |
Crypto payments |
Series A · $50M · lead | $734M | Sep 21, 2021 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $160M | $607.85M | Oct 11, 2025 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $80M | $333.8M | Oct 15, 2025 Series B+ |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $50M · lead | $86M | Feb 3, 2021 round |
Logistics and mobility |
Series B+ · $40M | $50M | Jan 20, 2016 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $58M | $193M | Jun 18, 2019 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $30M | $112M | Oct 18, 2017 Series B+ |
Developer tools and cloud |
Series B+ · $7M | $19M | Mar 3, 2022 round |
Data and analytics |
backer · source | $35M | Oct 1, 2025 Series A |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer · source | $65M | Jul 9, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
backer · source | $80M | Apr 8, 2026 round |
AI coding and devtools |
backer · source | $150M | Oct 20, 2025 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
backer · source | $38M | Jun 1, 2024 Series A |
Data and analytics |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
AI agents |
backer · source | $26M | Jul 13, 2026 Series A |
Consumer and social |
backer | undisclosed | — |
AI agents |
backer | $500M | Oct 8, 2026 round |
AI coding and devtools |
backer | $903M | Mar 26, 2026 Series B+ |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
IIndex Ventures11 shared rounds · last Oct 8, 2026
GGV11 shared rounds · last Mar 24, 2022
YY Combinator9 shared rounds · last May 22, 2026GGeneral Catalyst8 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2026
RRedpoint Ventures8 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2026
SSequoia5 shared rounds · last May 18, 2026
FFirstMark5 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2026
SSalesforce Ventures4 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2026
CCoatue4 shared rounds · last Feb 13, 2024
AAltimeter Capital4 shared rounds · last Jun 24, 2021
SSpark Capital3 shared rounds · last Oct 6, 2026
ZZeev Ventures3 shared rounds · last May 18, 2026
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BBlackRock48 companies · 6 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Developer tools and cloud).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 58 rounds on Recent Funding that name Benchmark. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Benchmark, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/benchmark (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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