Benchmark

venture capital
San Francisco, United StatesFounded 1995Website

AUM

$10.0M

Team

1

Funds

3

Investment Thesis

Top Sectors

Consumer
SaaS
Space

Preferred Stages

Series A
Seed
Series B

Deal Pace

0.7

deals/year avg

Team Activity Score92/100

Investment Team

S
Sarah Tavel
General Partner
Hot 92

Portfolio Companies(10)

Discord

ConsumerSeries A
$10.9M
Jan 2024

Superhuman

SaaSSeries A
$33.8M
Jun 2022

SpaceX

SpaceSeed
$17.3M
Sep 2020

Stripe

FintechSeed
$3.3M
May 2020

Anduril

Deep TechSeries A
$1.9M
Jul 2019

Skillz Spinoff (Aarki Bid)

AI / MLSeries A
$1.4M
Sep 2015

Zenefits

HR TechSeries A
$3.0M
Jun 2014

Juicero

ConsumerSeries A
$3.3M
Mar 2014

Munchery

MarketplaceSeries A
$1.0M
May 2013

Better Place

Climate TechSeries B
$116.7M
Jan 2010

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

Consumer2 deals · 20%
SaaS1 deal · 10%
Space1 deal · 10%
Fintech1 deal · 10%
Deep Tech1 deal · 10%
AI / ML1 deal · 10%
HR Tech1 deal · 10%
Marketplace1 deal · 10%
Climate Tech1 deal · 10%

By Stage

Series A7 deals · 70%
Seed2 deals · 20%
Series B1 deal · 10%
10 tracked deals9 sectors · 3 stages

Deal Activity by Year

2010
1
2013
1
2014
2
2015
1
2019
1
2020
2
2022
1
2024
1

Fund Vehicles

Benchmark Fund 1
Cool
Size: $1.9M
deploying83% deployed
Benchmark Fund 2
Hot
Size: $3.2M
deploying4% deployed
Benchmark Fund 3
Cool
Size: $1.6M
deploying81% deployed