Benchmark
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A venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage technology companies and taking a hands-on approach with portfolio companies.
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How Benchmark compares
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Sequoia
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major venture capital firm
Venky says Benchmark is harder to beat. Harrison sees them as a co-founder, while Sequoia feels more like an operational machine.
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Venky says Benchmark is harder to beat. Harrison sees them as a co-founder, while Sequoia feels more like an operational machine.
"We really thought of them as kind of like a third co-founder... They've been kind of like our most consistent partner in that journey for sure... I think absolutely it's worth taking a discount for Sequoia and Benchmark."
Sequoia is more of an operational machine
"Benchmark I think is super hard to beat... they are just a beast."
Harder to beat than Sequoia
"Which fund are you not in that you would most like to be in? Probably Benchmark. Ton of respect there."
Named alongside Sequoia and Founders Fund as elite VC brand names
"Series A — Benchmark. I've worked with Chetan and Eric a ton and great respect."
Also mentioned Sequoia as a close second
What creators say
"We really thought of them as kind of like a third co-founder... They've been kind of like our most consistent partner in that journey for sure... I think absolutely it's worth taking a discount for Sequoia and Benchmark."
More from Harrison Chase →"which was to take the check with benchmark over anyone"
More from Abe Hobson →"Benchmark I think is super hard to beat... they are just a beast."
More from Venky Ganesan →"Benchmark was an extraordinary partner. I think if you do hardware, you're going to be in bed with your backers for a decade — pick good ones — and I'm proud we did."
More from Andrew Feldman →"Which fund are you not in that you would most like to be in? Probably Benchmark. Ton of respect there."
More from David Morehead →"We partnered with Benchmark in 2022. A lot of it was weighted on the people and also why we exist."
More from Jeffrey Morgan →"The Benchmark team is phenomenal. I've learned a ton from them. I have a lot of fondness for that team, but you've also got to just learn what is the right fit for you."
More from Miles Grimshaw →
"Miles began his career at Thrive over a decade ago, but he also spent three years at another investment firm, Benchmark, before returning to Thrive in 2024."
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"You just raised your $15M seed round from Benchmark and you had one of the most legendary venture capitalist of all time compare you to the founder..."
"Founders Fund is the opposite of Benchmark. It was not an equal partnership. I also think that Benchmark is the example of the people that do it best — you are able to do that whole transition if you're not good at that, imagine doing the equal pa..."
More from Brian Singerman →"We ended up working with a venture firm called Benchmark. They ended up investing $9.51 million."
More from Max Junestrand →+1 more mention from Max
"I remember going to the Benchmark office and Benchmark is one of these like legendary VC firms. And I sat down with Peter Fenton and with Chathan w..."
"Benchmark — while they missed Anthropic and OpenAI, they've done amazing with Factory and a bunch of other great ones. Despite missing the big frontier models, they have a great portfolio."
More from Jerry Murdock →"Every single constrained fund, including Benchmark, historically the central figure and discipline in venture, has raised a billion and a half growth fund."
More from Harry Stebbings →+1 more mention from Harry
"We manufacture how wonderful it is — Benchmark as a flat partnership. I mean, who cares, right? It's not disciplined. It's optimized to make the mo..."
"Earlier this year, they raised $170 million led by Benchmark and became the fastest growing unicorn in YC history just 17 months after demo day."
More from Y Combinator →"If you're an entrepreneur today and you take money from Benchmark, the company that took me out, that took Travis out — Travis from Uber, Jack Dorsey from Square, Twitter, Block — and many more. So when you choose your investors, look at their his..."
"You definitely shouldn't raise from Benchmark Capital. Got to get that out there."
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