Benchmark

"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."

"which was to take the check with benchmark over anyone"

"Benchmark I think is super hard to beat... they are just a beast."

"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."

"Which fund are you not in that you would most like to be in? Probably Benchmark. Ton of respect there."

"We partnered with Benchmark in 2022. A lot of it was weighted on the people and also why we exist."

"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."

Dialectic

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"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."

"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..."

"We ended up working with a venture firm called Benchmark. They ended up investing $9.51 million."

"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."

"Every single constrained fund, including Benchmark, historically the central figure and discipline in venture, has raised a billion and a half growth fund."

Dan Shipper

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"You are a partner at Benchmark."

Y Combinator

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"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."

"Our friends at Benchmark, they funded StarCloud and StarCloud is an orbital compute company that SpaceX is kind of partnering with. Last time I checked, the Benchmark guys were pretty smart and they're not coming from the Elon ecosystem at all, an..."

"Series A — Benchmark. I've worked with Chetan and Eric a ton and great respect."

Jason Lemkin

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"It's kind of reminded me of Jack Altman raising a massive amount for a solo GP fund and joining Benchmark. Like, these are things that make sense today, but just a — when we almost even when we started this podcast — they wouldn't even make sense."

"When Benchmark kind of came around we were more open to the idea to take money to protect the downside. Out of all the conversations we had, Chaan got it instantly — he had this deep intuition about what we were building."

TBPN

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"Benchmark has raised two billion across two new funds. And most notably their first ever dedicated growth fund."

Peter Diamandis

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"They closed a $1.1 billion round that was led by Benchmark and EQT."

"It's an equal partnership like Benchmark where I was before. We debate it out hardily and we're not investing where everyone else is."

This Week in Startups

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"I'll just say that if you are someone who has money in benchmark funds, congratulations. You're about to make a lot of money."

"We used to be called Benchmark Europe. We spun out in 2010 when the European market really took off."

"I think it was a clever move by a very shrewd firm. I think it's been their MO for 15 20 years which is we have a very compelling offering to make to any GP will make you broadly will make you equal in a very successful partnership with a lot of a..."

"Peter Fenton from Benchmark... our first round of financing, I didn't talk to anyone else"