Benchmark

Benchmark is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that backs technology companies from seed through growth stages. The firm focuses on software and services, mobile and social platforms, marketplaces, infrastructure, and artificial intelligence, with investments in the United States (notably the West Coast and New York), Europe, and Israel. Benchmark takes a hands-on, founder-friendly approach, often taking board seats to help portfolio companies scale and secure follow-on financing. It has a track record of backing industry leaders and notable exits, reflecting its emphasis on transformational technology companies.

Alex Balkanski

General Partner

Matt Cohler

Partner

Jason Droege

Venture Partner

Bruce Dunlevie

General Partner

Peter Fenton

General Partner

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

Instawork

Series D in 2023
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Levelpath

Seed Round in 2023
Levelpath is an AI-powered procurement platform that unifies workflows, data, people, and devices to improve productivity and collaboration across enterprises and their suppliers. Its platform provides a mobile-first experience that streamlines sourcing, purchasing, supply chains, and financial management, delivering faster, more transparent enterprise commerce and smarter operations. The system uses the Hyperbridge reasoning engine to extract and enrich data from hundreds of thousands of sources, presenting procurement information in a single view accessible on any device. Levelpath is headquartered in San Francisco.

Digits

Series C in 2022
Digits is a fintech company that develops AI-powered accounting platforms. Founded in 2018 by Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert, the company automates bookkeeping, provides real-time financial insights, and streamlines tax management for startups and small businesses.

Benchling

Series E in 2021
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Good Eggs

Series D in 2021
Good Eggs, Inc. is an online grocery delivery service based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2011. The company specializes in providing a diverse range of products, including fresh, local produce, meal kits, grocery staples, and beverages such as wine and beer. Good Eggs emphasizes thoughtfully sourced, sustainable ingredients, offering items like dairy products, meats, seafood, snacks, pantry essentials, and health and home goods. By focusing on quality and local sourcing, Good Eggs aims to deliver an exceptional grocery shopping experience, allowing customers to conveniently order fresh food and have it delivered directly to their homes or offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Benchling

Series D in 2020
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Digits

Series B in 2020
Digits is a fintech company that develops AI-powered accounting platforms. Founded in 2018 by Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert, the company automates bookkeeping, provides real-time financial insights, and streamlines tax management for startups and small businesses.

Benchling

Series C in 2019
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Instawork

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Buoyant

Venture Round in 2019
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.

Instawork

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.

Blue Hexagon

Series B in 2019
Blue Hexagon Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. It specializes in developing machine learning-based threat detection software that provides real-time protection against cyber threats. The company's platform leverages artificial intelligence to deliver on-device malware detection, helping organizations enhance their network security and improve their overall cloud security posture. By focusing on automated network threat defense, Blue Hexagon aims to secure enterprises from evolving digital threats effectively.

Benchling

Series B in 2018
Benchling, Inc. delivers a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. The platform unifies experiment design, data capture, and collaboration in a single interface, enabling scientists to design, record, and share experiments. It consists of an integrated lab notebook, a biological registration system to track inventory such as plasmids, antibodies, and cell lines, and a molecular biology design and analysis suite that supports end-to-end R&D workflows. Additional modules include Benchling Insights for querying and visualizing structured data and collaboration around it, and Bioregistry for biological entity registration and strain management. Benchling serves researchers in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as academic and government labs, including research and development managers and principal investigators who need centralized data management and streamlined collaboration. The platform is applied across antibodies, cell therapy, gene therapy, proteins and peptides, vaccines, and industrial biotechnology. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Benchling enables scientists to design DNA, manage workflows, and accelerate decision-making throughout the R&D lifecycle.

Good Eggs

Series C in 2018
Good Eggs, Inc. is an online grocery delivery service based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2011. The company specializes in providing a diverse range of products, including fresh, local produce, meal kits, grocery staples, and beverages such as wine and beer. Good Eggs emphasizes thoughtfully sourced, sustainable ingredients, offering items like dairy products, meats, seafood, snacks, pantry essentials, and health and home goods. By focusing on quality and local sourcing, Good Eggs aims to deliver an exceptional grocery shopping experience, allowing customers to conveniently order fresh food and have it delivered directly to their homes or offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Blue Hexagon

Series A in 2017
Blue Hexagon Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. It specializes in developing machine learning-based threat detection software that provides real-time protection against cyber threats. The company's platform leverages artificial intelligence to deliver on-device malware detection, helping organizations enhance their network security and improve their overall cloud security posture. By focusing on automated network threat defense, Blue Hexagon aims to secure enterprises from evolving digital threats effectively.

Buoyant

Series A in 2017
Buoyant Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing open-source software to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of cloud-native applications. The company's flagship product is Linkerd, an open-source network proxy designed for service mesh deployment, facilitating efficient management, control, and monitoring of service-to-service communication within applications. Buoyant's team comprises senior ex-Twitter infrastructure engineers aiming to provide advanced capabilities to various companies, as they previously helped conquer Twitter's "Fail Whale" issue. The company is well-funded and backed by prominent investors.

Glassdoor

Series E in 2013
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Glassdoor

Series D in 2012
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

NaturalMotion

Venture Round in 2012
NaturalMotion Ltd is a prominent games and technology company based in Oxford, London, San Francisco, and Brighton. Renowned for its high-end mobile games, NaturalMotion Games focuses on producing ultra-high quality free-to-play titles characterized by polished gameplay and advanced 3D graphics. The company achieved significant success with CSR Racing, which reached the top of the charts in over 70 countries shortly after its release in 2012, generating substantial monthly revenue. Following this, Clumsy Ninja was introduced during Apple's iPhone 5 keynote, further solidifying NaturalMotion's reputation in the industry. In addition to its gaming portfolio, NaturalMotion Technology is recognized for its innovative animation software, including the award-winning euphoria engine, which revolutionized real-time character animation and has been utilized in popular titles like GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption. The company's Morpheme engine is widely acknowledged as a leading tool for animation in the console and PC gaming sectors, showcasing NaturalMotion's commitment to creating immersive gaming experiences.

Boku

Series D in 2012
Boku is a mobile payments and identity technology company offering carrier billing and mobile wallet payment solutions for mobile network operators and merchants, enabling consumers to make online purchases using their mobile devices. The company provides a platform for mobile payments across carrier billing and wallets and also delivers mobile identity and authentication through real-time connections to operator networks. Its Boku Identity solution aggregates and harmonizes operator systems to reduce identity fraud, improve conversions, and support privacy-preserving onboarding for customers worldwide. Serving enterprises across multiple industries, the company operates globally across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Boku focuses on enabling seamless mobile payments and secure identity services on a single platform.

Glassdoor

Series C in 2011
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Prosper Marketplace

Series D in 2010
Founded in 2005, Prosper Marketplace is a leading online lending platform that connects borrowers with investors. It facilitates fixed-rate, unsecured personal loans through its transparent marketplace, benefiting both parties financially and socially.

Prosper Marketplace

Venture Round in 2010
Founded in 2005, Prosper Marketplace is a leading online lending platform that connects borrowers with investors. It facilitates fixed-rate, unsecured personal loans through its transparent marketplace, benefiting both parties financially and socially.

Boku

Series C in 2010
Boku is a mobile payments and identity technology company offering carrier billing and mobile wallet payment solutions for mobile network operators and merchants, enabling consumers to make online purchases using their mobile devices. The company provides a platform for mobile payments across carrier billing and wallets and also delivers mobile identity and authentication through real-time connections to operator networks. Its Boku Identity solution aggregates and harmonizes operator systems to reduce identity fraud, improve conversions, and support privacy-preserving onboarding for customers worldwide. Serving enterprises across multiple industries, the company operates globally across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Boku focuses on enabling seamless mobile payments and secure identity services on a single platform.

Polyvore

Series B in 2009
Polyvore is an online shopping platform that allows users to explore and share fashion styling ideas within a large global community. The site features a unique collage-like format, enabling users to create and share over 150 million “sets” that showcase various fashion products, including dresses, tops, handbags, and jewelry. By disrupting traditional e-commerce, Polyvore empowers its users to influence fashion trends and purchasing decisions, often predicting trends before they reach the mainstream market. Based in Silicon Valley, Polyvore fosters a collaborative environment where both men and women can engage with fashion in a creative and interactive way.

Boku

Series A in 2009
Boku is a mobile payments and identity technology company offering carrier billing and mobile wallet payment solutions for mobile network operators and merchants, enabling consumers to make online purchases using their mobile devices. The company provides a platform for mobile payments across carrier billing and wallets and also delivers mobile identity and authentication through real-time connections to operator networks. Its Boku Identity solution aggregates and harmonizes operator systems to reduce identity fraud, improve conversions, and support privacy-preserving onboarding for customers worldwide. Serving enterprises across multiple industries, the company operates globally across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Boku focuses on enabling seamless mobile payments and secure identity services on a single platform.

Glassdoor

Series B in 2008
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Glassdoor

Series B in 2008
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Coverity

Series A in 2008
Coverity is a leading provider of development testing solutions, specializing in source code analysis tools designed to identify software defects throughout the software development life cycle. Founded in 2003 in the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford University, the company has established itself as a trusted standard for organizations seeking to safeguard their brands against software failures. With over 1,100 customers, including major brands such as Honeywell, NEC, and Samsung, Coverity's flagship product, Coverity Static Analysis, allows businesses to automatically test source code for critical defects that could result in product malfunctions, security vulnerabilities, or catastrophic failures. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, operates globally with offices in major cities such as Boston, London, and Tokyo, employing more than 240 professionals. Coverity manages over five billion lines of source code and plays a crucial role in the development testing processes of numerous industry leaders, contributing to their ability to deliver high-quality products while maintaining competitive advantage in the market.

Polyvore

Series A in 2007
Polyvore is an online shopping platform that allows users to explore and share fashion styling ideas within a large global community. The site features a unique collage-like format, enabling users to create and share over 150 million “sets” that showcase various fashion products, including dresses, tops, handbags, and jewelry. By disrupting traditional e-commerce, Polyvore empowers its users to influence fashion trends and purchasing decisions, often predicting trends before they reach the mainstream market. Based in Silicon Valley, Polyvore fosters a collaborative environment where both men and women can engage with fashion in a creative and interactive way.

Glassdoor

Series A in 2007
Glassdoor, Inc. is an online jobs and career community that facilitates connections between job seekers, employees, and employers. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered in Mill Valley, California, the company provides a platform where users can access job listings and contribute user-generated content, such as company reviews, salary reports, CEO approval ratings, and interview insights. This information helps individuals make informed career decisions. Glassdoor operates in various sectors, including administrative, engineering, finance, healthcare, IT, and sales. In addition to its website, the service is accessible via mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms. With a global presence, Glassdoor also has offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, London, and São Paulo. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Prosper Marketplace

Series C in 2007
Founded in 2005, Prosper Marketplace is a leading online lending platform that connects borrowers with investors. It facilitates fixed-rate, unsecured personal loans through its transparent marketplace, benefiting both parties financially and socially.

Liquid Air Lab

Series B in 2006
Liquid Air Lab GmbH engages in developing mobile multimedia applications and mobile advertising solutions. It offers spodtronic, a radio player on Nokia devices; Rick Rocketson, an iPhone application; and adplace.com, a mobile advertising network. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. It has branch offices in Berlin, Germany; and Berkeley, California.

Prosper Marketplace

Series B in 2006
Founded in 2005, Prosper Marketplace is a leading online lending platform that connects borrowers with investors. It facilitates fixed-rate, unsecured personal loans through its transparent marketplace, benefiting both parties financially and socially.

Prosper Marketplace

Series A in 2005
Founded in 2005, Prosper Marketplace is a leading online lending platform that connects borrowers with investors. It facilitates fixed-rate, unsecured personal loans through its transparent marketplace, benefiting both parties financially and socially.

Avamar Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

Avamar Technologies

Series C in 2002
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

OpenTable

Series C in 2000
OpenTable is an online restaurant booking service founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a platform that allows guests to discover and reserve tables at restaurants, facilitating connections between diners and eateries. OpenTable operates multiple websites and mobile applications, enabling users to find restaurants and make reservations easily. Its services are available internationally, and the company continues to expand its presence through various teams and offices worldwide, enhancing the dining experience for users and supporting restaurants in reaching their communities.

OpenTable

Series B in 2000
OpenTable is an online restaurant booking service founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a platform that allows guests to discover and reserve tables at restaurants, facilitating connections between diners and eateries. OpenTable operates multiple websites and mobile applications, enabling users to find restaurants and make reservations easily. Its services are available internationally, and the company continues to expand its presence through various teams and offices worldwide, enhancing the dining experience for users and supporting restaurants in reaching their communities.
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