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Websitebenchmark.com
Phone(650) 854-8180
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Founded1/95

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Headquarters
2480 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
USA
Israel Office
9 Hamanofim Street
Herzliya, 46725, ISR

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Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. The firm’s initial investments typically sit in the $3 million to $5 million range, and over the lifetime of a relationship the firm will often invest $5 million to $15 million in a portfolio company. Investments are generally directed towards technology driven companies in the areas of enterprise software and services, communications and security, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services, and financial services in the US and Europe.

Benchmark Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Herzliya Pituach, Israel

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Engine Yard 10/09Series C$19M6
Twitter 9/09Series D$100M6
Clicker 9/09Series A$8M2
Riot Games 9/09Series C$8M3
Fanbase 8/09Series A$5M1
Polyvore 8/09Series B$5.6M3
Zendesk 8/09Series B$6M2
Mint.com 8/09Series C$14M6
Panaya 8/09Series B$5M2
BOKU 6/09Series A$13M3
GreenRoad Technologies 5/09Series D$15M5
Eucalyptus Systems 4/09Series A$5.5M1
Marin Software 4/09Series C$13M3
Direct2Silicon 4/09Series B$9M2
D2S 4/09Series B$9M4
Direct2Silicon 3/09Unattributed$7.19M3
Cotendo 3/09Series B$7M2
Twitter 2/09Series C$35M6
CTERA Networks 1/09Series B1
RightScale 12/08Series B$13M2
Finjan 11/08Unattributed$22M4
New Relic 11/08Series B$6M2
Glassdoor 10/08Series B$6.5M2
Zuora 10/08Series B$15M4
Gigya 10/08Series C$11M4
MBA Polymers 9/08Series F$20M4
Terracotta 9/08Unattributed$10M4
Friendster 8/08Series D$20M3
GreenRoad Technologies 7/08Series C$14.5M4
Engine Yard 7/08Series B$15M3
Riot Games 7/08Series B$7M2
Xeround 7/08Series B$16M4
CTERA Networks 7/08Series A1
Odysii 6/08Series A$20M2
Lithium Technologies 6/08Series B$12M3
oDesk 6/08Series C$15M4
SpringSource 6/08Series B$15M2
Grockit 5/08Series B$8M2
G.ho.st 5/08Series A$3M1
Mu Dynamics 5/08Series C$10M3
RightScale 4/08Series A$4.5M1
Move Networks 4/08Series C$46M7
Marin Software 4/08Series B$7.25M1
New Relic 4/08Series A$3.5M1
TuneWiki 4/08Series A$3M1
Glassdoor 3/08Series A$3M1
Gizmoz 3/08Series B$6.5M4
Zuora 3/08Series A$6.5M2
Gigya 3/08Series B$9.5M3
Mint.com 3/08Series B$12M6
FriendFeed 2/08Series A$5M3
HipLogic 2/08Series A$4.5M1
Coverity 2/08Series A$22M2
Silver Peak 1/08Series D$21M6
Metaweb Technologies 1/08Series B$42M4
Engine Yard 1/08Series A$3.5M1
Conduit 1/08Series B$8M1
NorthStar Systems International 11/07Seed$11.5M3
Vivox 11/07Series B$7.8M3
BroadLight 9/07Series E$12M9
Metacafe 8/07Series C$30M4
Hyperic 6/07Series B$6.1M2
SpringSource 6/07Series A$10M1
Grockit 6/07Series A$2.3M1
Prosper 6/07Series C$20M5
Interface21 5/07Series A$10M1
Pure Digital Technologies 5/07Series E$40M4
Gizmoz 5/07Series A$6.3M2
Avvo 4/07Series B$10M2
Digital Fuel 3/07Series E$5M4
Zopa 3/07Series C$12.9M3
Gaia 3/07Series B$12M3
LiveOps 2/07Series C$28M2
Gigya 2/07Series A$3M2
ScanSafe 2/07Series B$15M2
Moondo 2007Series A$6M2
Clarizen 2007Series A$7M2
Liquid Air Lab 10/06Series B$10M2
Yelp 10/06Series C$10M1
oDesk 9/06Series B$8M3
Seeking Alpha 9/06Series A1
Rebtel 9/06Series A$20M2
Friendster 8/06Series C$10M4
Metacafe 7/06Series B$15M2
Mu Dynamics 6/06Series B$10M3
Nanosolar 6/06Series C$75M8
Gaia 6/06Series A$8.93M2
Hyperic 5/06Series A$3.8M2
Zimbra 4/06Series C$14.5M9
Icera Semiconductor Technology 3/06Series C$40M2
Zopa 3/06Series B$15M3
Metaweb Technologies 3/06Series A$15M3
Linden Lab 3/06Series B$11M7
Prosper 2/06Series B$12.5M4
WeeWorld 2006Series B$15.5M2
Zillow 10/05Series A$32M2
Vudu 6/05Series A$21M5
Nanosolar 5/05Series B$20M4
Prosper 4/05Series A$7.5M2
Saw-You 3/05Series A$1.5M1
Linden Lab 10/04Series A$8M5
Pure Digital Technologies 2004Unattributed$28M4
Friendster 10/03Series B$13M4
MySQL 6/03Series B$19.5M2
OpenTable 10/00Series C$36M6
Opsware 6/00Series B$120M5
OpenTable 1/00Series B$10M4
Pentaho Series C$12M3
Sentrigo Series A1
Sentrigo Series B2
Polyvore Series A$2.5M2
Mu Dynamics Series A$4M2

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