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Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund

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Fund Size

$2B

Check Size

$1.0M$25.0M

Location

United States

Activity

Statusactively investing

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Investment Thesis

Early-stage venture fund addressing rising valuations and enabling larger stakes in promising startups, particularly in artificial intelligence.

About Benchmark Capital

Benchmark is an early-stage venture capital firm known for a small, equal-partner structure and concentrated, high-conviction investing. It typically leads first institutional rounds, takes board seats, and focuses on founders building category-defining companies in software and internet infrastructure-related markets.[1][3][6]

Sectors

Generative AIAI InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechAI Agents

Stages

pre-seedseedseries-aseries-b

Geography Focus

United States

Team

NameTitleRoleLinks
Chetan PuttaguntaGeneral PartnerPartnerin
Eric VishriaGeneral Partner
Everett RandleGeneral PartnerPartnerin𝕏
Peter FentonGeneral PartnerPartnerin

Tracked Investments

Notable Investments

TwitterYelpUberSnapchateBayZillowMongoDBWixAsanaCerebrasCursorLangChainManus AI

Traits

Leads rounds

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FAQ

What does Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund invest in?

Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund invests in Generative AI, AI Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech and AI Agents at the pre-seed, seed, series-a and series-b stages.

Which geographies does Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund focus on?

Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund focuses on United States, and is headquartered in United States.

What is Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund's typical check size?

Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund typically writes checks of $1M to $25M.

Which startups has Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund backed?

Benchmark Capital Early-Stage Fund has 1 tracked investment on Fusion42, including Deep Cogito.