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Benchmark
Venture capital firm · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026
Benchmark is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1995. The page below shows 76 Power Law outcomes from Benchmark's portfolio — 68 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 6 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · AI · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are USA · Sweden · Israel. Benchmark ranks #47 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 76 Benchmark Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA65
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Sweden2
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Israel2
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Germany2
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China1
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UK1
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Singapore1
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France1
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Brazil1
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Other B2B Software20
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AI15
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eCommerce & Marketplaces9
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Marketing8
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Fintech8
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Other6
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Cybersecurity4
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Robotics1
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Space1
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Edtech1
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Transportation1
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Health Tech & Medtech1
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Series B+28
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Series A42
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Seed5
Benchmark's 76 Power Law outcomes.
Where Benchmark's founders come from — and where they study.
183 founders across the 76 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Benchmark.
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How does Benchmark stack up?
Benchmark in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Benchmark
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Benchmark on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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