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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 78 Power Law outcomes from Benchmark's portfolio — 68 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 7 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 · Germany · Sweden. Benchmark ranks #47 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Sequoia’s biggest exits.
Sequoia portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 78 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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USA67
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Germany2
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Sweden2
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Israel2
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UK1
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France1
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Brazil1
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Singapore1
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China1
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Other B2B Software20
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AI16
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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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Cybersecurity5
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Transportation1
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Robotics1
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Health Tech & Medtech1
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Edtech1
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Space1
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Series B+28
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Series A42
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Seed5
Benchmark’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Benchmark’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 15 companies where Benchmark is a named shareholder, worth about $10.6B in estimated equity value.
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Discord
10%
$15.0B
$1.5B
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2
ClickHouse
7.5%
$15.0B
$1.1B
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3
Chainalysis
12.5%
$8.6B
$1.1B
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4
Mercor
10.5%
$10.0B
$1.1B
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5
Sierra
6.5%
$15.8B
$1.0B
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6
Airtable
9.1%
$11.0B
$1.0B
- 7 15.5% $5.6B $868M
- 8 12% $6.1B $732M
- 9 14.5% $4.3B $624M
- 10 11.5% $5.0B $575M
- 11 18% $2.0B $360M
- 12 13.6% $2.0B $272M
Showing the 12 largest of 15 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Benchmark’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Benchmark also appears inside investor groups in Zopa, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Benchmark’s biggest exits.
Benchmark portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
+9 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
Benchmark's 78 Power Law outcomes.
How does Benchmark stack up?
Benchmark in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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 selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
185 founders across the 78 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.
Market sentiment
What the market 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
In the news
Latest news about Benchmark
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Benchmark — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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