Benchmark

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionUnited States · Oct 20, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

Benchmark is a venture investment partnership based in the San Francisco Bay Area, backing technology founders at seed and Series A and continuing with companies through later financings.

Partner Chetan Puttagunta describes its early investing as work that can begin before a company has a product, revenue or operating metrics. The focus at that point is on the founding team and the business it intends to create.

Its relationship with tax software company Numeral illustrates continued participation: Benchmark led the Series A and also joined the company’s Series C. The financing relationship can therefore extend beyond the initial institutional round.

Sources
Rounds participated in
4
Confirmed lead rounds
0
All roles disclosed
New companies
3
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.2B
4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+2
Seed1
Series B1

By primary sector

AI1
Defense tech1
Developer tools1
Enterprise software1

By country

United States4

Rounds

4 in this selection
Greptile

Greptile builds an AI code-review and validation platform that checks software changes against the context of a team’s codebase.

$50MSeries B
Participant
Furientis

Furientis develops interceptor missiles designed for affordable production at scale.

$25MSeed
Participant
Instinct

Develops a personal AI assistant that carries out everyday tasks through text and phone calls.

$1BSeries C
Participant
Numeral

AI-powered software that automates sales tax and VAT compliance for global businesses.

$100MSeries C
Participant