Benchmark is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bob Kagle, Bruce Dunlevie, Andy Rachleff, Kevin Harvey, and Val Vaden.

[3] Notable companies funded by the firm include 1-800-Flowers, Demandforce, Amplitude,[4]AOL, Art.com/Allposters.com, Asana,[5] Baixing, CTERA Networks, Cerebras Systems,[6] Confluent,[7] Cockroach Labs,[8] CouchSurfing,[9] Cyanogen,[10] Digits,[11] Discord,[12] Duo Security,[13] Domo, Inc.,[14][15] Docker,[16] Dropbox,[17] EBags.com, eBay, Friendster, HackerOne[18] Instagram,[19][20] JAMDAT, Juniper Networks, Marin Software,[21] Metacafe, Minted, Modern Treasury,[22] MySQL, New Relic,[23][24] Nextdoor,[25][26] OpenTable, Optimizely,[27] Palm, Inc., ResearchGate,[28] Seeking Alpha, ServiceSource, Sketch,[29] Snapchat,[30][31][32] Solv,[33] Stitch Fix,[34][35] Twitter,[36] Tellme Networks,[37] Uber,[38][39] Ubiquity6,[40] Vessel,[41] WeWork,[42][43][44][45] WorldWinner,[46] Xapo,[47] Yelp, Inc.,[48] Zendesk,[49] Zillow,[50] Zipcar,[51] and Zuora.

[56] Benchmark Capital was featured in the Apple TV+ original TV series WeCrashed starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.

[citation needed] Benchmark was also featured in the Showtime original Super Pumped starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

In the series, Kyle Chandler plays Benchmark General Partner Bill Gurley, portraying his involvement in leading Ubers' $11 million round of fundraising in February 2011.