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Benchmark: Invited Member
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Invited Member — Apex Ecosystem

Benchmark

Apex Member Partner — San Francisco & Woodside, California

Apex Business Group Worldwide presents Benchmark — one of Silicon Valley's most iconic early-stage venture capital firms. Since 1995, Benchmark has backed transformative companies like eBay, Uber, Twitter, Snap, and Zillow with a uniquely hands-on, equal-partnership approach. Connecting visionary founders with the global Apex ecosystem across 80+ countries.

What Apex Is

Apex is a living ecosystem — one of its kind. A decentralized, member-owned global business platform across 80+ countries where preferred venture partners such as Benchmark can explore early-stage innovation quietly and selectively, while founders showcase on their MySite and gain clarity on what long-term investors truly seek. No middleman. By members, for members.

Invited Member
Benchmark

Founded in 1995, Benchmark is a premier early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco and Woodside, California. Known for its pioneering equal partnership structure — with no junior or senior partners — Benchmark takes board seats and a hands-on approach to every company it backs.

Benchmark invests across consumer, enterprise software, marketplaces, infrastructure, open source, and artificial intelligence. Their philosophy: keep fund sizes deliberately modest, maintain an equal partnership, and stay intensely close to founders — taking board seats and providing deeply hands-on support.

With portfolio companies including eBay, Uber, Twitter, Snap, Instagram, Zillow, MongoDB, Elastic, Asana, Confluent, Stitch Fix, and many more, Benchmark has produced over $60 billion in total market value from its exits. The firm's current partners include Peter Fenton, Sarah Tavel, Chetan Puttagunta, Victor Lazarte, and Eric Vishria.

Mission: We invest in and work alongside entrepreneurs building startups into transformational companies.
www.benchmark.com · [email protected]
140 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Key Figures
303+
Portfolio Companies
22
Unicorns Created
25+
IPOs
139+
M&A Exits
$60B+
Exit Value
30+
Years Active
14
Team Members
Invited
Apex Role

"We keep our fund sizes small, our partnership equal, and our commitment to founders absolute. Every partner takes a board seat — that's our promise."

— Benchmark
Startup Application

Apply to the Apex Startup Discovery Program

Aligned with Benchmark's investment focus. Precondition: You must be an Apex Participant to submit. Registration is complimentary and includes 2 Golden Ads. This project is part of Apex Master Expos.

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Precondition: You must be an Apex Participant to submit this application. Registration at myapex.me is complimentary and includes 2 Golden Ads.
Your unique Apex Participant ID. You receive this upon registration at myapex.me. Required to submit.
1. Founder & Company Information
Basic information about you and your startup.
Describe what your company does in one sentence.
"We work alongside entrepreneurs building startups into transformational companies." — Benchmark
Benchmark values founders with bold vision, relentless execution, and the determination to build category-defining businesses.
2. Problem & Technology
What are you building and why does it matter?
What is the problem, why is it important, and who suffers from it?
"Every partner takes a board seat. That's our commitment to founders." — Benchmark
Benchmark is deeply invested in AI and frontier technology. Describe how technology powers your offering.
3. Market & Traction
How big is the opportunity and what have you achieved so far?
Users, revenue, partnerships, pilots, LOIs, notable milestones.
4. Funding & Investment
Benchmark invests primarily in Series A and Series B stages.
"We keep fund sizes modest and partnerships equal — so every founder gets our full attention." — Benchmark
What specifically draws you to Benchmark's approach and expertise?
5. Additional Information
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Apex Business Group Worldwide SL (abc-worldwide.com/ecosystem) does not act as an investment broker, placement agent, or funding intermediary. Alpha Academy — Club Society Multiverses (abc-worldwide.com/alphaacademy) does not represent Benchmark or any investor. Benchmark is an invited member of the Apex Ecosystem. Submission does not guarantee review, response, or investment.

Benchmark may browse submitted applications at their sole discretion. All participation is voluntary and non-binding. Apex does not sell applicant data. This project is part of Apex Master Expos.

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Apex is a living ecosystem — one of its kind. A decentralized, member-owned global business platform across 80+ countries where preferred venture partners such as Benchmark can explore early-stage innovation quietly and selectively, while founders showcase on their MySite and gain clarity on what long-term investors truly seek. No middleman. By members, for members.

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