벤치마크(벤처캐피털사)

Benchmark (venture capital firm)
벤치마크
유형유한책임회사
산업벤처캐피털
설립.1995년, 27년 전(연간)
설립자밥 카글
브루스 던리비
앤디 라클레프
케빈 하비
발 바덴
본사샌프란시스코, 캘리포니아, 미국
주요 인물
Matt Cohler, 제너럴 파트너
Peter Fenton, 제너럴 파트너
Bill Gurley, 제너럴 파트너
Mitch Lasky, 제너럴 파트너
Eric Vishria, 제너럴 파트너
Chetan Puttagunta, 제너럴 파트너
Sarah Tabel, 제너럴 파트너
웹 사이트www.benchmark.com

Benchmark는 스타트업에 종자금을 제공하는 샌프란시스코에 본사를 둔 벤처 캐피털 기업이다.

역사

이 회사의 가장 성공적인 투자는 1997년 eBay에 670만 달러를 투자하여 회사의 [1]22.1%를 차지했습니다.2011년에는 Uber의 지분 11%에 1200만달러를 투자했고,[2] 2019년에는 70억달러에 달했다.

이 회사의 가장 악명 높은 투자는 곤경에 처한 사무실 임대 소셜 네트워킹 회사인 위워크에 대한 것이었다.2012년 4월 1일, Benchmark는 WeWork의 1,700만달러의 시리즈A 시드 자금 [3][4]조달을 이끌면서 WeWork의 첫 번째 주요 투자자가 되었습니다.

이 회사가 출자한 기업은 Dropbox,[5] Twitter, Uber,[6] Snapchat,[7] Instagram,[8] [9]Disconsid, Domino,[10] New [11]Relicue, Nextdoor,[12] Stitch Fix,[13] WeWork,[14] Yelp,[15] Zendesk,[16] Zillow[17], Zipcar [18]등이다.

협력사 구조

벤치마크는 파트너를 [19]위한 최초의 동등한 소유권과 보상 구조를 만든 것으로 알려져 있습니다.이 "매버릭" 기업은[20] 창업자의 이름을 따서 계층 구조로 되어 있는 대부분의 VC 기업과는 다릅니다.벤치마크는 "6개의 풀타임 파트너가 이익을 [20]균등하게 나누는 린 운영"입니다.각 파트너가 회사 수익에서 균등하게 이익을 얻기 때문에 "선진 파트너"와 "선진 파트너"는 구별되지 않습니다.게다가 CEO 같은 [21]직책도 없다.

오피스

2012년 5월, 동사는 캘리포니아의 Menlo Park 본사를 넘어, 샌프란시스코의 신흥 테크놀로지 코리더인 [22]미드 마켓에 10,000평방피트가 넘는 제2의 본사를 오픈한다고 발표했습니다.

투자

Benchmark는 1995년 설립 이래 다음을 포함한 250개 이상의 스타트업에 투자하고 있습니다.

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