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Team Portfolio Raise Champions Essays

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Benchmark Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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Time range

Investment

Participated as an existing investor in fomo's $75M Series B led by Index Ventures.

fomo

globenewswire.comJUN 22, 2026

JUN 22, 2026

Benchmark | Activity | F4

New Fund

Closed $2B across a $750M early-stage fund and a $1.25B first growth fund.

$750M Fund XII and $1.25B first growth fund

techcrunch.comJUN 3, 2026

JUN 3, 2026

Exit

Portfolio company Cerebras went public, with Benchmark's stake worth about $3.2B at the IPO price.

Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems Benchmark

bloomberg.comMAY 14, 2026

MAY 14, 2026

Investment

Led Monaco's $50M Series B for its AI-native sales platform.

Monaco

Monaco Benchmark

globenewswire.comMAY 12, 2026

MAY 12, 2026

Investment

Led Monaco's $50M Series B for its AI-native sales platform.

Mona

globenewswire.comMAY 12, 2026

MAY 12, 2026

News

Portfolio company Manus had its $2B acquisition by Meta blocked by China's NDRC, requiring deal unwinding.

Manus

Manus Benchmark

techcrunch.comAPR 27, 2026

APR 27, 2026

3 investments· MAR 2026 – APR 2026Show all

Investment

Led $15M seed round in Eigen, an AI startup building tools for human connection and collaboration.

Eigen

ventureburn.comAPR 16, 2026

APR 16, 2026

Investment

Co-led $170M Series A for space-based data centers startup Starcloud at $1.1B valuation.

Starcloud

StarcloudBenchmark

techcrunch.comMAR 30, 2026

MAR 30, 2026

Investment

Led Gumloop's $50M Series B for enterprise AI agent automation.

Gumloop

Gumloop Benchmark

techcrunch.comMAR 12, 2026

MAR 12, 2026

Team Change

Hired Jack Altman as General Partner; Benchmark brought his firm Alt Capital into Benchmark.

Jack Altman joined as General Partner

techcrunch.comFEB 17, 2026

FEB 17, 2026