Benchmark

Benchmark is a venture capital firm established in 1995 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Woodside, California, London, and Herzliya Pituach, Israel. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on technology-driven companies in sectors such as enterprise software, mobile, social media, and financial services. Benchmark typically invests between $3 million and $15 million, often seeking to be the first investor in its portfolio companies. The firm is known for its unique partnership structure, where six general partners maintain equal ownership and actively engage with the entrepreneurs they support. Benchmark has a notable track record, with 37 exits since 2011, including 14 initial public offerings and 23 mergers and acquisitions, collectively valued at over $60 billion. Its portfolio features several prominent companies, including Uber, Snapchat, and Tinder, reflecting its commitment to backing transformative startups.

Alex Balkanski

General Partner

Jason Droege

Venture Partner

Peter Fenton

General Partner

Gus Fuldner

Venture Partner

Miles Grimshaw

General Partner

Bill Gurley

General Partner

Jill Jarrett

CFO

Bob Kagle

General Partner

Victor Lazarte

General Partner

Victor Lazarte

General Partner

Jerome Misso

General Partner

Chetan Puttagunta

General Partner

Steve Spurlock

Operating Partner

Sarah Tavel

General Partner

Past deals in Virtualization

Docker

Series C in 2022
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Docker

Series B in 2021
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Docker

Venture Round in 2019
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Docker

Series E in 2017
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CloudPassage

Series D in 2015
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

Scale Computing

Series E in 2015
Scale Computing, Inc. specializes in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions tailored for midsized businesses. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company offers its HC3™ platform, which integrates servers, storage, and virtualization into a single, user-friendly system. This all-in-one appliance enhances storage speed and capacity while simplifying datacenter management. HC3 continuously monitors virtual machines and hardware components to ensure application availability and efficiently address infrastructure events. In addition to its core platform, Scale Computing provides services such as infrastructure refresh, virtual-to-virtual migration, physical-to-virtual migration, and disaster recovery solutions. As a result, the company is increasingly favored by IT departments across various industries looking to maintain high availability and scalability of their applications.

CloudPassage

Series C in 2014
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

Docker

Series B in 2014
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Scale Computing

Series D in 2012
Scale Computing, Inc. specializes in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions tailored for midsized businesses. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company offers its HC3™ platform, which integrates servers, storage, and virtualization into a single, user-friendly system. This all-in-one appliance enhances storage speed and capacity while simplifying datacenter management. HC3 continuously monitors virtual machines and hardware components to ensure application availability and efficiently address infrastructure events. In addition to its core platform, Scale Computing provides services such as infrastructure refresh, virtual-to-virtual migration, physical-to-virtual migration, and disaster recovery solutions. As a result, the company is increasingly favored by IT departments across various industries looking to maintain high availability and scalability of their applications.

Eucalyptus Systems

Series C in 2012
Eucalyptus Systems provides enterprises and technology businesses with the leading open source software for building AWS-compatible private and hybrid clouds. Eucalyptus is uniquely suited for enterprise clouds with production-ready software that supports industry-standard AWS APIs, including EC2, S3, EBS, and IAM. IT organizations across the globe run Eucalyptus clouds with the agility, elasticity, and scale required for highly demanding applications . By providing an open path to cloud computing, Eucalyptus is dedicated to the success of its active and rapidly growing ecosystem of customers, partners, developers and researchers. For more information about Eucalyptus, please visit www.eucalyptus.com.

CloudPassage

Series B in 2012
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

Xeround

Series C in 2011
Xeround is a database-as-a-service provider specializing in elastic and scalable solutions for MySQL applications. The company addresses critical database scalability issues arising from the growth of cloud computing and big data, enabling service providers and customers to manage data more effectively. Xeround offers a patented technology that combines the transactional and query capabilities of relational databases with the simplicity and scalability of NoSQL data stores. Its cloud-designed database solution supports multi-tenancy, high availability, auto-scaling, and self-healing features, ensuring continuous service during schema changes and resource modifications. With headquarters in Mountain View, California, and development operations in Israel, Xeround aims to facilitate seamless data management and synchronization across cloud environments.

CloudPassage

Series A in 2011
CloudPassage® Halo® is the world’s leading agile security platform that provides instant visibility and continuous protection for servers in any combination of data centers, private clouds and public clouds. The Halo platform is delivered as a service, so it deploys in minutes and scales on-demand. Halo uses minimal system resources; so layered security can be deployed where it counts, right at every workload – servers, instances and containers. Leading enterprises like Citrix, Salesforce.com and Adobe use CloudPassage today to enhance their security and compliance posture, while at the same time enabling business agility. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Musea Ventures and other leading investors.

dotCloud

Series A in 2011
DotCloud is a 2nd-generation platform-as-a-service, and is the commercial entity behind Docker.io. Docker is an open source engine that makes it possible to pack, ship, and run any application as a lightweight container.

Docker

Series A in 2011
Docker, Inc. is a company that develops an open platform designed for building, shipping, and running distributed applications. This platform enables developers and system administrators to create and manage applications as collections of containers, which can operate seamlessly across various environments, including laptops, data center virtual machines, and public cloud instances. Docker also provides an application runtime and packaging tool, along with a cloud service that facilitates application sharing and workflow automation. Originally founded in 2008 as dotCloud, the company rebranded to Docker in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RightScale

Series C in 2010
RightScale, Inc. is a provider of multi-cloud management and cost optimization solutions, enabling organizations to effectively manage their cloud environments. The company's offerings include RightScale Optima, a collaborative solution for cloud cost management and optimization, and a comprehensive cloud management platform that grants instant access to public, private, and hybrid cloud services across various business units. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Barbara, California, RightScale assists enterprises in developing cloud strategies, delivering cloud projects, and optimizing cloud usage while maintaining control and governance. The company caters to diverse industries, including consumer products, healthcare, financial services, entertainment, and telecommunications, both in the United States and internationally. RightScale's solutions focus on enhancing cloud efficiency, reducing costs, and minimizing risks associated with cloud operations. In 2018, it was acquired by Flexera Holdings LP.

Eucalyptus Systems

Series B in 2010
Eucalyptus Systems provides enterprises and technology businesses with the leading open source software for building AWS-compatible private and hybrid clouds. Eucalyptus is uniquely suited for enterprise clouds with production-ready software that supports industry-standard AWS APIs, including EC2, S3, EBS, and IAM. IT organizations across the globe run Eucalyptus clouds with the agility, elasticity, and scale required for highly demanding applications . By providing an open path to cloud computing, Eucalyptus is dedicated to the success of its active and rapidly growing ecosystem of customers, partners, developers and researchers. For more information about Eucalyptus, please visit www.eucalyptus.com.

Scale Computing

Series B in 2010
Scale Computing, Inc. specializes in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions tailored for midsized businesses. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company offers its HC3™ platform, which integrates servers, storage, and virtualization into a single, user-friendly system. This all-in-one appliance enhances storage speed and capacity while simplifying datacenter management. HC3 continuously monitors virtual machines and hardware components to ensure application availability and efficiently address infrastructure events. In addition to its core platform, Scale Computing provides services such as infrastructure refresh, virtual-to-virtual migration, physical-to-virtual migration, and disaster recovery solutions. As a result, the company is increasingly favored by IT departments across various industries looking to maintain high availability and scalability of their applications.

Eucalyptus Systems

Series A in 2009
Eucalyptus Systems provides enterprises and technology businesses with the leading open source software for building AWS-compatible private and hybrid clouds. Eucalyptus is uniquely suited for enterprise clouds with production-ready software that supports industry-standard AWS APIs, including EC2, S3, EBS, and IAM. IT organizations across the globe run Eucalyptus clouds with the agility, elasticity, and scale required for highly demanding applications . By providing an open path to cloud computing, Eucalyptus is dedicated to the success of its active and rapidly growing ecosystem of customers, partners, developers and researchers. For more information about Eucalyptus, please visit www.eucalyptus.com.

RightScale

Series B in 2008
RightScale, Inc. is a provider of multi-cloud management and cost optimization solutions, enabling organizations to effectively manage their cloud environments. The company's offerings include RightScale Optima, a collaborative solution for cloud cost management and optimization, and a comprehensive cloud management platform that grants instant access to public, private, and hybrid cloud services across various business units. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Barbara, California, RightScale assists enterprises in developing cloud strategies, delivering cloud projects, and optimizing cloud usage while maintaining control and governance. The company caters to diverse industries, including consumer products, healthcare, financial services, entertainment, and telecommunications, both in the United States and internationally. RightScale's solutions focus on enhancing cloud efficiency, reducing costs, and minimizing risks associated with cloud operations. In 2018, it was acquired by Flexera Holdings LP.

Xeround

Series B in 2008
Xeround is a database-as-a-service provider specializing in elastic and scalable solutions for MySQL applications. The company addresses critical database scalability issues arising from the growth of cloud computing and big data, enabling service providers and customers to manage data more effectively. Xeround offers a patented technology that combines the transactional and query capabilities of relational databases with the simplicity and scalability of NoSQL data stores. Its cloud-designed database solution supports multi-tenancy, high availability, auto-scaling, and self-healing features, ensuring continuous service during schema changes and resource modifications. With headquarters in Mountain View, California, and development operations in Israel, Xeround aims to facilitate seamless data management and synchronization across cloud environments.

G.ho.st

Series A in 2008
An acronym for the Global Hosted Operating SysTem, G.ho.st (pronounced "ghost") is a free virtual computer that hosts all of your data and applications on the web so that they are accessible from any Internet browser and not tied down locally to any one computer. G.ho.st combines multiple web software applications in their virtual computer to provide users with a web desktop, webmail, online file system, 15 GB of storage, single sign in, and sharing. The company also makes sure to keep users' globally hosted files/applications secure and backed up. Recently founded in 2006, G.ho.st is self-funded by company founder and CEO Zvi Schreiber. G.ho.st actually launched in 2007 and is currently in public Alpha. The company plans on releasing a Beta version later in 2007. Not only is it unique in its vision to create a free, fully functional, and globally accessible virtual computer, G.ho.st is also unique for putting together a collaborative team in the heart of the Middle East. With a wall at the West Bank dividing them in two, the G.ho.st team is comprised of both Israelis and Palestinians, and prides itself on collaboration. The company should be lauded for their efforts to bridge the differences between the two sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as they have also pledged 10% of their founding equity to a G.ho.st Peace Foundation. Primary competitors: [eyeOS](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/eyeOS), [Desktoptwo](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/desktoptwo), and [YouOS](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/youos). Ghost.cc is going to shutdown December 9 ,2010 and G.ho.st is going to be back and everything will be the way it was back then when it was a web based os

RightScale

Series A in 2008
RightScale, Inc. is a provider of multi-cloud management and cost optimization solutions, enabling organizations to effectively manage their cloud environments. The company's offerings include RightScale Optima, a collaborative solution for cloud cost management and optimization, and a comprehensive cloud management platform that grants instant access to public, private, and hybrid cloud services across various business units. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Barbara, California, RightScale assists enterprises in developing cloud strategies, delivering cloud projects, and optimizing cloud usage while maintaining control and governance. The company caters to diverse industries, including consumer products, healthcare, financial services, entertainment, and telecommunications, both in the United States and internationally. RightScale's solutions focus on enhancing cloud efficiency, reducing costs, and minimizing risks associated with cloud operations. In 2018, it was acquired by Flexera Holdings LP.

Qlusters

Series C in 2007
Qlusters, Inc. was a technology company that specialized in data center solutions, focusing on software provisioning and management of virtual environments. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York, the company developed openQRM, a software tool designed to streamline data center operations. Despite its innovative offerings, Qlusters ceased operations in July 2008.

Hyperic

Series B in 2007
Hyperic is a provider of monitoring and management software designed for web applications, applicable to both cloud-hosted and on-premise environments. The company's solutions encompass systems and server monitoring, enabling organizations to effectively oversee their IT infrastructure. By offering tools tailored for various types of web applications, Hyperic assists businesses in maintaining optimal performance and reliability of their digital services.

Xeround

Series B in 2007
Xeround is a database-as-a-service provider specializing in elastic and scalable solutions for MySQL applications. The company addresses critical database scalability issues arising from the growth of cloud computing and big data, enabling service providers and customers to manage data more effectively. Xeround offers a patented technology that combines the transactional and query capabilities of relational databases with the simplicity and scalability of NoSQL data stores. Its cloud-designed database solution supports multi-tenancy, high availability, auto-scaling, and self-healing features, ensuring continuous service during schema changes and resource modifications. With headquarters in Mountain View, California, and development operations in Israel, Xeround aims to facilitate seamless data management and synchronization across cloud environments.

Blue Lane Technologies

Series B in 2006
Blue Lane Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing vulnerability shields for both physical and virtual server infrastructure, focusing on the protection of various operating systems, applications, and databases at the application layer. The company's key products include VirtualShield, which offers features such as application-aware firewalling, inter-VM flow visibility and analytics, application policy control, and intrusion prevention, and ServerShield, a network security appliance designed to enhance server security. Blue Lane Technologies serves multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, high technology, hosting, and retail. Founded in 2002 and based in Cupertino, California, the company operates as a subsidiary of VMware, enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Hyperic

Series A in 2006
Hyperic is a provider of monitoring and management software designed for web applications, applicable to both cloud-hosted and on-premise environments. The company's solutions encompass systems and server monitoring, enabling organizations to effectively oversee their IT infrastructure. By offering tools tailored for various types of web applications, Hyperic assists businesses in maintaining optimal performance and reliability of their digital services.

Xeround

Series A in 2005
Xeround is a database-as-a-service provider specializing in elastic and scalable solutions for MySQL applications. The company addresses critical database scalability issues arising from the growth of cloud computing and big data, enabling service providers and customers to manage data more effectively. Xeround offers a patented technology that combines the transactional and query capabilities of relational databases with the simplicity and scalability of NoSQL data stores. Its cloud-designed database solution supports multi-tenancy, high availability, auto-scaling, and self-healing features, ensuring continuous service during schema changes and resource modifications. With headquarters in Mountain View, California, and development operations in Israel, Xeround aims to facilitate seamless data management and synchronization across cloud environments.

Blue Lane Technologies

Series B in 2005
Blue Lane Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing vulnerability shields for both physical and virtual server infrastructure, focusing on the protection of various operating systems, applications, and databases at the application layer. The company's key products include VirtualShield, which offers features such as application-aware firewalling, inter-VM flow visibility and analytics, application policy control, and intrusion prevention, and ServerShield, a network security appliance designed to enhance server security. Blue Lane Technologies serves multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, high technology, hosting, and retail. Founded in 2002 and based in Cupertino, California, the company operates as a subsidiary of VMware, enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Avamar Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

Qlusters

Series B in 2004
Qlusters, Inc. was a technology company that specialized in data center solutions, focusing on software provisioning and management of virtual environments. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York, the company developed openQRM, a software tool designed to streamline data center operations. Despite its innovative offerings, Qlusters ceased operations in July 2008.

Blue Lane Technologies

Series A in 2003
Blue Lane Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing vulnerability shields for both physical and virtual server infrastructure, focusing on the protection of various operating systems, applications, and databases at the application layer. The company's key products include VirtualShield, which offers features such as application-aware firewalling, inter-VM flow visibility and analytics, application policy control, and intrusion prevention, and ServerShield, a network security appliance designed to enhance server security. Blue Lane Technologies serves multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, high technology, hosting, and retail. Founded in 2002 and based in Cupertino, California, the company operates as a subsidiary of VMware, enhancing its capabilities in the cybersecurity landscape.

Neartek

Series C in 2003
Neartek offers Virtual Storage Engine, a virtual tape software solution that focuses on the backup and restore operations for open system environments. It enables information technology organizations to implement disk-based data protection strategies. Neartek was acquired by EMC in September 2006. Neartek was founded in 1994 and is based in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Qlusters

Series A in 2002
Qlusters, Inc. was a technology company that specialized in data center solutions, focusing on software provisioning and management of virtual environments. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York, the company developed openQRM, a software tool designed to streamline data center operations. Despite its innovative offerings, Qlusters ceased operations in July 2008.

Neartek

Series C in 2002
Neartek offers Virtual Storage Engine, a virtual tape software solution that focuses on the backup and restore operations for open system environments. It enables information technology organizations to implement disk-based data protection strategies. Neartek was acquired by EMC in September 2006. Neartek was founded in 1994 and is based in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Avamar Technologies

Series C in 2002
Avamar Technologies develops enterprise data protection software solutions for corporations, medium to large-sized businesses, and multinational enterprises. The company offers Axion, a disk backup and recovery solution that allows corporations to move, store, and leverage data on a server. It also provides business continuity and disaster recovery, data security and encryption, remote office protection, and legal discovery and support for regulatory compliance solutions. The company, formerly known as Undoo.com, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California with sales offices in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and New York.

Red Hat

Venture Round in 1998
Red Hat, Inc. is a leading provider of open source software solutions tailored for enterprises worldwide. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company specializes in a range of technologies including operating systems, virtualization, management tools, middleware, and cloud services. Its flagship product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, serves as a robust operating system platform for hybrid cloud environments. Additionally, Red Hat offers solutions such as Red Hat Satellite for system management, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for managing multiple operating systems, and Red Hat JBoss Middleware for application development and integration. The company also provides cloud solutions, a mobile application development platform, and storage management tools for handling unstructured data. In complement to its software offerings, Red Hat delivers consulting, support, and training services to help enterprises effectively implement and manage their technology needs. The company is also recognized for its collaborations, such as with Juniper Networks, to enhance the management of applications and services.
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