Benchmark Capital
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Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. Other notable investments include AOL, Friendster, Palm, Inc., uShip, Yelp, and Zillow.
The firm was made popular by their successes in venture capital as well as the book eBoys by Randall Stross.
[edit] Team
The firm is made up of the following members:
- Bruce Dunlevie
- Bill Gurley
- Kevin Harvey
- Bob Kagle
- Peter Fenton
- Alex Balkanski
- Steve Spurlock
[edit] Further reading
Randall E. Stross. eBoys : The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-42889-7.
[edit] External links
- Benchmark Capital
- Andy Rachleff podcast interview on iinnovate
- Bill Gurley's Above the Crowd Newsletter / Blog
