Fundraising FoxBenchmark — 2015 Investments
11 investments dated 2015 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Snapchat is a mobile app for communicating with friends and family through photos and videos, featuring augmented-reality Lenses, creative sharing tools, and a personalized map for discovering places and content.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocialSanta Monica, US
Evan Spiegel(Founder)inBobby Murphy(Founder)Reggie Brown(Founder)Tim Sehn(Executive Officer)Emily White(Executive Officer)inDerek Andersen(Chief Financial Officer)in
Board seatMitch Lasky· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAccess Technology VenturesAlibaba GroupCapitalGCoatue ManagementEntrée Capital+41 more
Yelp operates a local business review and advertising platform where consumers access ratings, reviews, and business information, while businesses use advertising products to reach consumers and operational subscription tools to manage their operations.
San Francisco, US
Jeremy Stoppelman(Founder)inRobert Krolik(Chief Financial Officer)Geoff Donaker(Chief Operating Officer)Laurence Wilson(Executive Officer)Joseph R Nachman(Executive Officer)Russel Simmons(Founder)
Co-investorsAccess Technology VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDag VenturesNextEquity PartnersOrigin VenturesRiverfront Ventures, LLC+1 more
Aquifi was a Palo Alto industrial-computer-vision startup that combined proprietary RGB-D/stereo sensing, 3D reconstruction and machine learning to automate logistics dimensioning, counting, identification and manufacturing inspection.
RoboticsPalo Alto, US
Nazim Kareemi(Co-founder and Executive Chairman)Abbas Rafii(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)Jason Trachewsky(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardRongjun Cai(Director)
Board seatBruce Dunlevie· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsDag Ventures
Canopy is a cloud-native, all-in-one practice management platform for U.S. accounting, CPA, tax, and bookkeeping firms, combining client management, documents, billing, workflow, and communication in one login.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSouth Jordan, US
Kurt Avarell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDavis Bell(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNed May(Director)Josh Harmsen(Director)inAnkit Sud(Director)in
Board seatChetan Puttagunta· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Jun 2015
Co-investorsAnkona CapitalTenaya CapitalDeep Fork CapitalEPIC VENTURESNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)NewView Capital+3 more
Defunct financial-technology holding company that bought percentages of professional athletes' future earnings and financed them through SEC-registered tracking stocks and a private multi-athlete portfolio security.
FintechSan Francisco, US
David Mullin(Co-founder, former CFO and later Chief Executive Officer)inCornell 'Buck' French(Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer)David M. Beirne(Co-founder and former Chairman)in
BoardBruce Dunlevie; co-founder David Beirne was former Benchmark GP(Board member (Benchmark))Duncan Niederauer(Director; former NYSE Euronext CEO)
Board seatBruce Dunlevie· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCommunitas Capital Partners
Heap provides a digital analytics platform that automatically captures user interactions without manual event tracking or code, giving teams insights into user behavior.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSeattle, US
Matin Movassate(Founder/CEO)inRavi Parikh(Founder)Michael Malis(Software Engineer)inMichael GummeltAndy TsaiCarlo Candela(Sales)in
Board seatChetan Puttagunta· per SEC Form D · $13.1M raise · filed Dec 2015
Co-investorsInitialized CapitalMenlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)NewView CapitalPear VCSixth Street+14 more
Marketing TechPropTechBoston, US
Frederick Townes(Director)inMatt Barba(Founder)inMatthew Barba(Founder)
BoardDavid Anderson(Director)Krishna Gupta(Director)in
Board seatChetan Puttagunta· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Nov 2015
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)REMUS CapitalTechstarsWestern Technology InvestmentRomulus Capital
PlayFab provides backend services for live games, including tools for connecting players across platforms, LiveOps, data, and in-game economy management.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGamingRedmond, US
James Gwertzman(Founder)Matt Augustine(Founder)inHal Robert Berry(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTimothy Dick(Director)inEmily Greer(Director named in financing filing)
Board seatMitch Lasky· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsColopl NextMadrona Venture GroupStartup Capital VenturesTSVC
BugSnag provides error monitoring, performance monitoring, and distributed tracing for mobile and web applications, helping development teams identify and resolve bugs and performance issues across their entire software stack.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
James Smith(Founder)inSimon Maynard(Founder)in
BoardEric Vishria(Benchmark partner / board member)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Jude GomilaMatrix
Greenhouse is an end-to-end hiring platform that helps scaling companies attract, identify, and hire talent through sourcing, structured interview processes, and onboarding.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Jonathan K. Stross(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Chait(Founder)inJon Stross(Founder)
BoardMamoon Hamid(Director)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFrontline VenturesKleiner PerkinsLumia CapitalResolute VenturesRiverwood Capital+5 more
Optimizely builds a SaaS digital experience platform that lets marketing and product teams create, manage, optimize, and experiment with digital content and experiences across channels.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Pete Koomen(Founder)inDan Siroker(CEO)inAlexander Atzberger(Chief Executive Officer of combined Optimizely)inShafqat IslaminAndrew Davies(Founder)Edward Barrow(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAshton KutcherBain Capital VenturesBattery VenturesBridge Bank+30 more
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.