Benchmark — 2021 Investments
8 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Amplitude provides an AI analytics platform that helps companies understand customer behavior and make data-driven product decisions.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Spenser Skates(Founder/CEO)inCurtis Liu(Founder/CTO)inJeffrey Wang(Co-founder)inAndrew Casey(Chief Financial Officer)Nathaniel Crook(Chief Commercial Officer)
Board seatEric Vishria· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBattery VenturesSequoia Capital91 VenturesBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)Felicis Ventures+14 more
Towns is an open messaging protocol built on Base that enables private group communications and decentralized finance applications.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3FintechSocialNew York, US
Ben Rubin(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)Brian Meek(Co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer)Patrick Fives(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoCoinbase VenturesFramework VenturesSignia Venture Partners8-Bit CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
Airbyte provides a context layer for agents and pipelines, enabling data connectivity and integration solutions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Michel Tricot(Co-Founder & CEO)inJean Lafleur(Co-Founder & COO)inJean (John) Lafleur(Co-Founder and COO)in
Board seatChetan Puttagunta· per SEC Form D
Co-investors8VCAccelCoatue ManagementFlex Capital PartnersKima VenturesRebel Fund+6 more
Chainalysis provides investigative services and training programs for cryptocurrency compliance and risk mitigation.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechNew York, US
Jonathan Levin(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inMichael Gronager(Co-founder; former Chief Executive Officer and board-level leader)inJan Møller(Co-founder and scientific/engineering leader)inRakib Azad(Executive Officer)
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)in
Board seatSarah Tavel· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAccelAdditionAlbionVCArchetypeBlackstoneBNY Mellon+25 more
Commerce Layer provides API infrastructure for enterprise ecommerce, offering 400+ API endpoints, real-time webhooks, and a composable, multi-market architecture.
Developer ToolsE-commerceSaaSPrato, IT
Massimo Scardellato(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer / Co-CEO)Filippo Conforti(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer / Co-CEO)Barbara Rybka(Chief Customer Officer / early adviser)Seth Bindernagel(Vice President of Marketing)Kia Saedi(Vice President of Sales)
Board seatEric Vishria· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementMango CapitalSV Angel
Huddle Labs was the New York consumer-social company that launched the Huddle peer-support video app in 2017, pivoted the same team and legal issuer into beauty review and livestream-commerce network Supergreat in 2018, sunset Huddle in 2019 and shut Supergreat on December 15, 2023; most employees then joined Whatnot, but no acquisition of the company was publicly confirmed.
Creator EconomyNew York, US
Tyler Faux(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)Dan Blackman(Co-founder and design leader)Enid Hwang(Head of Community and Marketing)Savannah Scott(Marketing Manager - Live Streaming; previously Editorial Director)
BoardMiles Grimshaw associated with early investment(Board member (Thrive Capital))
Board seatMiles GrimshawSarah Tavel· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsGreenoaksK5 GlobalShopifyShrug CapitalThird Kind Venture CapitalThrive Capital
Ninetailed offers a personalization platform that enables web teams to create and deliver tailored content experiences without developer support.
AdTechCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSBerlin, DE
Sascha Konietzke(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Paolo Negri(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Andy Kaiser(Co-founder and CEO; later VP Product at Contentful)Alexander Braunreuther(Co-founder)Steve Sloan(Executive Officer, Director)Margo M Smith(Executive Officer)
Board seatEric Vishria· per SEC Form D · $175M raise · filed Aug 2021
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalCherry VenturesGaia VenturesGrand VenturesHeavybitMosaic Ventures+11 more
PostgreSQL database company behind TimescaleDB, Tiger Cloud and a Postgres search stack for high-ingest time series, operational analytics, machine/physical-world data and AI retrieval workloads.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Ajay Kulkarni(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)Michael J. Freedman(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)Rahil Sondhi(Founder of acquired PopSQL; joined Timescale in 2024)Kerri Damm(Chief Financial Officer)Ramon Guiu(Vice President, Product)Jose Sahad(Vice President, Engineering)
PartnerPeter Fenton· quoted
Co-investorsIcon VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Redpoint VenturesTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma Ventures
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.