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Eric Vishria

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Benchmark · Director; Benchmark General Partner at Deep Cogito Inc. · Director; Benchmark General Partner at Tabnam · Board director at Ninetailed

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $8M

FoundedAmplitude · YCBlue HexagonCommerce LayerDeep Cogito Inc.NinetailedTabnam

Midas 2026 · #3Midas 2025 · #23Midas 2024 · #16Midas 2023 · #17Midas 2022 · #59

About

Eric Vishria, who learned company-building from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, evaluates with a wind vs. boat framework and backs rapid-learning founders in infrastructure and AI using deep systems expertise.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSocial

Beyond investing

Education
BS Mathematical and Computational Science, Stanford University

From Eric's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Director; Benchmark General Partner at Deep Cogito Inc.

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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Deep Cogito Inc.'s investors below.

Deep Cogito Inc.'s investors · 3

BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2026South Park CommonsSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Tq Ventures LlcNew York · since 2026

Co-founders at Deep Cogito Inc.

DM
Dhruv MalhotraCo-founder and product/research leader
DA
Drishan AroraCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Director; Benchmark General Partner at Tabnam

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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Tabnam's investors below.

Tabnam's investors · 5

BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2025Cory Levysince 2025Drive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checks · since 2023Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Tabnam

DG
Daksh GuptaCo-founder, Chief Executive Officer and President
SC
Soohoon ChoiCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer
VK
Vaishant KameswaranCo-founder

Board director at Ninetailed

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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Ninetailed's investors below.

Ninetailed's investors · 18

Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Base10 Advancement InitiativeSan Francisco, · since 2021BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2021Cherry VenturesBerlin · $2.2M – $7.7M checks · since 2021First MomentumKarlsruhe · $216K – $1.1M checks · since 2021Gaia VenturesSag Habor · since 2021General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2021Grand VenturesGrand Rapids · $250K – $2M checks · since 2021HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Light Street CapitalPalo Alto · since 2021Mosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2021OMERS VenturesToronto · $3.6M – $18.3M checks · since 2021Point NineBerlin · $1M – $10M checks · since 2021Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2021TidemarkMenlo Park · since 2021Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2021Wittington VenturesToronto · since 2021

Co-founders at Ninetailed

SK
Sascha KonietzkeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
PN
Paolo NegriExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
AK
Andy KaiserCo-founder and CEO; later VP Product at Contentful
AB
Alexander BraunreutherCo-founder
SS
Steve SloanExecutive Officer, Director
MM
Margo M SmithExecutive Officer
CC
Carla CooperExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. BenchmarkGeneral Partnercurrent2014 — present
  2. Cerebras SystemsBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  3. ContentfulBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  4. BenchlingBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  5. Commerce LayerBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  6. AcuityMDBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. NileBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  8. Fireworks AIBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  9. PomeriumBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  10. QuilterBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  11. New LanternBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  12. Deep CogitoBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  13. SundayBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  14. GreptileBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  15. ConfluentBoard Member (Acquired by IBM)2014 — 2026
  16. AmplitudeBoard Member2014 — 2025
  17. AirplaneBoard Member (Acquired by Airtable)2021 — 2024
  18. Blue Hexagon Inc.Board Member (Acquired by Qualys)2017 — 2022
  19. BugsnagBoard Member (Acquired by SmartBear)2015 — 2021
  20. Pixie LabsBoard Member (Acquired by NewRelic)2018 — 2020

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBS, Mathematical & Computational Science1997 — 1999

Deals · 3

NinetailedBoard seat

via Benchmark · filed Aug 2021 · $175M raise

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Blue HexagonBoard seat

via Benchmark · filed Oct 2017 · $6M raise

ConfluentBoard seat

via Benchmark · filed Mar 2017 · $50M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Benchmark

Alex Balkanski
General Partner at Benchmark
Arad Naveh
Partner at Benchmark
Bill Gurley
General Partner Emeritus at Benchmark; author of Above the Crowd; BG2 co-host
Bob Kagle
General Partner at Benchmark
Bruce Dunlevie
General Partner at Benchmark
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner at Benchmark
Everett Randle
General Partner at Benchmark
George Hu
Venture Partner at Benchmark

Network10

Peter FentonScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Alex BalkanskiScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Bruce DunlevieScout
General Partner at Benchmark
George HuScout
Venture Partner at Benchmark
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Bill Gurley
General Partner Emeritus at Benchmark; author of Above the Crowd; BG2 co-host
Arad Naveh
Partner at Benchmark
Bob Kagle
General Partner at Benchmark
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner at Benchmark
Everett Randle
General Partner at Benchmark

Investors connected to Eric in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Eric Vishria work?
Eric Vishria is General Partner at Benchmark and Director; Benchmark General Partner at Deep Cogito Inc. and Director; Benchmark General Partner at Tabnam and Founder at Ninetailed.
What does Eric Vishria invest in?
Eric Vishria invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Social.
What check size does Eric Vishria write?
Eric Vishria typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
What companies did Eric Vishria found?
Eric Vishria founded Amplitude, Blue Hexagon, Commerce Layer, Deep Cogito Inc., Ninetailed, Tabnam.

Same school

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cerebras Systems15

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Also worked at Sunday4

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