Miles Grimshaw
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Benchmark · Board director at Benchling
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $1M – $15M checks
FoundedBenchling · YC
About
Miles offers an unusual early-stage perspective from a small firm after Yale and childhood living-room e-commerce experience, backing platforms like Benchling and LangChain and favoring application-layer AI over foundation models.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSocial
Board director at BenchlingYC S12
Intro paths
YC
Miles went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Miles can intro founders to Benchling's investors below.
Benchling's investors · 20
Alkeon InnovationNew York · since 2016Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2016Artisanal VenturesTiburon · since 2016Balaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checks · since 2016Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2016F-Prime Capital PartnersCambridge · $3M – $10M checks · since 2016Fidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2016ICONIQSan Francisco · since 2016Jude GomilaLynnwood · since 2016Kicker VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $1M checks · since 2016Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2016Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2016Original CapitalMiami · since 2016SNR VCSeattle · since 2016Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2016Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2016SV AngelSan Francisco · since 2016Techstart VenturesEdinburgh · $950K checks · since 2016Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2016Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012
Co-founders at Benchling
Experience
- Thrive CapitalPartnercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- SocketBoardcurrent2026 — present
- XDOFBoardcurrent2026 — present
- CursorBoardcurrent2024 — present
- Chai DiscoveryBoardcurrent2025 — present
- RevelBoardcurrent2024 — present
- BenchlingBoardcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DojiBoardcurrent2025 — present
- Lattice HQBoard2017 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- LangChainBoard2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- GlideBoard2022 — 2024
- BenchmarkGeneral Partner2021 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- SupergreatBoard2018 — 2023
- AirtableBoard2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Monzo BankBoard2017 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- CheckBoard2019 — 2021
- Segment.comBoard2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- MapboxBoard2015 — 2020
Education
- Yale University
- Peking University
Skills & more
Strategy5Team Leadership3Entrepreneurship18Start-ups5Data Analysis4Research5Marketing3Venture Capital3Due Diligence1Fundraising1Volunteer Management2Non-profits1
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NonprofitsSocial MediaLanguages Chinese · English · French
From Miles's professional profile.
Deals · 1
Huddle LabsBoard seat
via Benchmark · filed Jul 2021 · $22.4M 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
Eric Vishria
General Partner at Benchmark
Everett Randle
General Partner at Benchmark
Network4
Avery KlemmerScout
Investor at Thrive Capital
Brett GoldsteinScout
Investor at Launch House
Dylan FieldScout
Co-founder and CEO of Figma
Gaurav AhujaScout
Partner at Thrive Capital
Investors connected to Miles in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Miles Grimshaw work?
- Miles Grimshaw is General Partner at Benchmark and Founder at Benchling.
- What does Miles Grimshaw invest in?
- Miles Grimshaw invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Social.
- What check size does Miles Grimshaw write?
- Miles Grimshaw typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- What companies did Miles Grimshaw found?
- Miles Grimshaw founded Benchling.
Same school
Also attended Yale University619
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also attended Peking University136
Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalJonathan BarekChief Operating Officer at Next47Raaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at XDOF1
Also worked at Cursor14
Zach CarloAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk VenturesBen LangBuilder, former founder, and community guyMari LuukkainenPrincipal at Identity.vcAlex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementAmina MoinuddinTalent Partner at Unanimous CapitalConnor OviattVenture Capital Investment Competition at 1809 Capital
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