Benchmark
Investor profile
Investment firmVenture capital
Benchmark has backed 32 European tech companies across 54 funding rounds between 2003 and 2026, joining rounds totalling €2.5B. Most active in Software and Fintech. Data as of Nov 2026.
Also recorded as: Benchmark Capital
Deals
54
distinct rounds
Companies
32
backed
Active span
2003–2026
24 yrs
Total round €
€2.5B
sum of rounds joined
Deals by year
distinct rounds / yearBenchmark — deals by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Benchmark — deals by year | |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Top sectors
by dealsBenchmark — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Benchmark — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Software | 18 |
| Fintech | 8 |
| Transportation | 7 |
| Legaltech | 7 |
| Media | 5 |
| Gaming | 5 |
| Marketing | 4 |
| Telecom | 4 |
| Sports | 3 |
| Cloud | 2 |
Stages
by dealsBenchmark — stages — interactive chart.
Data table
| Benchmark — stages | |
|---|---|
| Series B | 15 |
| Series A | 11 |
| Series C | 9 |
| Series D+ | 7 |
| Growth/Late | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
| Early VC | 1 |
| Seed | 1 |
Countries
by dealsBenchmark — countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Benchmark — countries | |
|---|---|
| Israel | 17 |
| Sweden | 9 |
| UK | 9 |
| Germany | 8 |
| France | 4 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
Co-investment network
shared roundsCo-investment network — interactive chart.
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Frequent co-investors
shared rounds- Bessemer Venture Partners10
- Balderton Capital9
- Index Ventures6
- Accel5
- General Catalyst5
- Redpoint Ventures5
- Y Combinator5
- Amadeus Capital Partners4
- ICONIQ Capital3
- Wellington Partners3
- Atomico2
- Earlybird Venture Capital2
- Eight Roads Ventures2
- Insight Partners2
- IVP2
- Khosla Ventures2
- Mangrove Capital Partners2
- Point Nine Capital2
- Salesforce Ventures2
- Sands Capital Ventures2
- Sequoia Capital2
- Venrock2
- Xavier Niel2
- Advent Venture Partners1
- Ali Partovi1
Portfolio
top 30 by total round €| Company | Country | Rounds | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legora | Sweden | 4 | €1.2B |
| Sorare | France | 3 | €620M |
| DeepL | Germany | 1 | €93M |
| Boku | Germany | 3 | €53M |
| GreenRoad Technologies | Israel | 4 | €48M |
| ResearchGate | Germany | 1 | €48M |
| Wilocity | Israel | 2 | €42M |
| Citymapper | UK | 1 | €37M |
| Wix | Israel | 2 | €36M |
| Icera | UK | 1 | €34M |
| CTERA Networks | Israel | 4 | €33M |
| Leya | Sweden | 2 | €33M |
| BridgeCo | Switzerland | 2 | €31M |
| Zipcar Inc | UK | 2 | €27M |
| Contenful | Germany | 1 | €26M |
| Zopa | UK | 2 | €22M |
| Zenly | France | 1 | €21M |
| Panaya | Israel | 3 | €20M |
| 3V Transaction Services | Ireland | 1 | €19M |
| Duffel | UK | 1 | €19M |
| Commerce Layer | Italy | 2 | €19M |
| Sketch | Netherlands | 1 | €17M |
| MySQL | Sweden | 1 | €16M |
| Rebtel | Sweden | 1 | €16M |
| Contentful | Germany | 1 | €12M |
| MBA Polymers | UK | 1 | €11M |
| NaturalMotion | UK | 1 | €8.9M |
| Liquid Air Lab | Germany | 1 | €7.9M |
| Power Challenge Sweden | Sweden | 1 | €5.9M |
| Conduit | Israel | 1 | €5.4M |