Investors & Partners at Benchmark

Alex Balkanski

General Partner, Benchmark

Alex Balkanski is a General Partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments. With a track record of identifying and supporting transformative companies, Balkanski specializes in investments across AI, Enterprise, DevTools, and Consumer sectors. His notable portfolio includes some of the most successful technology companies of the past decade, including Snap, Asana, DoorDash, Quora, and Stytch. Through these investments, Balkanski has demonstrated deep expertise in recognizing innovative business models and supporting founders through critical growth phases. His investment philosophy emphasizes backing companies at the intersection of technology and meaningful market opportunity, with a particular focus on platforms and tools that reshape how businesses and consumers operate.

Bruce Dunlevie

General Partner, Benchmark

Bruce Dunlevie is a General Partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm known for its early-stage investments in transformative technology companies. With a focus on artificial intelligence, enterprise software, developer tools, and consumer applications, Dunlevie has demonstrated a keen ability to identify and support high-impact startups. His investment portfolio includes notable successes such as Snap, the pioneering camera company that revolutionized social media; Asana, a leading work management platform; DoorDash, which transformed food delivery; Quora, a major knowledge-sharing platform; and Stytch, an authentication infrastructure provider. Through his work at Benchmark, Dunlevie continues to be instrumental in shaping the landscape of emerging technologies and supporting founders building the next generation of innovative companies across multiple sectors.

Jack Altman

Partner, Jack Altman Fund, Alt Capital, Benchmark

Jack Altman is a Partner at Benchmark, one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. He leads the Jack Altman Fund at Alt Capital, focusing on investments in AI, Enterprise software, Developer Tools, and Consumer technology. With a track record of identifying transformative companies early, Altman has backed some of the most successful ventures of the past decade, including Snap, Asana, DoorDash, Quora, and Stytch. His investment approach combines deep technical expertise with an understanding of market dynamics, enabling him to support founders building category-defining products. Through his work at Benchmark and Alt Capital, Altman has established himself as a trusted advisor and capital partner for entrepreneurs at the intersection of technology and business innovation.

Miles Grimshaw

General Partner , Benchmark

Miles learned venture capital from the ground up at a tiny Thrive Capital straight out of Yale, giving him an unusual early-stage perspective, and grew up watching his stepfather build e-commerce companies from their living room, providing deep personal exposure to entrepreneurship from childhood. He focuses on backing technically intense platforms like Benchling and LangChain before their markets look obviously large, and has developed a contrarian AI thesis that avoids foundation models in favor of the application layer where companies can sell work rather than software.

Mitch Lasky

Partner, Benchmark

Mitch Lasky is a Partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments. With a strategic focus on AI, Enterprise, DevTools, and Consumer sectors, Lasky has built a distinguished track record of identifying and supporting transformative companies. His notable investments include Snap, the multimedia messaging platform; Asana, the work management software leader; DoorDash, the food delivery pioneer; Quora, the knowledge-sharing platform; and Stytch, the authentication infrastructure provider. Through these investments, Lasky has demonstrated expertise in recognizing companies that reshape their respective industries and create significant market value. His investment philosophy centers on backing talented founders building innovative solutions across diverse technology verticals, from developer tools to consumer applications and enterprise software.