Benchmark (@benchmark) — Twitter Score 166 out of 1000

Benchmark is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on leading first institutional rounds across consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure, and enterprise software. Benchmark's Twitter Score is 166 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,183 (top 1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Benchmark was co-founded by Bob Kagle, Bruce Dunlevie, Andy Rachleff, Kevin Harvey, and Val Vaden. The firm typically takes a board seat alongside each investment it leads, maintaining a hands-on approach to early-stage company building. In June 2026, Benchmark announced two new funds: a $750 million vehicle for its 12th flagship early-stage strategy and a $1.25 billion growth fund, the firm's first dedicated growth vehicle.

Benchmark's crypto and blockchain exposure includes an early bet on Xapo, leading a $20 million Series A in March 2014 alongside Fortress Investment Group, Pantera Capital, and Ribbit Capital. Xapo was originally built to offer bitcoin wallet and cold-storage vault services and has since evolved into Xapo Bank, a Gibraltar-based private bank with virtual-asset services. Benchmark is also affiliated with Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis firm providing compliance and investigation software for public cryptocurrency ledgers.

Benchmark's fund portfolio includes Seeking Alpha, Airtable, Docker, Xapo Bank, HackerOne, Quora, Uber and Asana. Benchmark has 158,085 followers as of August 2026 on the platform and has published 11,030 posts. Benchmark has been mentioned by 393 accounts, with 993 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Benchmark include 778 founders, 247 angel investors, 111 influencers and 134 VCs. Among them are Brian Armstrong, Nikita Bier, Kyle Samani, Anthony Pompliano, David Sacks and Luca Netz.