Benchmark (@benchmark) — Twitter Score 155 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 155 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #4,212 (top 5%) among 389,587 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 Xapo Bank, Chainalysis, Sorare, Modern Treasury, LangChain, Towns Protocol, Fomo and Manus. Benchmark has 131,373 followers as of July 2026 on the platform and has published 11,011 posts. Benchmark has been mentioned by 371 accounts, with 958 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Benchmark include 682 founders, 161 angel investors, 159 influencers and 172 VCs. Among them are Brian Armstrong, Nikita Bier, Anthony Pompliano, Kyle Samani, David Sacks and Luca Netz.