Peter Fenton Overview

  • Primary Position
  • General Partner

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 7

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Peter Fenton General Information

Biography

Mr. Peter Fenton serves as a General Partner at Benchmark (San Francisco). He served as Board Member at Revinate. He served as Board Member at Khoros. He serves as Board Member at /talk. He also serves as a Board Member at Cloudera, Elasticsearch, Cockroach Labs, California Academy of Sciences, and Digits Financial. He served as a Board Member at Optimizely, RoboCorp Technologies and Twitter. He is also serving as a board member at Zenly. He joined Benchmark Capital in 2006 after spending seven years as a partner with Accel Partners. He is currently a board member at Pentaho, Docker, Engine Yard, HortonWorks, New Relic, Polyvore, Yelp, Zendesk, and Zuora. His previous investments are Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), FriendFeed (acquired by Facebook), JBoss (acquired by RedHat), Reactivity (acquired by Cisco), SpringSource (acquired by VMWare), Terracotta (acquired by Software AG), Wily Technology (acquired by CA), Xensource (acquired by Citrix), and Zimbra (acquired by Yahoo!). He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA from Stanford University. He is also an Angel Investor. He also serves as Board Member at ClickHouse.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Education
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Degree
Stanford University, Degree
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Email
pf
Phone
+1 (650)
Address
  • 140 New Montgomery Street
  • San Francisco, CA 94105
  • United States
+1 (650)

Peter Fenton Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Benchmark Capital Holdings Investor General Partner San Francisco, CA Venture Capital

Peter Fenton Board Seats (7)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
ClickHouse Database Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Redwood City, CA
Cockroach Labs Database Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY
Digits Financial Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
Docker Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Palo Alto, CA
Here Not There Labs Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA

Peter Fenton Lead Partner on Deals (86)

Peter Fenton has been the lead partner on 86 deals. Their latest deal was with HeyGen, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 20-Jun-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
HeyGen 20-Jun-2024 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software Los Angeles, CA
Here Not There Labs 23-Feb-2023 Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
ClickHouse 06-Dec-2022 Completed Database Software Redwood City, CA
Fellow (Household Appliances) 15-Jun-2022 Completed Household Appliances San Francisco, CA
Docker 28-Mar-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Palo Alto, CA
Digits 24-Mar-2022 Completed Financial Software San Francisco, CA
Product Science 11-Mar-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Los Angeles, CA
Timescale 22-Feb-2022 Completed Database Software New York, NY
Cockroach Labs 16-Dec-2021 Later Stage VC (Series F) Completed Database Software New York, NY
ClickHouse 01-Aug-2021 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Database Software Redwood City, CA

Peter Fenton Network (1,018)

Board Members (128)

Name Company Representing Location From
Omar Abbosh Zuora Self Redwood City, CA
Chih-Yuan Yang Docker AME Cloud Ventures Palo Alto, CA
Zuora Self Redwood City, CA
Zuora Self Redwood City, CA
Elastic (Database Software) Self Amsterdam, Netherlands

Portfolio Executives (867)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Joshua Xu HeyGen Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 20-Jun-2024 Los Angeles, CA
Wayne Liang HeyGen Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer & Board Member 20-Jun-2024 Los Angeles, CA
HeyGen Chief Technology Officer 20-Jun-2024 Los Angeles, CA
HeyGen Chief Business Officer 20-Jun-2024 Los Angeles, CA
Here Not There Labs Partnerships Lead Executive 23-Feb-2023 San Francisco, CA

Fund Team Members (23)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Bruce Dunlevie Benchmark Capital Holdings Benchmark Capital Partners VIII San Francisco, CA
Bruce Dunlevie Benchmark Capital Holdings Benchmark Capital Partners VII San Francisco, CA
Benchmark Capital Holdings San Francisco, CA
Benchmark Capital Holdings San Francisco, CA
Benchmark Capital Holdings San Francisco, CA

Peter Fenton Affiliated Funds (9)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Benchmark Capital Partners VII - Annex Benchmark Capital Holdings Venture - General Closed 2016
Benchmark Capital Partners X Benchmark Capital Holdings Venture - General Closed 2020
Benchmark Capital Partners XI Benchmark Capital Holdings Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2024
Benchmark Israel Benchmark Capital Holdings Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2001
Benchmark Capital Partners V Benchmark Capital Holdings Venture - General Closed 2004

Peter Fenton FAQs

  • Who is Peter Fenton?

    Mr. Peter Fenton serves as a General Partner at Benchmark (San Francisco).

  • How much does Peter Fenton typically invest?

    Peter Fenton's median deal size is .

  • What is Peter Fenton’s main position?

    Peter Fenton’s primary position is General Partner.

  • What are the contact details for Peter Fenton?

    Peter Fenton’s email address is pf and his phone number is +1 (650) .

  • How many active board seats does Peter Fenton hold?

    Peter Fenton holds 7 board seats including ClickHouse, Cockroach Labs, Digits, Docker, and Here Not There Labs.

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