# Bruce Dunlevie

> Bruce Dunlevie is a Series A investor at Benchmark (San Francisco) backing Software and Mobile. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-dunlevie-4285603/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.dunlevie

Bruce Dunlevie is a Series A investor at Benchmark in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile. Bruce Dunlevie is based out of San Francisco, California and is the general partner of Benchmark Capital. Bruce previously worked at the Stanford Management Company as chairman of the board. Bruce Dunlevie attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.1M–$22M |
| Series C | $12M–$25M |
| Series D | $11M–$355M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 26% |
| Mobile | 2 | 9% |
| Internet | 2 | 9% |
| Marketing | 2 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 9% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series C | 4 | 17% |
| Series D | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Seed | 1 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mon Ami | We're a women-founded, mission-driven startup tackling the $100B+ senior services market to enable delivery of life-sustaining services for older adults. We partner with agencies across the country who are at the frontlines of care, but who are currently not tech-enabled and are wasting 60% of their time on administrative paperwork that can bedigitized and automated. Mon Ami’s SaaS solutions for senior services allow them to streamline workflow, increase capacity to serve more seniors, and track outcomes on senior well-being. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Mon Ami | We're a women-founded, mission-driven startup tackling the $100B+ senior services market to enable delivery of life-sustaining services for older adults. We partner with agencies across the country who are at the frontlines of care, but who are currently not tech-enabled and are wasting 60% of their time on administrative paperwork that can bedigitized and automated. Mon Ami’s SaaS solutions for senior services allow them to streamline workflow, increase capacity to serve more seniors, and track outcomes on senior well-being. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Euclid | Euclid connects the physical world by understanding how people relate to spaces and how spaces relate to each other. Using Wi-Fi signals in a privacy-safe way, Euclid’s proprietary technology delivers insights that inform more efficient, convenient and relevant experiences.Backed by leading venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and NEA, as wellas Cox Enterprises and Groupe Arnault, Euclid was founded by Will Smith and is led by CEO Brent Franson. | $20M | Series C | Jan 14, 2016 |  |
| Aquifi | Aquifi is an information technology company that focuses on the fields of automation of logistics, manufacturing, and e-Commerce processes using AI trained and deployed with proprietary 3D color sensors. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $11.6M | Series C | May 29, 2015 |  |
| WeWork | The We Company is a platform for creators that transforms buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and collaboration. The company transform buildings into beautiful, collaborative workspaces and provide infrastructure, services, events, and tech so their members can focus on doing what they love.The We Company is formerly knownas "WeWork". It was established in 2018 and is headquartered in New York. | $355M | Series D | Oct 15, 2014 |  |
| Euclid | Euclid connects the physical world by understanding how people relate to spaces and how spaces relate to each other. Using Wi-Fi signals in a privacy-safe way, Euclid’s proprietary technology delivers insights that inform more efficient, convenient and relevant experiences.Backed by leading venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and NEA, as wellas Cox Enterprises and Groupe Arnault, Euclid was founded by Will Smith and is led by CEO Brent Franson. | $17.3M | Series B | Feb 21, 2013 |  |
| Aquifi | Aquifi is an information technology company that focuses on the fields of automation of logistics, manufacturing, and e-Commerce processes using AI trained and deployed with proprietary 3D color sensors. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $4.1M | Series A | Mar 26, 2012 |  |
| Marin Software | Marin Software’s (NASDAQ: MRIN) mission is to give digital advertisers and agencies the power to optimize their paid marketing programs. MarinOne provides a unified platform for search, social, and eCommerce advertising. We help digital marketers convert precise audiences, win new customers, and make better decisions. Headquartered in San Franciscowith offices worldwide, Marin Software’s platform powers marketing campaigns around the globe. For more information about us, please visit www.marinsoftware.com. | $30M | Series F | Feb 13, 2012 |  |
| Marin Software | Marin Software’s (NASDAQ: MRIN) mission is to give digital advertisers and agencies the power to optimize their paid marketing programs. MarinOne provides a unified platform for search, social, and eCommerce advertising. We help digital marketers convert precise audiences, win new customers, and make better decisions. Headquartered in San Franciscowith offices worldwide, Marin Software’s platform powers marketing campaigns around the globe. For more information about us, please visit www.marinsoftware.com. | $16M | Series E | Apr 05, 2011 |  |
| Tabula | Tabula, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops programmable logic devices for programmable logic, memory, and signal processing applications. It offers 3-D programmable logic devices that support a portfolio of soft IP cores, including DDR2 and DDR3 memory controllers, PCI Express, gigabit and 10 gigabit Ethernet, soft CPUs, sRIO, CPRI,and OBSAI; and Spacetime, a programmable logic architecture that reconfigures logic, memory, and interconnect at multi-GHz rates. Tabula, Inc. was formerly known as Everychip, Inc. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California. | $108M | Series D | Mar 28, 2011 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DAG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dag-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Focus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focus-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Integral Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/integral-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Triangle Peak Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triangle-peak-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Benchmark

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Benchmark invests in and works alongside entrepreneurs building startups into transformational companies. They focus on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, and infrastructure and enterprise software. Founded in 1995, the firm has offices in Woodside and San Francisco, California.The firm has been recognized for itscommitment to open source and is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. The five equal general partners who take board seats and a hands-on approach to every entrepreneur and company they back, with no junior investment staff. Current general partners are Chetan Puttagunta, Sarah Tavel, Victor Lazarte, Peter Fenton, and Eric Vishria. Benchmark has had 37 exits since beginning of 2011; 14 IPOs and 23 M&As representing a total market value of more than $60 billion.Benchmark’s current portfolio of early-stage venture investments includes private market leaders such as Uber, Snapchat, Tinder, Stitch Fix, Elastic and Cyanogen; recent IPOs and acquisitions such as Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, League of Legends, Jasper, OpenTable, New Relic, Hortonworks, Amplitude, Confluent, GrubHub, Zendesk and Zillow; and franchise companies from Juniper to eBay to Red Hat.

5 contacts available at Benchmark.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Dunlevie | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-dunlevie |
| Chetan Puttagunta | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chetan-puttagunta |
| Peter Fenton | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-fenton |
| Alex Balkanski | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-balkanski |
| Ben Rubin | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-rubin |

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## FAQ

### What does Bruce Dunlevie invest in?

Bruce Dunlevie invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bruce Dunlevie's check size?

Bruce Dunlevie typically joins rounds of $4.1M–$22M at Series A, $12M–$25M at Series C and $11M–$355M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bruce Dunlevie participates in.

### When did Bruce Dunlevie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bruce Dunlevie closed in Oct 2019. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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