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Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. Benchmark made its mark as the sole early investor in eBay. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon Valley's best-performing investments ever . Other high profile investments yielding big returns for the firm include Ariba, Juniper Networks, and Red Hat. Such investments helped... full article at wikipedia
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  • May 1, 1995
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  • 2480 Sand Hill Rd
  • 94025
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  • The power of teamwork.
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