Benchmark — Startup Profile

Decision infrastructure for private market investment firms

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2023 | Employees: 5 | Stage: Seed | Website: https://www.benchmark.com

About

Benchmark is a decision infrastructure platform for private market investment firms. The platform helps investors screen investment opportunities, analyze data, and make better allocation decisions. Founded in 2023 by Alec Dunn (CEO), Connor Janson, and Josh. Dunn spent 5+ years working for one of the largest real estate investors in the world before building Benchmark to change how private market investors utilize their data. YC W23 batch. Based in San Francisco.

The Take

Benchmark serves the private markets investment space — helping investors screen deals and analyze data. Private markets are massive ($13T+ AUM) and notoriously under-digitized. The founding team's background (Dunn spent 5+ years at a large real estate investor) gives them domain credibility. However, the space has many competitors (Cortex, Canoe, iCapital, Allvue) and the 'deal screening' wedge is competitive. Limited public information suggests an early-stage company still finding product-market fit.

Key People

• Alec Dunn
• Connor Janson
• Josh

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Timeline Highlights

• 2023-03: Launches on YC Launch — deal screening and investment data platform for private markets
• 2023-01: Accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch
• 2023: Benchmark founded by Alec Dunn, Connor Janson, and Josh

Recent News

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