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Benchstrength
Venture capital · New York City, NY, United States · North America
Benchstrength is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. It invests in pre-seed and seed stage technology companies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsenterpriseconsumerfintechhealthcareearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsBenchstrength lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Healthcare & Biotech (15%) and Enterprise Software (9%). 77% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside The MBA Fund, Canapi Ventures and Latin Leap.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Benchstrength, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Benchstrength's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 28. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 20% |
| Series A | 60% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 58th | 20% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 85th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| The MBA Fund | 3 |
| Canapi Ventures | 2 |
| Latin Leap | 2 |
| Outsiders Fund | 2 |
| Root Ventures | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| XFactor Ventures | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Benchstrength head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Benchstrength| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Series B | |
| 20 Aug 2025 | Series A | |
| 10 Sept 2024 | Seed |
Round details for Benchstrength
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Benchstrength's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adept ID combines technology and human expertise to get people into jobs through AI talent matching software and healthcare staffing business. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Allspice provides a platform for hardware teams to collaborate, track design changes, automate releases, and integrate AI into their workflow. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alta provides an AI-powered platform for go-to-market teams to automate tasks such as finding prospects, qualifying leads, and booking meetings | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company's website appears to be a demonstration of a rich text editor. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| BACU serves food inspired by world cuisine, with balanced dishes made with genuine flavor, and offers catering and events services. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Bolo AI provides a context layer that makes agentic AI work for heavy industry, purpose-built for industrial data and deployed securely within existing infrastructure. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Cashmere connects publishers and AI applications to manage and license content | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-powered client intelligence layer for financial services | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2024Seed | Funding round | |
| Crux modernizes how capital is raised and deployed into clean and critical infrastructure. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| DevAI continuously reconciles IT data into a single, accurate, operational view for enterprise IT | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells queer goods, including binders, magazines, and merchandise. | E-commerce & MarketplacesLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Heva provides an AI-powered platform for healthcare providers and patients to connect and manage medical care globally | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kangaroo Health provides a connected care platform for remote patient care and monitoring | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Knox Systems helps companies obtain FedRAMP authorization and provides cloud security solutions | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Mar 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Lucea Health helps answer nursing calls, handle requests, and connect people to care while supporting nurses and turning conversations into completed work. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Rentana provides AI-powered rent optimization software for multifamily teams | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a marketplace for buying and selling specialized vehicles and equipment. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Slide delivers modern BCDR to protect critical infrastructure, serving as the last and best line of defense when everything else fails. | CybersecuritySpace & Defense | Mar 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| SourceID provides an AI-powered platform for customer and business verification and identity management. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Sprezz sells glassware and tableware products | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- benchstrengthvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 28
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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