Peter Fenton is a general partner at Benchmark, which he joined after seven years at Accel. His investing spans enterprise software, open source, and consumer networks. A philosophy graduate who later earned an MBA at Stanford, he speaks about venture investing as a partnership with founders: recognizing unusual potential, asking better questions, and helping people grow alongside the companies they lead. His investments have included Twitter, Yelp, New Relic, Zendesk and Zuora.
Peter Fenton is a general partner at Benchmark, which he joined after seven years at Accel. His investing spans enterprise software, open source, and consumer networks. A philosophy graduate who later earned an MBA at Stanford, he speaks about venture investing as a partnership with founders: recognizing unusual potential, asking better questions, and helping people grow alongside the companies they lead. His investments have included Twitter, Yelp, New Relic, Zendesk and Zuora.
Career
Peter Fenton attended Stanford University, earning a BA, Philosophy; MBA.
General Partner at Benchmark from 2006 to Present.