Peter Fenton
Peter Fenton is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. He has invested in companies like Twitter, Yelp, and Sierra, and serves on several boards.
What Peter can write
Benchmark writes $3M to $30M+ checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.
Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Benchmark.Career
- Bain & Company
- Virage · early employee
- Accel Partners · partner
- Benchmark · General PartnerNow
Investments named in public bios
Focus
Education
Also at Benchmark
Partners like Peter
At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.
Alert me when Benchmark is active
One email when Peter's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.
Send Mode VC your deck
Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.
Send your deckQuestions
Who is Peter Fenton?
Peter Fenton is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. He has invested in companies like Twitter, Yelp, and Sierra, and serves on several boards.
How much does Peter Fenton invest?
Peter Fenton invests through Benchmark, which writes checks of $3M to $30M+ at seed, series a.
How do I pitch Peter Fenton?
A warm intro from a founder Benchmark backed works best.
What did Peter Fenton do before Benchmark?
Bain & Company; early employee at Virage; partner at Accel Partners.
Last updated 2026-10-15. Is this you? Ask for a correction.