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investments[edit]

Why do some (but not all) investments get a separate section? what is the criterion? Jeff Song (talk) 18:25, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recursion[edit]

Zendesk redirects to Benchmark (venture capital firm) which links to Zendesk ... Did you mean "recursion"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.50.246.19 (talk) 16:38, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Investments section[edit]

This is too resume like and within the industry very transient, so not sure it even serves a purpose at the current length.--RedmondKane (talk) 22:09, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wework was a great investment for benchmark[edit]

They invested at sub-700M valuation and generated great returns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.154.30.222 (talk) 16:11, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Read the cited article. It was debacle. Chisme (talk) 17:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--- Did you read the article? Benchmark made a killing by unloading shared in 2017. The investment was a massive success for the firm. 77.126.4.166 (talk) 09:34, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Investing in a con job isn't good for a firm's reputation, no matter how much of a "killing" is made. Chisme (talk) 18:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]