20-Feb ScanSafe 15,000,000 Scale Venture Partners (Lead), Benchmark Capital.
19-Mar Zopa 12,900,000 Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead), Benchmark Capital, Wellington Partners Venture Capital.
Mitch Lasky, who led Benchmark's cash infusion, said he first heard about the app from his 16-year-old daughter.
Minted, design community and e-commerce site for stationery and cards, has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding led Benchmark Capital, with IDG Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Marissa Mayer and Jeremy Stoppelman participating.
Perennial Midas Lister Bill Gurley is the longest-serving active partner at Benchmark, the famed venture capital firm behind companies like Snapchat, Twitter and Uber, where Gurley sits on the board and led Benchmark's Series A investment in 2011.
CloudPassage, the developer of cloud server security software, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by led by Benchmark Capital.
The round was lead by Benchmark Capital, a new investor in the company and a fund that rarely makes later stage investments.
Today oDesk have announced an $8 Million Series B investment lead by Benchmark Capital, the respectable Silicon Valley firm that has previously backed companies such as eBay, Handspring, RedHat and Juniper.
In February Instagram raised a $7 million round in funding led by Benchmark Capital.
The other group, led by Benchmark, was pushing for Whitman, with whom the venture-capital firm had a long relationship.
Mint.com, an online personal-finance organizer, was expected Wednesday to announce a $12 million round of venture funding led by Benchmark Capital.
