Peter Fenton

Peter Fenton is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital based in Silicon Valley, United States. Before joining Benchmark, he spent seven years as a partner at Accel Partners and began his professional career at Bain & Company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University, where he was recognized as an Arjay Miller Scholar. Throughout his venture capital career, he has backed seven companies that reached initial public offerings, including notable consumer and enterprise platforms like Twitter, Yelp, Zendesk, and New Relic. Recognized on the Forbes Midas List since 2007, he currently serves on the corporate boards of Airtable, Docker, and Clickhouse. His current investment focus remains concentrated on enterprise technology and open-source software startups operating at the intersection of adoption growth and declining risk.