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Benchmark Part I

Acquired

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Benchmark's Val Vaden Isn't a Venture Capitalist, Is It?

There were deals to be done during 95 and 96 that would have put the firm on a very different trajectory. The team Val came from this very different perspective than Benchmark's other founders. There just kind of wasn't a fit in investment styles Yeah, I think that is probably the right thing to chalk it up to David and I stumbled upon this guy's name.

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