Benchmark Clients

The Benchmark Partners' strong track record includes leading critical, time sensitive searches at the Board, CXO and VP level for companies nationwide in the Commercial and Federal markets. Our clients range in size from innovative institutionally (private equity-PE, and venture capital-VC) backed start-ups to market leading public and private companies with revenues in excess of $1B annually. Our recruiting expertise spans many technology and product categories, markets and licensing models.

 

Client Description Investors
Appgate Leading provider of secure Intranet and Extranet access software and solutions (Acquired by CryptoZone)

GE Equity, ABN AMRO
Aptela Hosted VoIP solution provider JMI Equity
BDMetrics Online networking platform for tradeshows, conferences and events (Acquired by Three Stage Media)

Valhalla Partners, Greenhill, Grosvenor Fund, Maryland DBED, New Markets Fund
Brabeion Enterprise governance, risk and compliance software and solutions (Acquired by Archer Tecchnologies)

Longworth Venture Partners, 
Brainbench Provider of pre-employment testing, assessment and screening services and products Primus Venture Partners
Brand Informatics Delivers a new generation of intelligence that enables companies to benchmark and advance Emotional Connection with their customers Sachs Capital
Cernium Market leader and pioneer in video surveillance technology Lurie Investments
Edge Consulting Strategic consulting serving critical client missions across the energy, homeland security, and defense/intelligence domains (Acquired by IBM)

DC Capital Partners
Educate Online Leading provider of online educational instruction Sterling Ventures
Enterprise DB Leading provider of enterprise-class products and services based on PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database Valhalla Partners, Charles River Ventures, Fidelity Ventures
ESA

Nationally recognized government services provider specializing in training and integrated logistics support services

Privately held
Everest Software Leading provider of a fully-integrated business operating system for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) (Acquired by Versata)

Sierra Ventures, Updata Partners, Boulder Ventures
Factory Logic Leading provider of Lean Manufacturing & Supply Chain solutions (Acquired by SAP)

Siemens Venture Capital, Adams Capital Management, SAP Ventures
Fidelis Industry's only data leakage prevention solution with the power  Tudor Partners, Core Capital, MidAtlantic Ventures
FortiusOne Leading provier of enterprise-level Visual Intelligence solution for commercial and government users New Markets Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Chart Ventures, Walker Ventures
Fortress Technologies Leader in secure wireless networking delivering mission related information for both military and civilian customers  Liberty Partners
Getactive Leader in online relationship management solutions for non-profits and membership organizations (Acquired by Convio)

El Dorado Ventures, Pacific Partners
Clobal Crossing Leading global IP network services, cloud computing, IPv6, datacenter management and cybersecurity infrastructure and solutions provider Public Company
Harmony Information Systems Enterprise software for the health and human services (HHS) market Updata Partners, JMI Equity
Innovectra Provider of web, mobile and social network based local search solutions for Yellow Pages Publishers Edison Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners
Ip Network Solutions Leading network engineering firm that delivers data and wireless solutions through professional and managed services Privately funded
iptivia IP network management software (Acquired by Circadence)

Paladin Capital
JackBe Tusted enterprise mashup software platform that empowers government and commercial organizations to create, customize and collaborate through enterprise mashups Blue Chip ventures, Core Capital, Harbert Venture Partners, Intel Capital
Kaseman International security, training, operations and logistics services DC Capital Partners
Kiyon Advanced wireless networking and mesh network software Siemens Venture Capital
LifeSize Provider of high definition video communications products (Acquired by LogiTech)

Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Lehman Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Redpoint Ventures
Narus Leader in real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks (Acquired by Boeing)

JP Morgan Partners, Mayfield Partners, American Capital
Neartek Virtualization software and solutions (Acquired by EMC)

Benchmark Capital, Doughty Hanson, Delmag Ventures
Netcordia Leading solution provider for Network Configuration and Change Management (NCCM)  (Acquired by InfoBlox)

Novak Biddle Partners, Trinity Ventures, Gold Hill Capital
Newmerix Change management solutions specifically designed for SAP, Peoplesoft and Oracle E-Business applications Siemens Venture Capital, Mobius Ventures, IDG Ventures
Next Point Provider of secure data clouds that integrate applications, processing, storage and support (Acquired by Genband)

Core Capital, MidAtlantic Ventures, 
NISC IT & Management Consulting services to IC, DoD, DHS, State(Acquired by IBM)

DC Capital Partners
OQO Industry pioneer in ultra-mobile personal computing (Acquired by AudioTone)

Azure Capital Partners, Paladin Capital
Plaxo Operates the largest and fastest growing social network of networked address books, hosting over 50 million accounts (Acquired by Comcast)

Sequoia Partners, Globespan, Cisco
Previstar Provides software to the emergency preparedness and response communities Novak Biddle
Rohde & Schwarz Leading provider of test and measurement, signals, and wireless equipment Privately held
Safenet

A global leader in information security protecting critical business data, communications, financial transactions, and digital identities through a full spectrum of encryption technologies

Vector Capital
SAP The world's largest business software provider Public Company
Scentric Pioneer in information and classification management data storage products Valhalla Partners, HIG Ventures
Serena Global provider of end-to-end application lifecycle management (ALM) software and solutions Silver Lake Partners
Silo Smashers Peak Performance solutions to government agencies Privately funded
SkyBitz Leading provider of information services for remote assets Inverness Graham Investments, CIBC Capital Partners, Motorola Ventures, Cordova Ventures
SOA Logix Provides integration solutions that manage the flow of information among people, business processes, and applications (Acquired by SAP)

TL Ventures
Solstice Software Provides testing and simulation products for companies developing large-scale, composite applications (Acquired by Green Hat)

Core Capital, Anthem Capital 
Spectrum K12 Leading provider of response to intervention (RTI), special education, and IEP software and management tools Novak Biddle, Updata Venture Partners
StackSafe Leading provider of virtualized staging and testing solution for IT operations Novak Biddle, Chart Ventures
Stratavia Leader in application stack automation for physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure (Acquired by Hewlett Packard)

Asset Management Co, Vista Ventures, Adams Street Capital
TerraGo Technologies Portable geospatial solutions  RedShift Ventures, In-Q-Tel
TMS Management consulting and technology services to U.S. Government executive departments and agencies (Acquired by IBM)

DC Capital Partners
Trust Digital Leading provider of enterprise mobility management software for Government and Global 2000 companies (Acquired by McAfee)

Fairhaven Capital, Core Capital, Avansis Ventures
USIS Leading provider delivering background screening, risk management solutions, and litigation support services Providence Equity Partners
Viziant Provider of information intelligence and knowledge sharing software  Angel investors
Vizional Provides supply chain management software that uses RFID to track the physical movement of inventory and assets Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Zone Ventures
Xtremesoft Leading provider of software solutions that maximize the availability of applications on the Microsoft platform JMI Equity
Zenoss Leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT enterprise management products Grotech Ventures, Intersouth Partners, Boulder Ventures, Amplifier Ventures, Maryland DBED

 

Venture Capital Clients

Adams Street Partners Benchmark Capital Boulder Ventures
Charles River Ventures Columbia Capital Core Capital Partners
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures Draper Fisher Jurvetson Edison Venture Fund
GE Capital The Grosvenor Funds Inflection Point Ventures
In-Q-Tel JPMrgan Partners Kodiak Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners Mobius Venture Capital Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds
New Markets Venture Partners Novak Biddle Venture Partners Paladin Capital Group
Red Shift Ventures SAP Sequoia Capital
Siemens Venture Capital Updata Partners Venture Capital Valhalla Partners
Motorola Ventures Vista Ventures  

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