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HOME/PEOPLE/PETER FENTON
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Peter Fenton

ROLE GPAT BENCHMARKMENTIONS 4LAST SEEN JUNE 27, 2026
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General Partner at Benchmark and Stanford classmate of Andrew Feldman who forwarded the Cerebras pitch.

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mention·20VC·JUNE 27, 2026

Out of all the conversations we had, he got it instantly — like he had this deep intuition about what we were building. We had very high conviction on what we were building. So to find someone else who has the same vision and conviction off the bat as us who doesn't historically do deals in our industry — it was just an amazing conversation.

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mention·Uncapped with Jack Altman·JUNE 10, 2026

You look at Peter Fenton, the biggest thing he's operated was a lemonade stand. But he is one of the greatest VCs of all time.

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funding·20VC·JUNE 1, 2026

Victor got super excited...he said, 'Oh, have you ever been in a helicopter?' And so Peter took us on the helicopter flight. And Benchmark really wanted to work with us.

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mention·Newcomer Newsletter·MAY 15, 2026

GP Peter Fenton had been business school classmates with Feldman at Stanford, and he forwarded his colleague Vishria the pitch for a new kind of chip architecture... Eric Vishria and Benchmark (stake valued at $5.5 billion based on Thursday's close).

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