Jack Altman joins Benchmark as GP

Jack Altman and Benchmark announced today that he could be becoming a member of the agency as a basic companion. 

This information is an enormous deal, particularly since Altman has been working his personal VC agency, Alt Capital, since at the least 2024. The fund raised a $150 million Fund I in early 2024 after which, simply final September, introduced a $274 million Fund II, raised in only a week. On LinkedIn, Altman called the past two years working Alt Capital as an investor “probably the most rewarding” of his life, including that he beloved “new concepts and being a part of a staff with a mission.” 

Alt Capital invested in at the least 52 corporations, in accordance with PitchBook, together with Rippling, Antares Nuclear, and CompLabs. It’s unclear what occurs to Alt Capital or whether or not Benchmark has acquired its portfolio, as Altman additionally introduced that his teammates from the fund shall be following him to Benchmark. (That’s additionally uncommon, given Benchmark has traditionally been structured as a flat agency with primarily GPs solely, versus layers of buyers.)

Altman additionally stated he’ll retain the board seats on the corporations he backed whereas at Alt Capital. 

Altman didn’t reply to requests for remark earlier at the moment; Benchmark declined to remark.

Altman, a youthful brother of OpenAI co-founder Sam, can also be the founding father of the HR platform Lattice, which he nonetheless chairs, per his LinkedIn profile.