# Everett Randle

> Everett 'Ev' Randle is a General Partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley's most legendary and selective venture capital firms. A Colorado native who graduated top of his class from CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business, Randle cut his teeth at Vista Equity Partners before moving through Bond Capital, Founders Fund, and two stints at Kleiner Perkins. He backed companies like Rippling, Anthropic, Databricks, Flock Safety, and Huntress across those roles. He is also a respected essayist in the VC world, best known for 'Playing Different Games' (2021), a widely-cited breakdown of Tiger Global's disruption of venture capital, and 'Operating Yield' (2023), a new framework for measuring SaaS growth efficiency. In April 2025, Benchmark announced Randle as its newest General Partner - a firm that manages roughly $425M per fund with only five partners.

- **Role:** General Partner at Benchmark
- **Organizations:** Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Bond Capital, Vista Equity Partners
- **From:** Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Finance, University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business
- **Known for:** Named General Partner at Benchmark, a firm with only ~5 partners managing ~$425M per fund, Published 'Playing Different Games' (2021), one of the most widely-cited VC essays of the 2020s, Introduced 'Operating Yield' as a new SaaS growth efficiency metric (2023)

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Joined Vista Equity Partners as Analyst
- **2018** — Joined Kleiner Perkins (first stint) as part of the growth team
- **2019** — Moved to Bond Capital as Associate
- **2020** — Joined Founders Fund as Principal; led investments in Rippling, Wave, Stord, Chronosphere
- **2021** — Published 'Playing Different Games' - widely-cited essay analyzing Tiger Global's disruption of VC
- **2022** — Rejoined Kleiner Perkins as Partner to lead growth-stage investing
- **2023** — Published 'Operating Yield' essay, introducing a new SaaS efficiency metric
- **2024** — Led investments at Kleiner Perkins in Huntress (Series D), Databricks, Chainguard, Flock Safety
- **2025** — Named General Partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley's most selective VC firms

## Achievements

- Named General Partner at Benchmark, a firm with only ~5 partners managing ~$425M per fund
- Published 'Playing Different Games' (2021), one of the most widely-cited VC essays of the 2020s
- Introduced 'Operating Yield' as a new SaaS growth efficiency metric (2023)
- Backed Rippling, Anthropic, Databricks, Flock Safety, Huntress, Wave, Glean, Harvey, and others
- Graduated with all A's from CU Boulder Leeds School of Business
- Board director at Huntress; board/observer roles across multiple portfolio companies
- Appeared on 20VC podcast as Benchmark's newest GP, discussing AI investing and fund strategy

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Named General Partner at Benchmark, joining one of Silicon Valley's most storied and selective venture capital firms
- **2025-03** — Led Flock Safety Series H ($280M round, $860M total raised) during final period at Kleiner Perkins
- **2025-04** — Led Chainguard Series D ($360M round, $610M total raised)
- **2025-11** — Appeared on 20VC podcast with Harry Stebbings as Benchmark's newest GP, discussing AI margins, mega-fund limitations, and investing lessons from Peter Thiel and Mamoon Hamid
- **2026-03** — Led Gumloop Series B ($50M round) as one of first investments from Benchmark

## Links

- Website: https://www.evrandle.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/everettrandle
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/EverettRandle

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Last updated: 2026-05-18