Arad Naveh
Partner
Benchmark
Benchmark Capital Israel partner and former Cisco Israel investment and M&A lead.
Bio
Professional summary
Everett Randle is a General Partner at Benchmark. His personal site says he invests in technology businesses, lives in San Francisco, grew up in Colorado, and attended the University of Colorado Boulder. Public podcast material from 20VC frames him as Benchmark's newest General Partner and discusses his views on AI, startup margins, and the venture market. Publicly available structured information is thinner than for several other people in this batch, so the profile is intentionally short.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
early stage
Sector
technology businessesAI
Thesis
Technology businessesAI
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Keep outreach concise and centered on a high-conviction technology business with a clear view on AI value creation, customer economics, or market structure.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference Colorado or University of Colorado Boulder only if there is a genuine connection.
- 2For AI companies, tie the pitch to customer value and defensibility rather than generic AI enthusiasm.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Public 20VC episode in late 2025 described him as Benchmark's newest General Partner and focused on AI investing topics.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- BenchmarkGeneral PartnerPresent
- Founders FundInvestor
Education
- University of Colorado BoulderDegree
Skills
Frontier software investingSecurityData infrastructure
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