Benchstrength Partners
SEC Form D filer · New York
Benchstrength Partners filed an SEC Form D/A amendment on November 13, 2026 for Benchstrength Partners II, L.P., stating a total offering of $80M. The Benchstrength Partners filing is under SEC CIK 2095963 and lists an address in New York, US. The filing names Benchstrength GP II, LLC, Kenneth Chenault Jr. and John Monagle as related persons and reports $14.2M sold. As of November 13, 2026, DryPowder has not verified the Benchstrength Partners thesis, check size or partners; this page shows only what the public filing says.
Updated · Source: SEC EDGAR
Filing facts FORM D
- Issuer on the filing
- Benchstrength Partners II, L.P.
- Firm
- Benchstrength Partners
- SEC CIK
- 2095963
- Accession number
- 0002095963-26-000002
- Form type
- D/A (amendment to an earlier offering)
- Filed with the SEC
- Total offering amount
- $80M
- Address on filing
- New York, US
- Fund type on the filing
- Venture Capital Fund
- Organized
- Delaware, 2025
- Exemptions claimed
- Rule 506(b); Investment Company Act 3(c)(1) (limited number of beneficial owners); Investment Company Act 3(c)(7), qualified purchasers only
- Date of first sale
- Nov 13, 2025
- Amount sold at filing
- $14.2M
- Investors at filing
- 8
- Partners
- Partner contacts appear once the profile is verified; the people the filing names are listed below.
People named on the filing FORM D
Related persons listed on the Form D: the executive officers, directors and promoters of the issuer or its general partner.
- Benchstrength GP II, LLC · Executive Officer, The general partner of the Issuer (the "General Partner")
- Kenneth Chenault Jr. · Executive Officer, Managing Member of the General Partner
- John Monagle · Executive Officer, Managing Member of the General Partner
What this Form D tells a founder
A Form D is the notice a private fund files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when it sells interests under Regulation D. Venture firms file one for each new fund vehicle, usually within 15 days of the first sale to an investor, so a fresh filing is one of the earliest public signs that a firm is raising or has raised new capital.
This filing is an amendment (Form D/A), which updates an offering Benchstrength Partners reported earlier; it does not by itself mean a new fund. The stated amount is the target the fund may raise, not money already committed, and the filing does not name the companies the fund will back or the size of its checks.
DryPowder reads every venture Form D from SEC EDGAR, drops single-deal SPVs, and ties each filing to the firm behind it. Once DryPowder verifies the Benchstrength Partners website, stage, check size and partners, this page becomes a full profile.
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Sources
- SEC EDGAR: Form D/A, Benchstrength Partners II, L.P., filed
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