--- title: From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October... description: Several top venture firms quietly filed SEC paperwork for new funds in October. Trust Ventures seeks a $400 million Fund V, while former Benchmark VCs Victor... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-8vc-to-benchmark-here-s-what-s-hiding-in-october-sec-filings-kjsi641i2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings | daily.dev og:description: Several top venture firms quietly filed SEC paperwork for new funds in October. Trust Ventures seeks a $400 million Fund V, while former Benchmark VCs Victor... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-8vc-to-benchmark-here-s-what-s-hiding-in-october-sec-filings-kjsi641i2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kjsi641i2.png og:image:alt: From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Several top venture firms quietly filed SEC paperwork for new funds in October. Trust Ventures seeks a $400 million Fund V, while former Benchmark VCs Victor Lazarte and Kris Fredrickson raised $1.252 billion for their debut AI fund, Diffusion ONE, far above its original $800 million target. Benchmark itself filed four new partner-only funds totaling roughly $364 million, with Jack Altman listed on each. Joe Lonsdale's 8VC is raising several new vehicles, including a $400 million fund called 8VC DSS III. Greenoaks filed for a seventh fund after co-leading Anthropic's $65 billion Series H, and Industry Ventures raised $1.7 billion for a secondaries fund. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Victor Lazarte and Kris Fredrickson raise for their new AI fund Diffusion ONE? Victor Lazarte and Kris Fredrickson, both former Benchmark VCs, raised $1.252 billion for their debut AI fund called Diffusion ONE. That far surpasses the fund's original $800 million target reported earlier. The fund has already co-led Harvey's $550 million Series H with Lightspeed Ventures and joined Etched's $300 million Series C. _Track how new AI-focused funds like this one are reshaping startup financing rounds on daily.dev._ ### How many new partner-only funds did Benchmark file with the SEC in October 2026? Benchmark filed four new partner-only funds: Benchmark Partners Founders' Fund T1, Fund 2, Fund 2-A, and Fund T1-A, seeking $220 million, $132 million, $4.5 million, and $7.5 million respectively. Jack Altman, who recently left his own firm to join Benchmark as a general partner, is listed in each filing. _Developers eyeing startup funding news follow fund structures like these on daily.dev._ ### How much did Greenoaks raise for its new fund and what is its connection to Anthropic? Greenoaks, led by Neil Mehta, filed to raise a new fund called Greenoaks 7. The firm previously co-led Anthropic's $65 billion Series H round. The filing timing lines up with Anthropic's recent step toward going public, positioning Greenoaks to market itself on potential returns from that stake. _Anyone following AI company valuations can keep tabs on funding moves like Greenoaks' on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise](https://daily.dev/posts/benchmark-raises-its-first-ever-growth-fund-as-part-of-2b-capital-raise-rmqtv2snv) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Benchmark breaks its own rule with a $2bn raise and a first growth fund](https://daily.dev/posts/benchmark-breaks-its-own-rule-with-a-2bn-raise-and-a-first-growth-fund-j5hnyljvq) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in \(what else?\) AI](https://daily.dev/posts/vc-firm-bessemer-now-has-another-5-75b-to-invest-in-what-else-ai-tuc5mhtcf) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Khosla Ventures is raising up to $5.5bn, its biggest ever](https://daily.dev/posts/khosla-ventures-is-raising-up-to-5-5bn-its-biggest-ever-goij9tacn) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [VC mega funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions](https://daily.dev/posts/vc-mega-funds-are-back-with-general-catalyst-spark-rumored-to-be-raising-billions-n0hf3b1pd) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/from-8vc-to-benchmark-here-s-what-s-hiding-in-october-sec-filings-kjsi641i2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"From 8VC to Benchmark, here’s what’s hiding in October SEC filings","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/from-8vc-to-benchmark-here-s-what-s-hiding-in-october-sec-filings-kjsi641i2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/from-8vc-to-benchmark-here-s-what-s-hiding-in-october-sec-filings-kjsi641i2"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T22:18:03.876Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T03:58:32.377Z","description":"Several top venture firms quietly filed SEC paperwork for new funds in October. 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