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During his tenure, he invested in AI-focused startups... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vc-victor-lazarte-is-leaving-benchmark-to-launch-his-own-firm-zrhbvspo7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZrHbvspO7.png og:image:alt: VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm 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. # VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Victor Lazarte is departing Benchmark Capital after two years to launch his own investment firm. During his tenure, he invested in AI-focused startups including Mercor, HeyGen, and Decart AI. Lazarte previously co-founded Wildlife Studios, a mobile gaming company valued at $3 billion. His departure follows Sarah Tavel's transition to venture partner earlier this year, leaving Peter Fanton, Eric Vishria, and Chetan Puttagunta as the remaining partners at the equal partnership firm. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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