Peter Fenton, General Partner at Benchmark, spoke at FirstMark's Data Driven NYC on March 16, 2016. In a fireside chat with FirstMark's Matt Turck, Fenton discussed the attributes he looks for in entrepreneurs and the current funding landscape for startups.

Benchmark focuses on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, and infrastructure and enterprise software.

Data Driven NYC is a monthly event covering Big Data and data-driven products and startups, hosted by Matt Turck, partner at FirstMark.

FirstMark is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Find out more about Data Driven NYC at http://datadrivennyc.com and FirstMark Capital at http://firstmarkcap.com.