Call me cynical, but perhaps - just perhaps - this was part of the reason for Benchmark's fallout with Travis. Perhaps they wanted to realize some of the gains

Call me cynical, but perhaps - just perhaps - this was part of the reason for Benchmark's fallout with Travis. Perhaps they wanted to realize some of the gains in their shares of Uber and knew Kalanick would be (or already had been) opposed to it. Benchmark already made astronomical gains on their shares (at least on paper) and perhaps they were looking for a way to now cash in on some of those returns.