Neo Technology has joined the Linked Data Benchmark Council (LDBC), a three-year EU-funded research project aimed at creating comprehensive performance benchmarks for graph databases. The LDBC's goal is to encourage the advancement of graph database technologies by providing targets for performance and functionality, while also establishing an independent authority for auditing and verifying benchmark results. Neo Technology has been actively involved in the project, hosting technical user community meetings, including the first meeting held in Barcelona in November 2012, which featured presentations from over 10 academic and commercial users of graph/RDF databases. The second TUC meeting will be held in Munich on April 22-23, while the third meeting is scheduled for the second half of this year. Neo Technology has also given a talk at FOSDEM entitled "The Linked Data Benchmark Council" and is contributing to the development of the LDBC graph database benchmark, which aims to create a comprehensive benchmark based on the social network use-case. The project involves collaboration with partners such as OpenLink, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and the University of Amsterdam, and Neo Technology is helping shape the first LDBC graph database benchmark using its experience in developing Neo4j and feedback from the Neo4j community.