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What does Menlo Ventures invest in?
Menlo Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (44% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2C, Enterprise and B-to-c.
Menlo Ventures highlights
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93 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Series A: 44% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 39 rounds, median $6.0M
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84 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests across AI, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technologies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $20M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- B2CEnterpriseB-to-c
- Based in
- Menlo Park, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first740 appearances
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77 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration17 named
CSCarolan ShawnA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DCDouglas Craig CarlisleA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
GVGanesan VenkyA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HDH. DuBose MontgomeryA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HDHenry Dubose MontgomeryA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JWJarve W. JarveA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JWJohn William JarveA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KEKirsten Eileen Ashton MelloChief Financial Officer, MemberiForm ADV
MAMark Aaron SiegelA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MTMatthew T. MurphyA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MMMurphy MatthewA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
PAPravin A. VaziraniA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
STShawn Timothy CarolanA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SAShervin A. PishevarA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TCT. Carolan ShawnA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
VVVenkataraman Vishnampet GanesanManaging Director, Managing MemberiForm ADV
VTVenky T. GanesanA Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 70 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$12Bgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Menlo Ventures Management, L.P.
- SEC number
- CRD 283999
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in Menlo Ventures's funds
- Committed
- $1.1B
- Funds
- 12
- Vintages
- 1983 to 2026
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
Washington State Investment Board12 funds$1.1BFund Vintage Committed Menlo Ventures XVII 2026 $175M Menlo Ventures XV 2020 $125M Menlo Ventures XIV 2017 $100M Menlo Ventures XII 2015 $100M Menlo Ventures XI 2011 $100M Menlo Ventures X 2006 $150M Menlo Ventures IX 2001 $200M Menlo Ventures VIII 1999 $50M and 4 more
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
24 of 35 we have independently watched raise
6riverAbnormalAeroscoutAirbaseAiseraAlloyAnsibleAnthropicAppdomeArcboatsArchlabsArmadinAssemblelabsAssorthealthAuroratherapeuticsAvinetworksBenchlingBettermentChimeFireworksOpenevidenceSunoUberlovable.devAccordanceAffinityAlcoveAltadailyAnycartAxiommathGetabacusHpeUseanvilagency.incastrix.security
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed84 in all
FleetsmithBought by AppleUndisclosedJun 2020
Avere SystemsBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedJan 2018
LiveOpsBought by Marlin Equity PartnersUndisclosedDec 2015
AnsibleBought by Red Hat$150MOct 2015
RF Surgical SystemsBought by Medtronic$235MJul 2015
Voltage SecurityBought by HpUndisclosedMay 2015
FabBought by PCH International$15MMar 2015
eXelateBought by Nielsen Holdings$200MMar 2015
Voltage SecurityBought by Hewlett-PackardUndisclosedFeb 2015
LibratoBought by SolarWinds$40MJan 2015
ScanBought by Snapchat$50MDec 2014
ReadyforceBought by LookSharp (powering InternMatch)UndisclosedDec 2014
Nexxo FinancialBought by MoneyGram InternationalUndisclosedSept 2014
CellfireBought by Catalina MarketingUndisclosedSept 2014
Emu MessengerBought by GoogleUndisclosedAug 2014
PropellerBought by Palantir TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2014
DropcamBought by Nest Labs$555MJun 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.