# Merus Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Merus Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 40 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/merus-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Merus Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $63M, Jan 2020 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Big Data & Analytics

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 40 on record

Since the last cheque **2554** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.0M** Rounds led **1 of 40** Sole investor **6 rounds** Exits **7 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Merus Capital highlights

- 01 40 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 65% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $1.5M
- 04 7 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $20M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Big Data & Analytics
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **40 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Alice Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/alice-technologies)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Aromyx](https://millionrounds.com/company/aromyx)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 5 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Modern Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-health)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.3M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Parabola](https://millionrounds.com/company/parabola)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.2M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Indio](https://millionrounds.com/company/indio)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Xcalar](https://millionrounds.com/company/xcalar)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$21M** With 3 others
- **2016** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Silexica](https://millionrounds.com/company/silexica)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Periscope Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/periscope-data)** US · TechCrunch **$25M** With 36 others
- **Nov** **[Indio](https://millionrounds.com/company/indio)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Iterable](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterable)** **$22M** With 13 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Symphony](https://millionrounds.com/company/symphony)** Venture · US **$100M** With 9 others
- **Aug** **[Amplitude](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplitude)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Iterable](https://millionrounds.com/company/iterable)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 6 others
- **2014** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kamcord](https://millionrounds.com/company/kamcord)** Series B · US **$15M** With 11 others
- **Oct** **[Symphony](https://millionrounds.com/company/symphony)** US **$66M** With 15 others
- **Aug** **[Womply](https://millionrounds.com/company/womply)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 11 others
- **Jul** **[Fixed - Parking Tickets](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixed-parking-tickets)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Amplitude](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplitude)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Perzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/perzo)** Debt · US **$3.5M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[AdRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/adroll)** Series C · US **$70M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Apptimize](https://millionrounds.com/company/apptimize)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 29 others
- **Jan** **[Womply](https://millionrounds.com/company/womply)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 9 others
- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Apptimize](https://millionrounds.com/company/apptimize)** US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Perzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/perzo)** Seed · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Sensor Tower](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensor-tower)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Osito](https://millionrounds.com/company/osito)** Seed · techcrunch.com **$1.1M** With 6 others
- **2012** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kamcord](https://millionrounds.com/company/kamcord)** Seed · US · venturebeat.com **$1.5M** With 21 others
- **Nov** **[Corona Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/corona-labs)** Debt · US · techcrunch.com **$750K** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Corona Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/corona-labs)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Runa](https://millionrounds.com/company/runa)** Seed · US · sec.gov **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[AdRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/adroll)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$15M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[ModeWalk](https://millionrounds.com/company/modewalk)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$1.8M** With 2 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Apr** **[IO Turbine](https://millionrounds.com/company/io-turbine)** Venture · US · ioturbine.com **$7.8M** With 1 other
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Authentic8](https://millionrounds.com/company/authentic8)** US · authentic8.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Runa](https://millionrounds.com/company/runa)** Venture · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$9.2M** With 2 others
- **2009** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Corona Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/corona-labs)** Series A · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Chai Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-labs)** Seed · US · paidcontent.org **$1.1M** With 2 others
- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[AdRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/adroll)** Series A · US · paidcontent.org **$4.0M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[AllClear ID](https://millionrounds.com/company/allclear-id)** Venture · US · austinstartup.com **$9.3M** With 1 other
- **2007** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Splashtop](https://millionrounds.com/company/splashtop)** Series B · US · splashtop.com **$10M** With 9 others

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 registration **3 named**

PY **Peter Yi-Zen Hsing** Promoter i Filing they signed

SU **Salman Ullah** Promoter i Filing they signed

SC **Sean Christian Dempsey** Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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

**$277M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Merus Capital Management Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 163037

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 2 we have independently watched raise

Agentic Fundpanel

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 listed **7 in all**

**[Corona Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/corona-labs)** Bought by Perk.com **$2.3M** Nov 2015

**[Corona Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/corona-labs)** Bought by Fuse Powered Inc. **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[ModeWalk](https://millionrounds.com/company/modewalk)** Bought by Moda Operandi **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**[Perzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/perzo)** Bought by Symphony **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[Runa](https://millionrounds.com/company/runa)** Bought by [Staples](https://millionrounds.com/fund/staples) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013

**[IO Turbine](https://millionrounds.com/company/io-turbine)** Bought by Fusion-io **$95M** Aug 2011

**[Chai Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/chai-labs)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **$10M** Aug 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$63M**

raised in Jan 2020

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M**

Led 1 of 40 rounds **3%**

- **Said size:** Up to $20M
- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019
- **Exits:** 7 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *13*
- Series A said *9*
- Venture *7*
- Series B said *3*
- Debt *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2019

Often in the room with

- [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 5
- [XG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xg-ventures) 5
- [AngelPad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelpad) 4
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 4
- [TEEC Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teec-angel-fund) 4
- [Thomas Korte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-korte) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Merus Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**DCVC** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**XG Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xg-ventures)[**AngelPad** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelpad)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**TEEC Angel Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teec-angel-fund)[**Thomas Korte** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-korte)[**500 Global** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Charlie Cheever** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-cheever)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**645 Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/645-ventures)[**ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asset-management-company)[**Aaron Iba** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-iba)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Merus Capital put money into.

[**Alice Technologies** $8.0M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/alice-technologies)[**Aromyx** $3.0M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/aromyx)[**Modern Health** $2.3M · Jun 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-health)[**Parabola** $2.2M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/parabola)[**Xcalar** $21M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/xcalar)[**Periscope Data** $25M · Nov 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/periscope-data)

## Quick answers about Merus Capital

### What does Merus Capital invest in?

Merus Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Big Data & Analytics.

### How active is Merus Capital?

40 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has Merus Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Alice Technologies (Series A, Oct 2019), Aromyx (Seed, Jun 2019) and Modern Health (Seed, Jun 2018).

### How big are Merus Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.0M.

### Does Merus Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 40 investments on record (3%).

### Where does Merus Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Merus Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### Who does Merus Capital invest alongside?

Most often DCVC (5 rounds together), XG Ventures (5 rounds together) and AngelPad (4 rounds together).

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