Menlo Ventures Fund XVII

Menlo Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Menlo Park, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Israel
India
United Kingdom
Canada

Investment stages

Seed
Series A
Series B
Series C
Growth

Industries

AI
Consumer
Enterprise
Healthcare
Fintech
Cybersecurity
SaaS

About
Menlo Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm focused on multi-stage consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology investments. Their focus spans AI, consumer, enterprise, healthcare, fintech, cybersecurity, and SaaS across United States, Israel, India, United Kingdom, and Canada. The firm supports technology founders from Seed through Growth.

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Investment Thesis

Menlo Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across AI, consumer, enterprise, healthcare, fintech, cybersecurity, and SaaS sectors. They invest in technology companies from seed to growth stages, with market-driven research analysis identifying innovative technology markets. The firm differentiates itself through 47+ years of investing experience, three dedicated teams across Inception, Venture, and Inflection stages, and a portfolio of 80+ public companies and 165+ M&A exits.

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Manager's Experience

Matt Murphy joined Menlo from Kleiner Perkins in 2015 after a long tenure investing in enterprise software. Venky Ganesan was previously Managing Director at Globespan Capital Partners, founder of Trigo Technologies, and Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. He holds a degree in Economics & Mathematics from Reed College. Shawn Carolan was previously Associate at Menlo, Summer Associate in Management Consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Research Scientist at SAIC DEMACO Inc. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB. The firm has funded over 440 companies with aggregate market value exceeding $250 billion over 43 years.