Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures, established in 1976, is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm specializing in multi-stage investments in consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology companies. With over $5 billion under management, the firm has a proven track record of identifying innovative markets and backing successful companies. Its portfolio spans over 70 public companies and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions. Menlo Ventures invests across various sectors, including marketplaces (Uber, Poshmark), consumer services (Tumblr, Betterment), SaaS (Carta, Everlaw), fintech (Betterment, Chime), cybersecurity (BitSight, Dedrone), and life sciences technology (Synthego, Recursion Pharmaceuticals). The firm currently manages Menlo Ventures XV, a $500 million early-stage fund, and the $500 million Inflection Fund for early-growth investments. Menlo Ventures actively supports its portfolio companies at any stage, typically investing up to $20 million in its main fund and up to $30 million in later-stage opportunities.

Aunkur Arya

Board Partner

Sam Borja

Investor

Shawn Carolan

Partner

Deedy Das

Principal

Debarghya Das

Principal

Venky Ganesan

Partner and Managing Director

Venkataraman Ganesan

Partner

Houman Haghighi

Partner, Business and Corporate Development

Feyza Haskaraman

Principal

Johnny Hu

Principal

Kirsten Mello

CFO

Joff Redfern

Venture Partner

Greg Rudin

Partner and General Manager

Rama Sekhar

Partner

Mark Siegel

Partner

Steve Sloane

Partner

Tyler Sosin

Partner

Manoj Soundararajan

Investor

Andreas Vandris

Principal

Derek Xiao

Investor

C.C. Gong

Principal

Past deals in Simulation

True Anomaly

Series C in 2025
True Anomaly is focused on enhancing space security and resilience by developing advanced technologies at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and autonomy. The company aims to create a secure and sustainable space environment for the United States and its allies by designing, building, and selling solutions that address the challenges of space security. Their fully integrated technology platform combines training and simulation tools, sophisticated spacecraft manufacturing capabilities, and autonomous systems. This approach seeks to revolutionize space security and stability while offering innovative mission and software solutions to the commercial space market.

Barnyard Games

Seed Round in 2023
Barnyard Games is a gaming production studio focused on developing interactive educational games and simulations. The company aims to foster a love of learning through engaging mobile applications, PC or Mac games, and online experiences. Its platform features colorful games that incorporate animal sounds and catchy music, helping children learn essential skills such as counting, shapes, colors, the alphabet, and animal sounds in an enjoyable and interactive manner.

True Anomaly

Series B in 2023
True Anomaly is focused on enhancing space security and resilience by developing advanced technologies at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and autonomy. The company aims to create a secure and sustainable space environment for the United States and its allies by designing, building, and selling solutions that address the challenges of space security. Their fully integrated technology platform combines training and simulation tools, sophisticated spacecraft manufacturing capabilities, and autonomous systems. This approach seeks to revolutionize space security and stability while offering innovative mission and software solutions to the commercial space market.

JuliaHub

Series A in 2021
JuliaHub is a platform that facilitates modeling, simulation, and the development of user-built applications, primarily targeting scientists, engineers, and innovators. Established in 2015 by Viral Shah in Cambridge, Massachusetts, JuliaHub provides high-performance computing capabilities that enable users to bring their innovative ideas to fruition at any scale. The platform supports the open-source Julia programming language, which is designed to simplify programming tasks related to data science, machine learning, and scientific computing. This includes applications in research, backtesting, trading, and contract modeling. With features that emphasize ease of use and an intuitive syntax, JuliaHub enhances the user experience while maintaining robust performance for complex data analysis and computations.
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