Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 1976. It specializes in providing capital for multi-stage investments across various sectors, including consumer technology, enterprise solutions, and life sciences. The firm employs a market-driven analysis approach to identify promising opportunities in innovative markets. Its notable investments span a range of areas, such as marketplaces, consumer services, software as a service (SaaS), fintech, cybersecurity, and life sciences technology. Menlo Ventures has built a diverse portfolio, comprising over 70 public companies and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, with $5 billion in assets under management. The firm is actively engaged in investing through its Menlo Ventures XV early-stage fund and a separate Inflection Fund focused on early-growth investments. Menlo Ventures typically invests up to $20 million in its main fund and can allocate more than $30 million for later-stage opportunities, emphasizing capital-efficient models with significant market disruption potential.
Menlo Park, 2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Croom Beatty
Partner
Sam Borja
Investor
Shawn Carolan
Partner
Deedy Das
Principal
Debarghya Das
Principal
Venky Ganesan
Partner and Managing Director
Venkataraman Ganesan
Partner
Feyza Haskaraman
Principal
Johnny Hu
Principal
Kirsten Mello
CFO
Joff Redfern
Venture Partner
Greg Rudin
Partner and General Manager
Mark Siegel
Managing Director / Partner
Steve Sloane
Partner
Tyler Sosin
Principal
Manoj Soundararajan
Investor
Andreas Vandris
Principal
Derek Xiao
Investor
Greg Yap
Partner
C.C. Gong
Principal
Past deals in Spam Filtering
Mr. Number
Series A in 2011
Mr. Number develops smartphone applications designed to give consumers greater control over their calling and texting experiences. The app enhances user communication by allowing individuals to share their availability with friends and provides caller identification for numbers not saved in contacts. Additionally, it enables users to block unwanted calls and texts from telemarketers and other nuisance callers. The basic application is free, while premium services like Caller ID and reverse lookup are available through a subscription model, with prices ranging from $1.99 to $9.99 per month. Mr. Number utilizes crowd-sourced data, enabling users to report spam calls immediately, which helps the app identify and block unwanted communications effectively. With a user base of approximately 2 million across various smartphone platforms, Mr. Number aims to create a safer and more manageable calling environment for its users.
MailFrontier
Series C in 2006
MailFrontier, Inc. provides email and compliance solutions for individuals and organizations to protect email from spam, virus, phishing fraud, and other dangerous and costly email threats. It offers MailFrontier Gateway Server Enterprise Edition, which blocks spam and stops viruses, and separates phishing fraud while keeping organizations ahead of emerging email threats; MailFrontier Gateway Appliance that combines email security with the ease of the appliance—and scales to stay in front of company's needs; MailFrontier Gateway Server Small Business Edition that makes email threats easy for companies to detect; and MailFrontier Desktop 4.0, which is a personal email security that keeps users free of spam and phishing, free of hassle, and free of worry about emerging threats. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. As of February 8, 2006, MailFrontier, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SonicWALL, Inc.
MailFrontier
Series B in 2003
MailFrontier, Inc. provides email and compliance solutions for individuals and organizations to protect email from spam, virus, phishing fraud, and other dangerous and costly email threats. It offers MailFrontier Gateway Server Enterprise Edition, which blocks spam and stops viruses, and separates phishing fraud while keeping organizations ahead of emerging email threats; MailFrontier Gateway Appliance that combines email security with the ease of the appliance—and scales to stay in front of company's needs; MailFrontier Gateway Server Small Business Edition that makes email threats easy for companies to detect; and MailFrontier Desktop 4.0, which is a personal email security that keeps users free of spam and phishing, free of hassle, and free of worry about emerging threats. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. As of February 8, 2006, MailFrontier, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SonicWALL, Inc.
IronPort Systems
Series B in 2002
IronPort Systems, acquired by Cisco in 2007, specializes in email and Internet gateway security software. The company provides a range of security appliances designed to protect organizations from various online threats, including spam, viruses, and malware. Its product offerings include anti-malware systems, security management appliances, and technologies specifically focused on email and web threats. IronPort's solutions are recognized for their powerful performance, combining preventive and reactive measures that are straightforward to deploy and manage. These award-winning products are accessible through local account teams and authorized resellers, catering to organizations of all sizes.
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