Menlo Labs

Menlo Labs, a venture capital fund managed by Menlo Ventures and based in San Francisco, specializes in early-stage investments across various sectors, including consumer technology, software, fintech, and healthcare. Established in 1976, Menlo Ventures has built a reputation for identifying promising opportunities through market-driven analysis. The firm has an extensive portfolio that includes over 70 public companies and has been involved in more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, managing approximately $5 billion in assets. Menlo Labs focuses on supporting innovative companies at different stages of their development, typically investing up to $20 million in initial rounds and more than $30 million in later-stage opportunities. The firm is committed to fostering capital-efficient business models that have the potential to disrupt significant markets.

Michelle Aguinis

Investor

Aunkur Arya

Board Partner

Sam Borja

Investor

Hal Calhoun

Managing Director

Doug Carlisle

Managing Director

Shawn Carolan

Partner

Sunil Chhaya

Principal

Deedy Das

Principal

Debarghya Das

Principal

Venky Ganesan

Partner

Venkataraman Vishnampet Ganesan

Partner

Houman Haghighi

Partner, Business and Corporate Development

Feyza Haskaraman

Principal

Johnny Hu Ph.D

Principal

Katie Keller

Investor

Kirsten Mello

CFO

Matt Murphy

Managing Director / Partner

Joff Redfern

Partner

Greg Rudin JD

Partner and General Manager

JP Sanday

Partner

Jean-Paul Sanday

Partner

Rama Sekhar

Partner

Mark Siegel

Partner

Tyler Sosin

Partner

Manoj Soundararajan

Investor

Tim Tully

Partner

Andreas Vandris

Principal

Amy Wu

Partner

Derek Xiao

Investor

C.C. Gong

Principal

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Abnormal

Series C in 2022
Abnormal Security Corporation develops a cloud-based email security platform designed to protect organizations from targeted email attacks, particularly for Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite users. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company employs an artificial intelligence-driven approach that analyzes user behavior, relationships, and email content to identify and mitigate risks associated with credential phishing, internal phishing, and impersonation attacks. The platform provides comprehensive capabilities for detecting account compromises, preventing financial fraud, and ensuring effective email response. Abnormal Security serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and energy sectors, enabling businesses to safeguard their confidential data from cyber threats while maintaining uninterrupted email communication.

Abnormal

Series B in 2020
Abnormal Security Corporation develops a cloud-based email security platform designed to protect organizations from targeted email attacks, particularly for Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite users. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company employs an artificial intelligence-driven approach that analyzes user behavior, relationships, and email content to identify and mitigate risks associated with credential phishing, internal phishing, and impersonation attacks. The platform provides comprehensive capabilities for detecting account compromises, preventing financial fraud, and ensuring effective email response. Abnormal Security serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, and energy sectors, enabling businesses to safeguard their confidential data from cyber threats while maintaining uninterrupted email communication.

Mr. Number

Series A in 2011
Mr. Number develops apps for smartphones that give consumers more control over who can call them and when. First, Mr. Number aims to bring users more calls and texts from people they like by letting them share availability or status with their friends. Second, the app tells users who is calling when the number is not in their mobile contacts (Caller ID). Finally, Mr. Number block calls and texts from people and companies that users don't want to hear from again. The base application is free and the company charges for Caller ID service and reverse lookup. Customers pay between $1.99 and $9.99 per month depending on the platform and level of service. The data for both Caller ID and automatic blocking of problem callers is crowd-sourced. Users can report telemarketers and the like immediately after a call, and Mr. Number also tracks unusual patterns of calls and texts to users to identify spammers. Some users allow Mr. Number to look up unknown numbers in their mobile contacts on behalf of all other users, in exchange for free Caller ID. The company claims 2 million users across iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry smartphones.

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, now part of Cisco, specializes in the development of email and web security tools designed to protect organizations from spam, viruses, malware, and other internet threats. The company offers a range of security appliances that provide both preventive and reactive measures, ensuring robust performance and ease of deployment. Its product lineup includes anti-malware systems, security management appliances, and technologies focused on email and web threats, such as anti-spam solutions, email authentication, multi-layered virus prevention, and web reputation management. IronPort's award-winning solutions cater to organizations of all sizes, enhancing their security posture against evolving digital threats.

Hotmail

Venture Round in 1997
Hotmail is a web-based email service that allows users to send and receive electronic mail via the internet, enabling communication from any location. Founded in 1995 and originally known as MSN Hotmail, the service is based in Redmond, Washington. Hotmail offers a variety of additional features, including support for photos, slideshows, calendars, and events. In December 1997, Hotmail was acquired by Microsoft Corporation, further integrating its services within Microsoft's suite of online tools.
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