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
Doug Carlisle
Managing Director
Shawn Carolan
Partner
Sunil Chhaya
Principal
Debarghya Das
Principal
Venky Ganesan
Partner and Managing Director
Venkataraman Ganesan
Partner
Naomi Pilosof Ionita
Partner
Kirsten Mello
CFO
Matt Murphy
Managing Director / Partner
Joff Redfern
Venture Partner
Greg Rudin
Partner and General Manager
JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday
Partner
Jean-Paul Sanday
Partner
Steve Sloane
Partner
Tyler Sosin
Principal
Tim Tully
Partner
Andreas Vandris
Investor
Derek Xiao
Investor
Greg Yap
Partner
Croom Beatty
Partner
Past deals in Surveillance
Dedrone
Series C in 2022
Dedrone GmbH specializes in drone detection and security solutions, offering the DroneTracker system, which is designed to identify and track unmanned aerial vehicles. This multi-sensor platform provides early warning of potential drone threats, addressing concerns such as corporate espionage, drug smuggling, and terrorist activities. Dedrone's technology is particularly relevant for safeguarding critical facilities, including data centers, prisons, and airports. The company's solutions leverage machine learning and sensor data fusion, allowing clients to customize their security measures based on specific threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kassel, Germany, Dedrone distributes its products worldwide to enhance security and protect airspace from malicious drone activities.
Dedrone
Series C in 2021
Dedrone GmbH specializes in drone detection and security solutions, offering the DroneTracker system, which is designed to identify and track unmanned aerial vehicles. This multi-sensor platform provides early warning of potential drone threats, addressing concerns such as corporate espionage, drug smuggling, and terrorist activities. Dedrone's technology is particularly relevant for safeguarding critical facilities, including data centers, prisons, and airports. The company's solutions leverage machine learning and sensor data fusion, allowing clients to customize their security measures based on specific threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kassel, Germany, Dedrone distributes its products worldwide to enhance security and protect airspace from malicious drone activities.
Clear Labs
Series C in 2021
Clear Labs, Inc. is a food analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive analytics platform that analyzes the molecular contents of food and ingredients. Its offerings include Clear Dx™ and Clear Safety™, which utilize next-generation sequencing and data analytics for food safety testing and infectious disease surveillance. Clear Labs serves food manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers by ensuring transparency throughout the supply chain and testing products for various factors such as authenticity, contamination, allergens, and nutritional content. The platform delivers actionable insights that enhance safety and operational efficiency while supporting public health initiatives. Through its integrated genomics system, Clear Labs aims to simplify complex diagnostics across clinical and applied markets, making genomic insights accessible to labs, hospitals, and businesses.
Clear Labs
Venture Round in 2020
Clear Labs, Inc. is a food analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive analytics platform that analyzes the molecular contents of food and ingredients. Its offerings include Clear Dx™ and Clear Safety™, which utilize next-generation sequencing and data analytics for food safety testing and infectious disease surveillance. Clear Labs serves food manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers by ensuring transparency throughout the supply chain and testing products for various factors such as authenticity, contamination, allergens, and nutritional content. The platform delivers actionable insights that enhance safety and operational efficiency while supporting public health initiatives. Through its integrated genomics system, Clear Labs aims to simplify complex diagnostics across clinical and applied markets, making genomic insights accessible to labs, hospitals, and businesses.
Clear Labs
Series B in 2018
Clear Labs, Inc. is a food analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive analytics platform that analyzes the molecular contents of food and ingredients. Its offerings include Clear Dx™ and Clear Safety™, which utilize next-generation sequencing and data analytics for food safety testing and infectious disease surveillance. Clear Labs serves food manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers by ensuring transparency throughout the supply chain and testing products for various factors such as authenticity, contamination, allergens, and nutritional content. The platform delivers actionable insights that enhance safety and operational efficiency while supporting public health initiatives. Through its integrated genomics system, Clear Labs aims to simplify complex diagnostics across clinical and applied markets, making genomic insights accessible to labs, hospitals, and businesses.
Owlcam
Series A in 2018
Owl Cameras is a technology company that specializes in automotive security solutions, primarily known for its product, the Owl Car Cam. Founded by Andrew Hodge and Nathan Ackerman in December 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, Owl Cameras develops LTE-based security cameras designed to provide comprehensive video recording for vehicles, whether they are in motion or parked. The Owl Car Cam continuously monitors the surroundings of the vehicle, offering features such as live streaming, instant notifications of security events, and access to recorded footage of incidents like crashes or break-ins. This solution aims to enhance the safety and security of car owners by ensuring constant connectivity and real-time information about their vehicles.
Owlcam
Series A in 2018
Owl Cameras is a technology company that specializes in automotive security solutions, primarily known for its product, the Owl Car Cam. Founded by Andrew Hodge and Nathan Ackerman in December 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, Owl Cameras develops LTE-based security cameras designed to provide comprehensive video recording for vehicles, whether they are in motion or parked. The Owl Car Cam continuously monitors the surroundings of the vehicle, offering features such as live streaming, instant notifications of security events, and access to recorded footage of incidents like crashes or break-ins. This solution aims to enhance the safety and security of car owners by ensuring constant connectivity and real-time information about their vehicles.
Dedrone
Series B in 2017
Dedrone GmbH specializes in drone detection and security solutions, offering the DroneTracker system, which is designed to identify and track unmanned aerial vehicles. This multi-sensor platform provides early warning of potential drone threats, addressing concerns such as corporate espionage, drug smuggling, and terrorist activities. Dedrone's technology is particularly relevant for safeguarding critical facilities, including data centers, prisons, and airports. The company's solutions leverage machine learning and sensor data fusion, allowing clients to customize their security measures based on specific threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kassel, Germany, Dedrone distributes its products worldwide to enhance security and protect airspace from malicious drone activities.
Clear Labs
Series B in 2016
Clear Labs, Inc. is a food analytics company based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive analytics platform that analyzes the molecular contents of food and ingredients. Its offerings include Clear Dx™ and Clear Safety™, which utilize next-generation sequencing and data analytics for food safety testing and infectious disease surveillance. Clear Labs serves food manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers by ensuring transparency throughout the supply chain and testing products for various factors such as authenticity, contamination, allergens, and nutritional content. The platform delivers actionable insights that enhance safety and operational efficiency while supporting public health initiatives. Through its integrated genomics system, Clear Labs aims to simplify complex diagnostics across clinical and applied markets, making genomic insights accessible to labs, hospitals, and businesses.
Dedrone
Series A in 2016
Dedrone GmbH specializes in drone detection and security solutions, offering the DroneTracker system, which is designed to identify and track unmanned aerial vehicles. This multi-sensor platform provides early warning of potential drone threats, addressing concerns such as corporate espionage, drug smuggling, and terrorist activities. Dedrone's technology is particularly relevant for safeguarding critical facilities, including data centers, prisons, and airports. The company's solutions leverage machine learning and sensor data fusion, allowing clients to customize their security measures based on specific threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kassel, Germany, Dedrone distributes its products worldwide to enhance security and protect airspace from malicious drone activities.
Assembly
Seed Round in 2015
Assembly, Inc. provides manufacturing companies in China with advanced monitoring solutions, including cameras and remote software for assembly lines. Its flagship product, Assembly CORE, is a digital factory infrastructure platform that incorporates hardware such as code scanners, instruction consoles, and recording cameras to manage various manufacturing activities, including assembly, scheduling, and maintenance. This platform also facilitates testing procedures through its web and mobile applications. Additionally, Assembly offers a comprehensive support team for sourcing, negotiation, logistics, and quality inspection, helping manufacturers enhance production effectiveness and solve quality issues. Founded in 2014 and based in Redwood City, California, Assembly was previously known as GetScale, Inc. and rebranded in 2016.
3VR
Debt Financing in 2013
3VR, Inc. develops a video intelligence platform specializing in the storage, management, and analysis of enterprise videos to enhance security and operational efficiency. The platform enables organizations to monitor threats in real-time, helping to reduce losses and improve customer experiences. 3VR offers a range of products, including hybrid network video recorders, video management software, and a comprehensive suite of video analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support and training services. Its online community, CrimeDex, facilitates information sharing among professionals in fraud prevention and law enforcement. 3VR serves a diverse array of industries, including banking, retail, government, healthcare, and hospitality, and sells its products through resellers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, 3VR operates as a subsidiary of Identiv, Inc.
3VR
Series E in 2010
3VR, Inc. develops a video intelligence platform specializing in the storage, management, and analysis of enterprise videos to enhance security and operational efficiency. The platform enables organizations to monitor threats in real-time, helping to reduce losses and improve customer experiences. 3VR offers a range of products, including hybrid network video recorders, video management software, and a comprehensive suite of video analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support and training services. Its online community, CrimeDex, facilitates information sharing among professionals in fraud prevention and law enforcement. 3VR serves a diverse array of industries, including banking, retail, government, healthcare, and hospitality, and sells its products through resellers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, 3VR operates as a subsidiary of Identiv, Inc.
Intransa
Venture Round in 2009
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services primarily for the physical security sector. Established in 2001 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, EnterpriseServer, EnterpriseStorage, and ViewingStation, designed to enhance video surveillance and security installations. These products streamline the installation process, optimize storage, and enable remote viewing of high-definition video streams, thus addressing the needs of various industries such as retail, banking, public safety, healthcare, and education. Intransa's technology aims to simplify integration challenges while improving reliability and reducing energy consumption. The company has received multiple industry accolades for its innovative contributions to security technology, reflecting its commitment to enhancing physical security applications. Its offerings are distributed through a network of partners, ensuring broad accessibility across diverse sectors.
Stretch
Series B in 2009
Stretch, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and supplies software configurable processors and development tools for compute-intensive applications. Its products include channel DVR add-in cards; channel capture cards; and DVR capture cards that provide video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression features for DVR designers. The company also offers Stretch IDE, which provides an intuitive development flow, and focuses on programming and system configuration, as well as integrates compiler, debugger, assembler, profiler, linker, and editor tools under an intuitive graphical interface; Stretch reference design kits that are designed for the customers to evaluate a reference design and start the preliminary design of their own products; and Intelligent Encoder software development kit, a video processing and compression solution, which is optimized for the Stretch family of software configurable processors. Its products are used in security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging applications. Stretch, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan; and Krefeld, Germany.
3VR
Series D in 2009
3VR, Inc. develops a video intelligence platform specializing in the storage, management, and analysis of enterprise videos to enhance security and operational efficiency. The platform enables organizations to monitor threats in real-time, helping to reduce losses and improve customer experiences. 3VR offers a range of products, including hybrid network video recorders, video management software, and a comprehensive suite of video analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support and training services. Its online community, CrimeDex, facilitates information sharing among professionals in fraud prevention and law enforcement. 3VR serves a diverse array of industries, including banking, retail, government, healthcare, and hospitality, and sells its products through resellers. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, 3VR operates as a subsidiary of Identiv, Inc.
Intransa
Venture Round in 2008
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services primarily for the physical security sector. Established in 2001 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, EnterpriseServer, EnterpriseStorage, and ViewingStation, designed to enhance video surveillance and security installations. These products streamline the installation process, optimize storage, and enable remote viewing of high-definition video streams, thus addressing the needs of various industries such as retail, banking, public safety, healthcare, and education. Intransa's technology aims to simplify integration challenges while improving reliability and reducing energy consumption. The company has received multiple industry accolades for its innovative contributions to security technology, reflecting its commitment to enhancing physical security applications. Its offerings are distributed through a network of partners, ensuring broad accessibility across diverse sectors.
Stretch
Series B in 2008
Stretch, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and supplies software configurable processors and development tools for compute-intensive applications. Its products include channel DVR add-in cards; channel capture cards; and DVR capture cards that provide video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression features for DVR designers. The company also offers Stretch IDE, which provides an intuitive development flow, and focuses on programming and system configuration, as well as integrates compiler, debugger, assembler, profiler, linker, and editor tools under an intuitive graphical interface; Stretch reference design kits that are designed for the customers to evaluate a reference design and start the preliminary design of their own products; and Intelligent Encoder software development kit, a video processing and compression solution, which is optimized for the Stretch family of software configurable processors. Its products are used in security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging applications. Stretch, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan; and Krefeld, Germany.
Stretch
Series B in 2007
Stretch, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and supplies software configurable processors and development tools for compute-intensive applications. Its products include channel DVR add-in cards; channel capture cards; and DVR capture cards that provide video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression features for DVR designers. The company also offers Stretch IDE, which provides an intuitive development flow, and focuses on programming and system configuration, as well as integrates compiler, debugger, assembler, profiler, linker, and editor tools under an intuitive graphical interface; Stretch reference design kits that are designed for the customers to evaluate a reference design and start the preliminary design of their own products; and Intelligent Encoder software development kit, a video processing and compression solution, which is optimized for the Stretch family of software configurable processors. Its products are used in security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging applications. Stretch, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan; and Krefeld, Germany.
Intransa
Venture Round in 2006
Intransa, Inc. specializes in providing video-optimized products and services primarily for the physical security sector. Established in 2001 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers a range of solutions including VideoAppliance, EnterpriseServer, EnterpriseStorage, and ViewingStation, designed to enhance video surveillance and security installations. These products streamline the installation process, optimize storage, and enable remote viewing of high-definition video streams, thus addressing the needs of various industries such as retail, banking, public safety, healthcare, and education. Intransa's technology aims to simplify integration challenges while improving reliability and reducing energy consumption. The company has received multiple industry accolades for its innovative contributions to security technology, reflecting its commitment to enhancing physical security applications. Its offerings are distributed through a network of partners, ensuring broad accessibility across diverse sectors.
Stretch
Series A in 2006
Stretch, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and supplies software configurable processors and development tools for compute-intensive applications. Its products include channel DVR add-in cards; channel capture cards; and DVR capture cards that provide video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression features for DVR designers. The company also offers Stretch IDE, which provides an intuitive development flow, and focuses on programming and system configuration, as well as integrates compiler, debugger, assembler, profiler, linker, and editor tools under an intuitive graphical interface; Stretch reference design kits that are designed for the customers to evaluate a reference design and start the preliminary design of their own products; and Intelligent Encoder software development kit, a video processing and compression solution, which is optimized for the Stretch family of software configurable processors. Its products are used in security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging applications. Stretch, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan; and Krefeld, Germany.
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