Menlo Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Menlo Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Menlo Ventures provides capital for multi-stage consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology companies. Since 1976, the firm’s market-driven analysis has led to the identification of opportunities and successful investments in innovative markets. Notable areas of investment include Marketplaces (Uber, Rover.com, Poshmark); Consumer Services (Tumblr, Betterment, Roku, Siri); Dev/Ops (Harness, Edge Delta, Fire hydrant); SaaS (Carta, ScoutRFP, Qualia, Benchling, Everlaw); Fintech (Betterment, Bluevine, Chime); Cybersecurity (Cavium, IronPort, BitSight, Abnormal, StackRox); and Life Sciences Technology (Synthego, Cofactor Genomics, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, 3T Biosciences). Menlo’s portfolio includes more than 70 public companies, and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, with $5 billion under management. The firm is currently investing in Menlo Ventures XV, a $500 million early-stage fund, as well as its $500 million Inflection Fund, which targets early-growth investments.
- Total investments:
- 851
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $20M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Menlo Ventures invests in
Stages Menlo Ventures invests in
Countries Menlo Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 22 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $6.3M–$53M
- Series B
- $10M–$100M
- Series C
- $14M–$120M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 139 (16%)
- Artificial Intelligence 86 (10%)
- Information Technology 61 (7%)
- Enterprise Software 49 (6%)
- SaaS 39 (5%)
Stage
- Series B 173 (20%)
- Series A 152 (18%)
- Series C 119 (14%)
- Seed 104 (12%)
- Series D 70 (8%)
Country
- United States 396 (47%)
- Canada 3 (0%)
- Sweden 3 (0%)
- Israel 2 (0%)
- United Kingdom 2 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Montgomery
Founder and Partner Emeritus
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Founder and Partner Emeritus | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Jean-Paul Sanday
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
John Jarve
Partner Emeritus
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Partner Emeritus | Total investments: 63 | Find email | |
Johnny Hu
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Steve Sloane
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
| See all 22 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nous Research is a decentralized AI startup that focuses on developing open-source, human-centric artificial intelligence models and tools. Its work encompasses large language model architecture, data synthesis, fine-tuning, and reasoning, aiming to align AI systems with real-world user experiences. In addition to model development, theorganization emphasizes decentralized AI training. It utilizes blockchain technology, specifically the Solana network, to coordinate and incentivize global participation in training its AI models. This approach allows individuals worldwide to contribute idle computing power for AI training, promoting a more distributed and collaborative development process. | $90M / Series B / Oct 07, 2026 | ||
Armadin Security
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Armadin Security is an AI-powered cybersecurity company that specializes in real-time threat hunting. | $255.5M / Series B / Oct 01, 2026 | |
| Basecamp Research is a market leader in mapping biodiversity for AI-based design of biological systems. We match and refine novel proteins for our partners' exact industrial, therapeutic or diagnostic applications using BaseGraph™, a new generation of AI design that is powered by the first-ever high-resolution map of global geneticbiodiversity. Understanding the full genetic, evolutionary, and environmental context of each protein allows Basecamp Research to design tailored proteins for specific applications without the need for expensive and time-consuming directed evolution campaigns. We're a team of explorers, scientists and policy experts driven by our ambition to protect and learn from nature's diversity, whilst delivering life-changing breakthroughs to those who need them most. | $140M / Series C / Sep 23, 2026 | ||
| Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on developing next-generation AI infrastructure. | $300M / Series B / Sep 04, 2026 | ||
| Oliver AI is an agent-native data and intelligence infrastructure layer designed for enterprise AI workloads. | Pre-Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Higgsfield is a video AI firm aimed to making social media content creation accessible to everyone. | $400M / Series B / Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Lovable builds software that builds software. Lovable vision is to unlock human creativity by enabling anyone to create software. | $400M / Series C / Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| Heaviside Industries is a defense technology company that develops autonomous precision munitions for land, air, and sea systems. | $60M / Series B / Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| The agentic economy is here, but it cannot progress until AI agents can autonomously access and operate across real-world systems and services.Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.We provide the essential infrastructure (KYA, wallets, spending and usage controls, and multi-rail payments) to unlock secure, programmaticcommerce for the AI era.Built for the next era of commerce where agents buy, sell, and negotiate on our behalf.We're backed by world-class investors and are hiring exceptional engineers in SF to define the financial infrastructure for the agentic era.Learn more & join us: https://www.sapiom.ai | $35M / Series A / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Obsidian Security provides SaaS and AI security software that detects threats, manages risks, and secures enterprise applications. | $85M / Series D / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| See all 851 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Menlo Ventures invest in?
Menlo Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 851 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Menlo Ventures's check size?
Menlo Ventures typically joins rounds of $6.3M–$53M at Series A, $10M–$100M at Series B and $14M–$120M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Menlo Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Menlo Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Menlo Ventures?
The team at Menlo Ventures includes Henry Montgomery (Founder and Partner Emeritus), Jean-Paul Sanday (Partner) and John Jarve (Partner Emeritus), among 22 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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