# Stan Meresman

> Stan Meresman is a angel investor at VMware backing Software and Legal. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VMware](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vmware)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stanmeresman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/StanMeresman
- Website: http://www.meresman.com/
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/stan.meresman?fref=ts

Stan Meresman is a angel investor at VMware in San Francisco focused on Software and Legal. Stan is a board member, audit committee chair and an advisor to high-growth technology companies. He advises companies on preparing to be a public reporting company, going through the IPO process, operating as a public reporting company, and scaling the company for rapid growth. He is considered a financial expert.Stan has served in thatcapacity at four companies. He currently serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee at both LinkedIn (LNKD) and Zynga (ZNGA), and previously at Riverbed Technology (RVBD) and Polycom (PLCM). He is also a member of the compensation and governance/nominating committees of LinkedIn, and member of the governance/nominating committee of Zynga. Stan is also a Board Member of private companies ModCloth and HyTrust.Earlier in his career, Stan was SVP & CFO for eight years at Silicon Graphics (SGI-NYSE) whose revenue growth approached $4 billion, and previously VP, Finance & Administration and CFO of Cypress Semiconductor (CY-NYSE) for which he took public.Stan earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.

 He has attended Stanford Law School Directors’ College corporate governance program.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Legal | 1 | 17% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Travel | 1 | 17% |
| Leisure | 1 | 17% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ResortPass | ResortPass offers day access to luxury hotel amenities, empowering people to experience crystalline pools, private beaches, deluxe spas, top fitness facilities, and more at leading hotels in their own neighborhoods. ResortPass partners with more than 1,300 hotels and resorts including Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Westin and Fairmont, providingthem a new revenue stream through day guests. Since our founding in 2016, we’ve connected over 3 million locals and visitors alike to resort amenities. | $9M | Series A | Aug 19, 2019 | https://www.resortpass.com/ |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $36M | Series E | Jul 11, 2017 | http://www.hytrust.com |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $25M | Series D | Apr 01, 2015 | http://www.hytrust.com |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $18.5M | Series C | Aug 26, 2013 | http://www.hytrust.com |
| Cradle Technologies | Cradle Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures networked video surveillance systems for the video surveillance industry. It offers video surveillance servers for the remote monitoring of multiple locations. The company serves banks, malls, hospitals, shops, and restaurants. Cradle Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and isheadquartered in Mountain View, California. | $10M | Angel | May 08, 2000 | http://www.cradle.com |
| Applied Discovery | Applied Discovery, A DTI Company is engaged in the delivery and management of electronic discovery services and support for law firms, corporations, and government entities engaged in audits, investigations, and litigation. Its electronic discovery services include the network discovery of devices/repositories and data(automated/non-automated), fixed storage collection (manual/active data copy and forensic imaging), and portable storage collection (manual copy/forensic imaging); and data preparation and indexing (upload/DeNIST/deduplication/indexing), data organization and understanding (culling/filtering of indexed data), and expert assisted early case assessment (cost estimation/pre-trial planning. The company also provides full text and metadata extraction, data conversion, and load file preparation; international (foreign) language support and secure Web-based architecture (Software-as-a-Service Delivery) services; native file format, near-paper (PDF and TIFF), and paper format production services; managed review services; legal hold services that include consulting on legal hold strategy; digital forensics and investigations services that include client scoping and assessment, client data acquisition, and post-collection E-discovery; and security infrastructure and project management services. In addition, it offers Leverage data analytics, a hosted early and ongoing case assessment and data analysis tool for concept and communication mapping; Leverage review, a review toolset capable of handling the largest data sets; Leverage review analytics, an automated dashboard view of review rates, time against schedule, and quality/accuracy. Applied Discovery, A DTI Company was formerly known as Applied Discovery, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Discovery, A DTI Company in January 16, 2014. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Bellevue, Washington. As of January 16, 2014, Applied Discovery, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Document Technologies, Inc. | $2M |  | Apr 24, 2000 | http://www.applieddiscovery.com/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sway Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swayvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [EPIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Granite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/granite-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Trident Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trident-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Vanedge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vanedge) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About VMware

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that help complex digital infrastructure. The company accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how its customers build and evolve IT environments. Its software helps business users simply and securely access the apps and data theyneed, from anywhere, to do their best work. The company's software spans compute, cloud, networking and security, and digital workspace.

5 contacts available at VMware.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Tosheff | VP & Chief Information Security Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-tosheff |
| Craig McLuckie | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-mcluckie |
| Daniel Lopez | Sr Director Product, Marketplace | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-lopez-2 |
| Diana Stefanova | Vice President Global Sites Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-stefanova |
| Donald Carty | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-j-carty |

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## FAQ

### What does Stan Meresman invest in?

Stan Meresman invests primarily in Software, Legal and Video startups, most often at Angel and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Stan Meresman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stan Meresman closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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