Croom Beatty

Partner

Croom Beatty

AIFintechSaaSBio + Healthcare

Croom is a partner at Menlo Ventures focused on financial technology, healthcare IT, and enterprise SaaS. Since joining Menlo in 2017, he led the firm’s Series A investment in Arch, Finch, Prodigal, and Rivet and has also invested in Fieldwire (acquired by Hilti), Fleetsmith (acquired by Apple), HOVER, Particle Health, Relcu, and ShipBob. He also led diligence on Menlo’s investments in Benchling, BlueVine, Bread Finance (acquired by Alliance Data Systems), JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber), Netlify, Ophelia, and Zylo.

Previously, Croom worked in strategy at Payoneer (PAYO), where he launched and ran its first credit business line, which provided working capital solutions to small businesses in emerging markets. Before that, Croom started his investing career at Susquehanna Growth Equity, where he focused on growth-stage financial technology companies and worked on investments in Credit Karma, Payoneer, PaySimple, and others.

Croom graduated from Princeton University with a BA in history. In his free time, Croom enjoys going on very long walks (thru-hiked the 2,660-mile Pacific Crest Trail), running ultramarathons, skiing, and reading fiction. He currently lives in Mill Valley with his wife, two daughters, and fairly anxious yet wonderful dog.

Supported by: Nicole Sekeres, [email protected]

Investment Portfolio

Arch
Arch is the digital admin for private investments, delivering the missing infrastructure for managing and understanding private market investments.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2023 - Partnered, Series A

Leadership

Ryan Eisenman
Co-Founder & CEO
Joel Stein
Co-Founder & CTO
Jason Trigg
Co-Founder
Finch
Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.

Milestones

  • 2020 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Seed

Leadership

Jeremy Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Ansel Parikh
Co-Founder
Fleetsmith
Fleetsmith helped companies put device management on auto-pilot by automating new device setup, inventory, patching, and security for their Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.

Milestones

  • 2016 - Founded
  • 2019 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2020 - Acquired by Apple
JUMP
JUMP is a dockless scooter and electric bike sharing system.

Milestones

  • 2010 - Founded
  • 2017 - Partnered, Series A
  • 2018 - Acquired by Uber
Numeric
Numeric is an AI accounting automation platform, built to take manual work off accountants’ plates so they can focus on what's impactful.

Milestones

  • 2020 - Founded
  • 2024 - Partnered, Seed

Leadership

Parker Gilbert
Co-Founder & CEO
Anthony Alvernaz
Co-Founder & CPO
Andrew Bihl
Co-Founder & CTO
Prodigal
Prodigal gives lenders and collections agencies insights from customer interactions using advanced conversational AI.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2021 - Partnered, Series A
Rivet Health
Rivet is a healthcare SaaS solution that maximizes payments from payers and patients, making it easy for medical practitioners to get paid.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Series A

Leadership

Ted Ferrin
Co-Founder & CEO
Andrew Harding
Co-Founder & VP Customer Success
ShipBob
ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL that offers simple, fast, and affordable e-commerce fulfillment for direct-to-consumer brands.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Series C

Leadership

Dhruv Saxena
Co-Founder & CEO
Divey Gulati
Co-Founder & COO

Arch

Arch is the digital admin for private investments, delivering the missing infrastructure for managing and understanding private market investments.
Arch is the digital admin for private investments, delivering the missing infrastructure for managing and understanding private market investments.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2023 - Partnered, Series A

Leadership

Ryan Eisenman
Co-Founder & CEO
Joel Stein
Co-Founder & CTO
Jason Trigg
Co-Founder

Benchling

Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform helping the next generation of scientists make breakthrough discoveries faster than ever before.
Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform helping the next generation of scientists make breakthrough discoveries faster than ever before.

Milestones

  • 2012 - Founded
  • 2019 - Partnered, Series C

Leadership

Saji Wickramasekara
Co-Founder & CEO
Ashu Singhal
Co-Founder & President

Partners

BitPay

BitPay provides enterprise-grade Bitcoin payment solutions for businesses and organizations.
BitPay provides enterprise-grade Bitcoin payment solutions for businesses and organizations.

Milestones

  • 2011 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Series B

Bluevine

Bluevine provides small and medium-sized businesses with access to fast and simple financial products through an advanced, online platform.
Bluevine provides small and medium-sized businesses with access to fast and simple financial products through an advanced, online platform.

Milestones

  • 2013 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Series C Partner

Leadership

Eyal Lifshitz
Founder & CEO

Bread

Bread is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending, and saving solutions.
Acquired by Alliance Data
Bread is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending, and saving solutions.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2017 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2020 - Acquired by Alliance Data

Brellium

Brellium automates chart review with AI so clinical teams can ensure every patient visit meets their payor and clinical quality standards.
Brellium automates chart review with AI so clinical teams can ensure every patient visit meets their payor and clinical quality standards.

Milestones

  • 2021 - Founded
  • 2024 - Partnered, Series A

Leadership

Zach Rosen
Co-Founder & CEO
Henry Kasa
Co-Founder & CTO
Max Katzman
Co-Founder & Software Engineer
Alex Le-Tu
Co-Founder & Software Engineer

Fieldwire

Fieldwire is the field management platform construction professionals count on to easily manage their job sites.
Acquired by the Hilti Group
Fieldwire is the field management platform construction professionals count on to easily manage their job sites.

Milestones

  • 2013 - Founded
  • 2019 - Partnered, Series C
  • 2021 - Acquired by Hilti

Finch

Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.
Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.

Milestones

  • 2020 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Seed

Leadership

Jeremy Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Ansel Parikh
Co-Founder

FireHydrant

FireHydrant builds tools that modern operations teams are using to respond to complex problems in their globally distributed applications.
FireHydrant builds tools that modern operations teams are using to respond to complex problems in their globally distributed applications.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Series A

Fleetsmith

Fleetsmith helped companies put device management on auto-pilot by automating new device setup, inventory, patching, and security for their Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.
Acquired by Apple
Fleetsmith helped companies put device management on auto-pilot by automating new device setup, inventory, patching, and security for their Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs.

Milestones

  • 2016 - Founded
  • 2019 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2020 - Acquired by Apple

Hover

Hover transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate, interactive 3D model, giving homeowners the power to unlock the true potential of their largest economic asset.
Hover transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate, interactive 3D model, giving homeowners the power to unlock the true potential of their largest economic asset.

Milestones

  • 2011 - Founded
  • 2019 - Partnered, Series C

Partners

JUMP

JUMP is a dockless scooter and electric bike sharing system.
Acquired by Uber
JUMP is a dockless scooter and electric bike sharing system.

Milestones

  • 2010 - Founded
  • 2017 - Partnered, Series A
  • 2018 - Acquired by Uber

Netlify

Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects at global scale—without servers, devops, or costly infrastructure.
Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects at global scale—without servers, devops, or costly infrastructure.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2024 - Partnered, Series C

Partners

Numeric

Numeric is an AI accounting automation platform, built to take manual work off accountants’ plates so they can focus on what's impactful.
Numeric is an AI accounting automation platform, built to take manual work off accountants’ plates so they can focus on what's impactful.

Milestones

  • 2020 - Founded
  • 2024 - Partnered, Seed

Leadership

Parker Gilbert
Co-Founder & CEO
Anthony Alvernaz
Co-Founder & CPO
Andrew Bihl
Co-Founder & CTO

Ophelia

Ophelia is reinventing drug rehab by making evidence-based treatment private, affordable, and accessible via telemedicine.
Ophelia is reinventing drug rehab by making evidence-based treatment private, affordable, and accessible via telemedicine.

Milestones

  • 2019 - Founded
  • 2021 - Partnered, Series A

Particle Health

Particle Health is an API designed for healthcare innovators that gives access to vital medical data.
Particle Health is an API designed for healthcare innovators that gives access to vital medical data.

Milestones

  • 2017 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Series A

Prodigal

Prodigal gives lenders and collections agencies insights from customer interactions using advanced conversational AI.
Prodigal gives lenders and collections agencies insights from customer interactions using advanced conversational AI.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2021 - Partnered, Series A

Rivet Health

Rivet is a healthcare SaaS solution that maximizes payments from payers and patients, making it easy for medical practitioners to get paid.
Rivet is a healthcare SaaS solution that maximizes payments from payers and patients, making it easy for medical practitioners to get paid.

Milestones

  • 2018 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Series A

Leadership

Ted Ferrin
Co-Founder & CEO
Andrew Harding
Co-Founder & VP Customer Success

ShipBob

ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL that offers simple, fast, and affordable e-commerce fulfillment for direct-to-consumer brands.
ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL that offers simple, fast, and affordable e-commerce fulfillment for direct-to-consumer brands.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Series C

Leadership

Dhruv Saxena
Co-Founder & CEO
Divey Gulati
Co-Founder & COO

Sonrai Security

Sonrai Security delivers an enterprise identity and data governance platform for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.
Sonrai Security delivers an enterprise identity and data governance platform for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.

Milestones

  • 2017 - Founded
  • 2020 - Partnered, Series B