Bio + Healthcare

benchling
benchling

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
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delfi
delfi

Delfi is developing a revolutionary test for early detection of cancer using machine learning on DNA in the blood.

Milestones
  • 2019 Founded
  • 2019 Partnered, Seed
Partner
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Encoded Therapeutics, a precision gene therapy company, is developing genomics-driven medicines that have the potential to transform the treatment paradigm for severe genetic disorders.

Milestones
  • 2014 Founded
  • 2019 Partnered, Series C
Partner
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gilead NASDAQ: GILD
gilead

Gilead is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need.

Milestones
  • 1987 Founded
  • 1987 Incubated by Menlo Ventures
  • 1992 IPO; NASDAQ: GILD
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H1's health data platform supports the end-to-end therapeutic development process of medical companies and healthcare systems.

Milestones
  • 2017 Founded
  • 2020 Partnered, Series A
pillpackAcquired by Amazon
pillpack

PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that delivers a better, simpler experience through convenient packaging, modern technology, and personalized service.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2015 Partnered, Series C
  • 2018 Acquired by Amazon
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NASDAQ: PLRX

Pliant Therapeutics is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing breakthrough treatments for fibrotic diseases.

Milestones
  • 2015 Founded
  • 2018 Partnered, Series B
  • 2020 IPO; NASDAQ: PLRX
Partner
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recursion NASDAQ: RXRX
recursion

Recursion is discovering transformative new treatments by combining automation, machine learning, and the world’s largest biological image datasets.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2017 Partnered, Series B
  • 2021 IPO; NASDAQ: RXRX
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Our Investment in Vilya: AI-Enabled Development of a New Class of Medicines

Predictive and generative AI are entering many new applications. At Menlo Ventures, we are especially excited about applications for AI in drug discovery and development, specifically when new technology can directly address a major unmet need.

Opportunities and Challenges of Applying Generative AI to Designing New Drugs
Riva founders Dag Kittlaus and Tuhin Sinha with Riva logo
Video: Building Riva With Menlo Labs

Partnership
is our
purpose.

Evan Feinberg, CEO of Genesis Therapeutics
Video: Engineering New Drugs With Generative AI at Genesis Therapeutics
Video: Early Cancer Detection With Delfi
Video: Reengineering Drug Discovery With Recursion

Fighting Cancer Through Early Detection and New Therapies: Menlo’s Investments in Delfi and Opna

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide.

Ophelia founder Zack Gray

Video: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic With Ophelia

Ophelia is reinventing addiction treatment and dramatically improving access to best-in-class care with telemedicine.

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Carefully Crafted Digital Approaches Can Improve Youths’ Mental Health Care
Announcing the Digital Health Founder’s Fellowship
Riva Health founders Dag Kittlaus and Tuhin Sinha
Video: Improving Heart Health With Riva
Our Investment In Qualio: A New Breed of Quality Management System for Life Sciences

Don’t Forget the Pipes! Why Insurtech Infrastructure Is Poised to Be Huge!

Insurtech has been hot—at least seven venture-backed insurers will have gone public since the second half of 2020.

Join a
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Ophelia Health: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Making the Best Care Accessible
Our Investment in Vilya: AI-Enabled Development of a New Class of Medicines

Predictive and generative AI are entering many new applications. At Menlo Ventures, we are especially excited about applications for AI in drug discovery and development, specifically when new technology can directly address a major unmet need.

September 15, 2023Johnny Hu, Ph.D. and Greg Yap
Opportunities and Challenges of Applying Generative AI to Designing New Drugs

Drug design is both a natural fit and a unique challenge for generative AI, given large but messy datasets, time and cost of real-world testing, and the complexity of human trials.

August 9, 2023Johnny Hu and Ph.D.
Video: Building Riva With Menlo Labs

Riva Health founders Tuhin Sinha and Dag Kittlaus discuss their critical mission to revolutionize cardiovascular healthcare; their long histories with Menlo partners Greg Yap and Shawn Carolan; how they were introduced to each other; and the whirlwind journey to FDA approval.

May 12, 2023
Video: Engineering New Drugs With Generative AI at Genesis Therapeutics

Genesis Therapeutics is pioneering AI technologies to create medicines for patients with severe and unmet medical needs.

May 2, 2023Greg Yap
Video: Early Cancer Detection With Delfi

Delfi Diagnostics has developed a test that combines ultra-low-cost sequencing and machine learning to detect cancer early.

March 9, 2023Greg Yap
Video: Reengineering Drug Discovery With Recursion

Recursion is a breakthrough drug discovery company that combines a novel computer vision platform with deep disease biology and chemistry.

March 9, 2023Greg Yap, Johnny Hu and Ph.D.
Fighting Cancer Through Early Detection and New Therapies: Menlo’s Investments in Delfi and Opna

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide.

January 11, 2023Johnny Hu and Ph.D.
Video: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic With Ophelia

Ophelia is reinventing addiction treatment and dramatically improving access to best-in-class care with telemedicine.

December 8, 2022Greg Yap
Carefully Crafted Digital Approaches Can Improve Youths’ Mental Health Care

In the face of a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health, urgent measures are needed to help those in need.

December 7, 2022Greg Yap and Derek Xiao
Announcing the Digital Health Founder’s Fellowship

Attention Digital Health Founders: We are now accepting applications to attend the Digital Health Founder’s Fellowship

December 6, 2022Greg Yap
Video: Improving Heart Health With Riva

Riva’s mission is to improve cardiovascular disease worldwide using just the smartphones that people already have in their pockets, replacing 130-year-old blood pressure cuff technology.

November 22, 2022Greg Yap
Our Investment In Qualio: A New Breed of Quality Management System for Life Sciences

Across life sciences, a quality management system (QMS) is critical for both regulatory compliance and continuous product innovation.

May 25, 2021JP Sanday
Don’t Forget the Pipes! Why Insurtech Infrastructure Is Poised to Be Huge!

Insurtech has been hot—at least seven venture-backed insurers will have gone public since the second half of 2020.

April 27, 2021Steve Sloane
Ophelia Health: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Making the Best Care Accessible

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is an epidemic that will define our generation. Roughly 90 million Americans use opioids and over 10 million misuse them.

April 22, 2021Greg Yap and Croom Beatty
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