Mark Siegel

Partner Emeritus

Mark Siegel

Bio + HealthcareConsumerSaaSRobotics + Hardware

As a Partner Emeritus at Menlo Ventures, Mark is involved with several portfolio companies: CoFactor Genomics, Synthego, Signifyd, and Fox Robotics. He is also personally an active pre-seed investor in frontier technologies that include energy, environmental tech, synthetic biology, and quantum computing, and he continues to be an advisor to the Menlo Bio Fund.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and now lives in Jackson, Wyoming.

Supported by: Dominique Guevara, [email protected]

Investment Portfolio

3PAR
3PAR was a global enterprise storage system provider that created self-configuring, self-optimizing, scalable storage solutions.

Milestones

  • 1999 - Founded
  • 2004 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2010 - Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

Partners

Cofactor Genomics
Cofactor Genomics is a biotech company whose mission is to enable drug development, medical research, and personalized medicine using RNA-based information and technologies.

Milestones

  • 2008 - Founded
  • 2017 - Partnered, Series A
Dropcam
Dropcam was a WiFi-based camera that an iPhone, Android, or laptop could access to view HD surveillance video anywhere, anytime.

Milestones

  • 2009 - Founded
  • 2011 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2015 - Acquired by Google

Partners

eero
eero is a whole home WiFi system, delivering fast, reliable WiFi to every room via a mesh system that’s flexible enough for any layout.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2014 - Partnered, Seed
  • 2019 - Acquired by Amazon

Partners

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

Leadership

Chris Gibson
Founder & CEO
RightHand Robotics
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing robotic piece-picking solutions that improve performance and efficiency in e-commerce order fulfillment and intralogistics.

Milestones

  • 2015 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Series B

Partners

Warby Parker
Warby Parker is an online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses, and sunglasses, conceived as an alternative to the overpriced and bland eyewear available today.

Milestones

  • 2010 - Founded
  • 2011 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2021 - Direct Listing; NYSE: WRBY

Partners

Yellowbrick Data
Yellowbrick is an enterprise data warehouse solution that maximizes the data management capabilities of even the largest enterprise clients while slashing costs.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Series A

Partners

3PAR

3PAR was a global enterprise storage system provider that created self-configuring, self-optimizing, scalable storage solutions.
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
3PAR was a global enterprise storage system provider that created self-configuring, self-optimizing, scalable storage solutions.

Milestones

  • 1999 - Founded
  • 2004 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2010 - Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

Partners

BlueGill Technologies

BlueGill Technologies was a software development company that provided electronic bill presentment and payment solutions.
Acquired by Checkfree Holdings

Cofactor Genomics

Cofactor Genomics is a biotech company whose mission is to enable drug development, medical research, and personalized medicine using RNA-based information and technologies.
Cofactor Genomics is a biotech company whose mission is to enable drug development, medical research, and personalized medicine using RNA-based information and technologies.

Milestones

  • 2008 - Founded
  • 2017 - Partnered, Series A

Dropcam

Dropcam was a WiFi-based camera that an iPhone, Android, or laptop could access to view HD surveillance video anywhere, anytime.
Acquired by Google
Dropcam was a WiFi-based camera that an iPhone, Android, or laptop could access to view HD surveillance video anywhere, anytime.

Milestones

  • 2009 - Founded
  • 2011 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2015 - Acquired by Google

Partners

eero

eero is a whole home WiFi system, delivering fast, reliable WiFi to every room via a mesh system that’s flexible enough for any layout.
Acquired by Amazon
eero is a whole home WiFi system, delivering fast, reliable WiFi to every room via a mesh system that’s flexible enough for any layout.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2014 - Partnered, Seed
  • 2019 - Acquired by Amazon

Partners

eXelate

eXelate was the leading data and analytics engine powering optimal digital marketing decisions.
Acquired by Nielsen

Getaround

Mobile peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that enables individuals to rent cars to a community of trusted drivers by the hour, day, or week.
NYSE: GETR
Mobile peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that enables individuals to rent cars to a community of trusted drivers by the hour, day, or week.

Milestones

  • 2009 - Founded
  • 2011 - Partnered, Series A
  • 2022 - SPAC; NYSE: GETR

Partners

INVIDI

INVIDI provides addressable and programmatic TV advertising services and solutions.
Acquired by AT&T, WPP, DISH

Platform9

Platform9 provides Kubernetes-as-a-Service for multi-cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.
Platform9 provides Kubernetes-as-a-Service for multi-cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.

Milestones

  • 2013 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Series B

Partners

Pliant Technology

Pliant Technology was a leading developer of enterprise solid state drives (SSD) and disruptive enterprise flash drives (EFDs).
Acquired by SanDisk

Pluribus Networks

Pluribus Networks provides performance-oriented network virtualization for private and public cloud data centers.
Acquired by Arista Networks
Pluribus Networks provides performance-oriented network virtualization for private and public cloud data centers.

Milestones

  • 2010 - Founded
  • 2012 - Partnered, Series C
  • 2022 - Acquired by Arista Networks

Partners

Recursion

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

Leadership

Chris Gibson
Founder & CEO

Redfast

Redfast is a data-driven system for subscription businesses that aims to transform churn into retention.

RightHand Robotics

RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing robotic piece-picking solutions that improve performance and efficiency in e-commerce order fulfillment and intralogistics.
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing robotic piece-picking solutions that improve performance and efficiency in e-commerce order fulfillment and intralogistics.

Milestones

  • 2015 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Series B

Partners

RNA Networks

RNA Networks offered a memory virtualization platform that made memory a shared resource and accelerated business.
Acquired by Dell

Roam Robotics

Roam Robotics builds lightweight and affordable robotic exoskeletons and orthoses that expand the boundaries of human mobility for all people.
Roam Robotics builds lightweight and affordable robotic exoskeletons and orthoses that expand the boundaries of human mobility for all people.

Milestones

  • 2013 - Founded
  • 2018 - Partnered, Seed

Partners

Rubric

Rubric eMA provided a lead management engine to optimize channel lead flow, integrating response and lead management to automatically capture and measure campaign responses from multiple customer touch points.
Acquired by Broadbase

Schooner

Schooner Information Technology provided database management system appliances for Web 2.0, cloud computing, and data centers.
Acquired by SanDisk

SkyDrop

SkyDrop, (formerly Flirtey) is a turnkey solutions provider of hardware, software, and patents for autonomous last-mile drone delivery.
SkyDrop, (formerly Flirtey) is a turnkey solutions provider of hardware, software, and patents for autonomous last-mile drone delivery.

Milestones

  • 2013 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Seed

Partners

tCell.io

tCell was a leading provider of web application threat defense and monitoring.
Acquired by Rapid7
tCell was a leading provider of web application threat defense and monitoring.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Series A
  • 2018 - Acquired by Rapid7

Voltage Security

Voltage Security delivered breakthrough technology for organizations to protect structured and unstructured data from advanced security threats.
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

Warby Parker

Warby Parker is an online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses, and sunglasses, conceived as an alternative to the overpriced and bland eyewear available today.
NYSE: WRBY
Warby Parker is an online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses, and sunglasses, conceived as an alternative to the overpriced and bland eyewear available today.

Milestones

  • 2010 - Founded
  • 2011 - Partnered, Series B
  • 2021 - Direct Listing; NYSE: WRBY

Partners

Yellowbrick Data

Yellowbrick is an enterprise data warehouse solution that maximizes the data management capabilities of even the largest enterprise clients while slashing costs.
Yellowbrick is an enterprise data warehouse solution that maximizes the data management capabilities of even the largest enterprise clients while slashing costs.

Milestones

  • 2014 - Founded
  • 2015 - Partnered, Series A

Partners