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Riding the EV Wave: Our Investment in Arc

Led by a team of former rocket engineers and marine enthusiasts, Arc blends modern aerospace design and manufacturing techniques with traditional marine craftsmanship.

Our Investment in Cartwheel: Improving Youth Mental Health
A Masterclass in Scaling Developer-First Products With Industry Veteran Eeke de Milliano

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Our Investment in Vilya: AI-Enabled Development of a New Class of Medicines
Menlo Welcomes Former Atlassian CPO Joff Redfern to Our Investment Team 
Opportunities and Challenges of Applying Generative AI to Designing New Drugs

Menlo’s Investment in Neon: Serverless Postgres for Modern Workloads

Our rationale for investing in Neon was remarkably clear: Menlo had been on the hunt for a modern OLTP database with separation of storage and compute for quite some time.

Menlo Ventures Doubles Down on Consumer Investing With New Partner Amy Wu

Amy joins us to expand Menlo’s long-standing consumer practice and lead us into new categories, drawing on her strong gaming expertise and fearless exploration of new consumer experiences.

Video: Building Squint With Menlo Labs
Squint Emerges From Menlo Labs With Funding From Sequoia and an Impressive Roster of Customers
Generative AI: Lessons From Prior Waves
Our Investment in Anthropic: The Foundation Layer for Generative AI

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.

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Refine Your Business Idea: Our Elevator Pitch for Future Founders
Riding the EV Wave: Our Investment in Arc

Led by a team of former rocket engineers and marine enthusiasts, Arc blends modern aerospace design and manufacturing techniques with traditional marine craftsmanship.

September 27, 2023Shawn Carolan and Katie Keller
Our Investment in Cartwheel: Improving Youth Mental Health

The single greatest health concern facing American kids and teens today is a crisis in mental health.

September 26, 2023Greg Yap and Derek Xiao
A Masterclass in Scaling Developer-First Products With Industry Veteran Eeke de Milliano

Developers have become increasingly powerful decision makers and influencers within organizations, with purchasing powers of their own and dedicated budgets—particularly in light of the explosive growth of GenAI.

September 22, 2023Grace Ge
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
Menlo Welcomes Former Atlassian CPO Joff Redfern to Our Investment Team 

Joff joins our team of deep and complementary operators and, in particular, adds world-class expertise in finding product-market fit and scaling product organizations.

September 7, 2023Matt Murphy
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.
Menlo’s Investment in Neon: Serverless Postgres for Modern Workloads

Our rationale for investing in Neon was remarkably clear: Menlo had been on the hunt for a modern OLTP database with separation of storage and compute for quite some time.

August 1, 2023Tim Tully and Derek Xiao
Menlo Ventures Doubles Down on Consumer Investing With New Partner Amy Wu

Amy joins us to expand Menlo’s long-standing consumer practice and lead us into new categories, drawing on her strong gaming expertise and fearless exploration of new consumer experiences.

June 15, 2023Shawn Carolan
Video: Building Squint With Menlo Labs

Founder Devin Bhushan talks about Squint and making the leap to entrepreneurship with the help of Menlo Labs.

June 2, 2023
Squint Emerges From Menlo Labs With Funding From Sequoia and an Impressive Roster of Customers

Today, Squint revealed an impressive roster of customers that includes Volvo and Siemens, and announced $6 million in seed and pre-seed funding from Sequoia Arc, Menlo Ventures, and Menlo Labs.

June 1, 2023Greg Rudin
Generative AI: Lessons From Prior Waves

While navigating this exciting yet complex landscape may seem daunting for startups, lessons from past tech waves, along with a thoughtful, strategic approach, can help illuminate the path forward.

May 31, 2023Steve Sloane
Our Investment in Anthropic: The Foundation Layer for Generative AI

We stand on the precipice of an extraordinary platform shift catalyzed by groundbreaking advancements in generative artificial intelligence.

May 23, 2023Matt Murphy, Derek Xiao and Andreas Vandris
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
Refine Your Business Idea: Our Elevator Pitch for Future Founders

Developing an elevator pitch is a powerful exercise for helping entrepreneurs sharpen their thinking around a potential new business idea. Coming up with innovative ideas is a challenge in itself, and founders are often caught spinning their wheels, struggling to bring clarity and focus to their vision.

May 4, 2023Michelle Aguinis
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