Consumer

Welcoming Our Newest Consumer Investor, C.C. Gong
Menlo’s Investment in Higgsfield: Building World Models With Video
Our Investment in Barnyard Games: Pioneering Social Games for the Unreal Engine for Fortnite Ecosystem
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Menlo Raises $1.35 Billion to Fund a New Generation of Startups
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Riding the EV Wave: Our Investment in Arc
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Our Investment in Cartwheel: Improving Youth Mental Health
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Menlo Ventures Doubles Down on Consumer Investing With New Partner Amy Wu
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The Seven Generative AI Building Blocks for the Next Generation of Consumer Technology Companies
Menlo’s Fintech Outlook for 2023
Back to Basics: Fundamentals for Building Breakout Consumer Companies
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How Key Sectors Might Fare During a Post-COVID Recession
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Catching Lightning in a Bottle
A Disruptive Vision Achieved: Celebrating Warby Parker’s Direct Listing
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Celebrating Rover: Best in Show With Nasdaq Debut
Unbundling Amazon: How ShipBob Is Revolutionizing the Fulfillment Layer of E-commerce
Our Investment in Riva Health: Building the Future of Cardiovascular Healthcare
Our Investment in Photomath: Changing the Future of Math Tutoring
Congratulations to Poshmark on Its IPO: Presenting the Future of Shopping
The State of the Marketplace: A VC Digs into the Data As Several Marketplace Companies Prepare Their IPOs
Announcing Menlo XV
Four Big Trends in Digital Health
Mapping the World’s Homes in 3D: Improving on Home Improvement
Cheers to Chime: Finally, a Bank Consumers Can Love!
Menlo Ventures Launches the Menlo Inflection Fund
Nobody Cares About Your Big Idea
A $300M Vote of Confidence for Getaround’s Carsharing On-Demand
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PillPack to be Acquired by Amazon
Menlo Announces New $450 Million Fund to Invest in Iconic Entrepreneurs
Bringing Utility to Crypto, BitPay Closes Series B Financing
How Roku Thought Outside the Box
For the Latest E-Commerce Companies, Success Means Thinking Outside the Box
MealPal Raises $20M to Expand Food Pick-Up Service
The Way Home: Menlo Leads Series B in HomeLight
Bringing in the Dough, Bread Announces Series B
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Love in the Time of Breather: From Marriage Proposal to $40M Investment
The One Thing Your Company Needs to Get Me to Invest
Better Ingredients, Better Companies
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Back to the Not-So-Dark Side
David vs. Goliath: How E-Commerce Companies Can Win Against Amazon
Our First Opportunity Fund Investment: eero
Opportunities for Entrepreneurship: Menlo’s New $250M Fund
Instant Gratification and the Power of Right Now
Supply-Side Economics
Let’s Get Vertical
All About the Rake
The Only Metric That Truly Matters for a Marketplace Is the Shadow Market
10 Laws of Successful Marketplaces
Menlo Talks Mergers: A Discussion with Kayvon Beykpour of Periscope
GIF for Messenger(s): Menlo Invests in Riffsy
Menlo Marketplaces: Investing in UpCounsel
Bloomberg Brief Q&A With Venky Ganesan
Focus Your Energies to Solve Big Problems
Building a Moat in a Bubble: Navigating Today’s Financing Environment
Venture Right With Menlo: Twelfth Fund Launches Today
Pass Go, Collect $10 Million: Menlo Leads RealtyShares Series A
The Future of Real-time Sharing: Twitter’s Periscope Debuts
Hacking for Growth With Rover, Lumosity, and Poshmark
Building a Billion-Dollar Business in the Auto Business
Investing in Loyalty with FiveStars
How Mobile Marketplaces Are Creating a Million New U.S. Jobs
Welcome Home, Dropcam!
Top 8 Insights: Menlo Loves Marketplaces
Intuit’s $360M Acquisition of Check Signals Opportunity in Mobile Payments Industry
Menlo Loves Marketplaces
Love for Rover
Q&A With Venky Ganesan
Menlo Congratulates EdgeCast Networks
Why We Need Don Draper Mentality