Partner
Croom Beatty
AI
Fintech
SaaS
Bio + Healthcare
Croom is a partner at Menlo Ventures focused on application layer AI and spends most of his time in financial technology, healthcare IT, and vertical software. Since joining Menlo in 2017, he led the firm’s Series A investments in Arch, Finch, NationGraph, Numeric, Prodigal, Rivet (acquired by Zelis), and Slash and seed investments in Abacus, Accordance, Relcu, and Squad Health. He has also invested in Fieldwire (acquired by Hilti), Fleetsmith (acquired by Apple), Hover, Particle Health, and ShipBob.
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
Abacus helps tax firms eliminate manual data entry workflows with intelligent document processing that integrates with Excel and your filing software—no training required.
Milestones
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2025 - Founded
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2025 - Partnered, Seed
Leadership
Cody Sugarman
Co-Founder & CEO
Brandon Sugarman
Co-Founder & CTO
Partners
Arch is the digital admin for private investments, delivering the missing infrastructure for managing and understanding private market investments.
Milestones
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2018 - Founded
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2023 - Partnered, Series A
Leadership
Ryan Eisenman
Co-Founder & CEO
Joel Stein
Co-Founder & CTO
Jason Trigg
Co-Founder
Partners
Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.
Milestones
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2020 - Founded
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2020 - Partnered, Seed
Leadership
Jeremy Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Ansel Parikh
Co-Founder
Partners
NationGraph is an AI-driven sales intelligence platform built to transform how organizations uncover and win public-sector business.
Milestones
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2024 - Founded
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2025 - Partnered, Series A
Leadership
Kimia Hamidi
Co-Founder & CEO
Partners
Numeric is an AI accounting automation platform, built to take manual work off accountants’ plates so they can focus on what's impactful.
Milestones
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2020 - Founded
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2024 - Partnered, Seed
Leadership
Parker Gilbert
Co-Founder & CEO
Anthony Alvernaz
Co-Founder & CPO
Andrew Bihl
Co-Founder & CTO
Partners
Prodigal gives lenders and collections agencies insights from customer interactions using advanced conversational AI.
Milestones
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2018 - Founded
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2021 - Partnered, Series A
Partners
Rivet is a healthcare SaaS solution that maximizes payments from payers and patients, making it easy for medical practitioners to get paid.
Milestones
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2018 - Founded
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2020 - Partnered, Series A
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2026 - Acquired by Zelis
Leadership
Ted Ferrin
Co-Founder & CEO
Andrew Harding
Co-Founder & VP Customer Success
Partners
ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL that offers simple, fast, and affordable e-commerce fulfillment for direct-to-consumer brands.
Milestones
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2014 - Founded
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2018 - Partnered, Series C
Leadership
Dhruv Saxena
Co-Founder & CEO
Divey Gulati
Co-Founder & COO
Partners
Abacus
Abacus helps tax firms eliminate manual data entry workflows with intelligent document processing that integrates with Excel and your filing software—no training required.
Accordance AI
Accordance is an AI platform built for leading tax, audit, and CPA teams.
Arch
Arch is the digital admin for private investments, delivering the missing infrastructure for managing and understanding private market investments.
Bread
Bread is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending, and saving solutions.
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.
Fieldwire
Fieldwire is the field management platform construction professionals count on to easily manage their job sites.
Acquired by the Hilti Group
Finch
Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.
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
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.
JUMP
JUMP is a dockless scooter and electric bike sharing system.
Acquired by Uber
NationGraph
NationGraph is an AI-driven sales intelligence platform built to transform how organizations uncover and win public-sector business.
Numeric
Numeric is an AI accounting automation platform, built to take manual work off accountants’ plates so they can focus on what's impactful.
Particle Health
Particle Health is an API designed for healthcare innovators that gives access to vital medical data.
Prodigal
Prodigal gives lenders and collections agencies insights from customer interactions using advanced conversational AI.
Rivet Health
Rivet is a healthcare SaaS solution that maximizes payments from payers and patients, making it easy for medical practitioners to get paid.
Acquired by Zelis
ShipBob
ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL that offers simple, fast, and affordable e-commerce fulfillment for direct-to-consumer brands.
Slash
Slash provides smart, tailored financial solutions, moving beyond one-size-fits-all banking, to help businesses grow, stay competitive, and operate efficiently and seamlessly.
Squad Health
Squad Health’s AI platform handles all of the administrative work associated with specialty prescriptions, freeing up practitioners to focus on patients.
