Partner Emeritus
Doug Carlisle
Doug has been at Menlo since 1982 and focuses on investments in the information technology sector. His current board seats and investments include nLight Photonics (LASR), Synthego, and Scality.
Doug’s prior investments include Aeroscout, acquired by Stanley Healthcare Solutions, a division of Stanley Black and Decker (SWK); Ansible, acquired by Red Hat (RHT); Carrier Access Corporation (CACS); Cellfire, acquired by Catalina Marketing; Check, acquired by Intuit (INTU); Cyras Systems, acquired by CIENA Corp. (CIEN); Efficient Networks, acquired by Siemens (SI); HNC Software, merged into Fair Isaacs (FICO); Hotmail, sold to Microsoft (MSFT); IronPort Systems, acquired by Cisco (CSCO); Kalpana, acquired by Cisco; Lytx, acquired by GTCR; Octel Communications (OTL); Open Solutions (OSI); Pyxis, acquired by Cardinal Health (CAH); RF Surgical, acquired by Medtronic (MDT); and Stratacom, acquired by Cisco.
Doug received his bachelor of science degrees in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley and holds a JD/MBA joint degree from Stanford University. He and his wife, Lauri Sanders, live in Portola Valley where they raised their six children, including a set of triplets. Doug enjoys flying and is an instrument-rated private pilot with approximately 2,000 hours in his Pilatus PC-12.
Hotmail was one of the first web-based email services in the world.
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1996 - Founded
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1996 - Partnered
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1997 - Acquired by Microsoft
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IronPort developed email and web security tools to protect organizations from spam, viruses, malware, and other internet threats.
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2000 - Founded
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2002 - Partnered, Series B
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2007 - Acquired by Cisco
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nLight manufactures high-performance semiconductor lasers.
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2000 - Founded
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2001 - Partnered, Series B
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2018 - IPO; NASDAQ: LASR
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Synthego is a genome engineering company enabling the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.
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2012 - Founded
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2013 - Partnered, Series A
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AeroScout
AeroScout provides WiFi-based RFID tags, exciters, and location receivers that helps networks track and manage the location, condition, and status of mobile assets and people.
Acquired by Stanley Healthcare
Ansible
Ansible is an open-source suite of software tools that enables infrastructure as code, including software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment functionality.
Acquired by Red Hat
Carrier Access Corporation
Carrier Access Corporation was an equipment manufacturer that helped telecommunications companies enhance service revenue, lower operating costs, and extend capital budgets by providing high-performance access and new service technologies.
NASDAQ: CACS
Cellfire
Cellfire offers valuable savings on groceries, shopping, restaurants, and entertainment.
Acquired by Catalina Marketing
Check
Check was a mobile payments and personal finance company. Its free, top-rated mobile app was used by 10 million customers to pay bills.
Acquired by Intuit
Cyras
Cyras Systems developed high-speed, multi-service switching platforms for optical metropolitan area networks.
Acquired by Ciena
Efficient Networks
Efficient Networks supplied high-speed digital subscriber line equipment.
Acquired by Siemens
HNC Software
HNC Software provided analytics and decision management software and tools that the facilitated management of customer interactions by converting data and business experiences into recommendations.
Merged with Fair, Isaac and Company
Hotmail
Hotmail was one of the first web-based email services in the world.
Acquired by Microsoft
IronPort
IronPort developed email and web security tools to protect organizations from spam, viruses, malware, and other internet threats.
Acquired by Cisco
Kalpana
Kalpana transformed the Ethernet switching industry with its innovative technologies that increased the throughput of Ethernet networks.
Acquired by Cisco
Lytx
Lytx designs, manufactures, and sells video telematics products used by commercial and public-sector fleets to help improve driver safety and business productivity.
Acquired by GTCR
nLight
nLight manufactures high-performance semiconductor lasers.
NASDAQ: LASR
RF Surgical
RF Surgical developed products such as surgical sponges, gauze, and towels that emitted low-frequency radio signals to track them if left inside the human body.
Acquired by Medtronic
Scality
Scality is an industry leader in petabyte-scale storage.
StrataCom
StrataCom produced Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay high-speed wide area network (WAN) switching equipment.
Acquired by Cisco
Synthego
Synthego is a genome engineering company enabling the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.
