Matt Murphy
PartnerAI, SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Supply Chain + Automation
Matt is a partner at Menlo Ventures and invests multi-stage across AI infrastructure (DevOps, data stack, middleware, API platforms), AI-first SaaS (vertical and horizontal), and robotics. Since joining Menlo in 2015, Matt has led investments in Anthropic, Airbase, Alloy.AI, Benchling, 6 River Systems (acquired by Shopify), Canvas, Clarifai, Cleanlab, Carta, Envoy, Finch, FireHydrant, Harness, Heap Analytics (acquired by Contentsquare), HOVER, Mimic, Netlify, Observable, Relyance AI, Scout RFP (acquired by Workday), Sleuth, Usermind (acquired by Qualtrics), Veriflow (acquired by VMware), Vivun, and Zylo. He also serves as a board member at Egnyte and board observer at Datastax.
Previously, Matt was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for over 15 years. In addition to Egnyte and Datastax, he was also an observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), launched the iFund in ’08 (a collaborative initiative with Apple to build the defining iOS apps), sourced the firm’s investment in DocuSign, and led investments in Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Noom, Puppet (acquired by Perforce in 2022), SessionM (acquired by Mastercard in 2019), Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn in 2019), Shazam (acquired by Apple in 2018), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B in 2017), Simplivity (acquired by HPE for $650M in 2017), PernixData (acquired by Nutanix in 2016), Shopkick (acquired by SK Planet 2014), Aerohive Networks (NASDAQ: HIVE, 2014), Ocarina Networks (acquired by Dell in 2010), and AutoNavi (NASDAQ: AMAP, 2010).
Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Matt worked at data networking startup Netboost (acquired by Intel), where he led product management; and, prior to that, at Sun Microsystems, where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a product line manager for networking platforms. Matt holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as the vice chairman of the Stanford University Engineering Venture Fund and is co-chair of the computer science committee on the Board of Visitors at Duke University.
Supported by: Dominique Guevara, dominique@menlovc.com
Matt is a partner at Menlo Ventures and invests multi-stage across AI infrastructure (DevOps, data stack, middleware, API platforms), AI-first SaaS (vertical and horizontal), and robotics. Since joining Menlo in 2015, Matt has led investments in Anthropic, Airbase, Alloy.AI, Benchling, 6 River Systems (acquired by Shopify), Canvas, Clarifai, Cleanlab, Carta, Envoy, Finch, FireHydrant, Harness, Heap Analytics (acquired by Contentsquare), HOVER, Mimic, Netlify, Observable, Relyance AI, Scout RFP (acquired by Workday), Sleuth, Usermind (acquired by Qualtrics), Veriflow (acquired by VMware), Vivun, and Zylo. He also serves as a board member at Egnyte and board observer at Datastax.
Previously, Matt was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for over 15 years. In addition to Egnyte and Datastax, he was also an observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), launched the iFund in ’08 (a collaborative initiative with Apple to build the defining iOS apps), sourced the firm’s investment in DocuSign, and led investments in Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Noom, Puppet (acquired by Perforce in 2022), SessionM (acquired by Mastercard in 2019), Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn in 2019), Shazam (acquired by Apple in 2018), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B in 2017), Simplivity (acquired by HPE for $650M in 2017), PernixData (acquired by Nutanix in 2016), Shopkick (acquired by SK Planet 2014), Aerohive Networks (NASDAQ: HIVE, 2014), Ocarina Networks (acquired by Dell in 2010), and AutoNavi (NASDAQ: AMAP, 2010).
Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Matt worked at data networking startup Netboost (acquired by Intel), where he led product management; and, prior to that, at Sun Microsystems, where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a product line manager for networking platforms. Matt holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as the vice chairman of the Stanford University Engineering Venture Fund and is co-chair of the computer science committee on the Board of Visitors at Duke University.
Supported by: Dominique Guevara, dominique@menlovc.com
Investments
Our PortfolioAnthropic is an AI safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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- 2021 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series C
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Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform helping the next generation of scientists make breakthrough discoveries faster than ever before.
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- 2012 → Founded
- 2019 → Partnered, Series C
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Carta is a software platform for founders, investors, and employees to manage cap tables, equity, and ownership.
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- 2012 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series C
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Harness’ Continuous-Delivery-as-a-Service platform enables every software engineering team in the world to deliver code reliably, efficiently and quickly to their users.
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- 2016 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series A
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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.
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- 2011 → Founded
- 2019 → Partnered, Series C
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Scout RFP provides cloud-based strategic sourcing solutions that help companies streamline supplier selection, centralize data, and make more informed purchasing decisions, faster.
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- 2013 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series A
- 2019 → Acquired by Workday
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True Anomaly is a deep technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space.
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- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series B
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Typeface is an enterprise-grade generative AI app to create engaging, personalized content faster and easier than ever before.
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- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series A
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6 River Systems is a fulfillment solutions provider making warehouses more efficient with autonomous mobile robots and AI.
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- 2015 → Founded
- 2018 → Partnered, Series B
- 2019 → Acquired by Shopify
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Airbase is a spend management platform for small and midsize companies. It automates accounting and operational workflows for a faster close, real-time reporting, and a consistent platform experience for all non-payroll spend.
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- 2017 → Founded
- 2021 → Partnered, Series B
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Alloy is an intelligent supply and demand synchronization platform purpose-built for companies that make, move, and sell goods.
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- 2016 → Founded
- 2018 → Partnered, Series A
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Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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- 2021 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series C
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AppDynamics provides a full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) platform.
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- 2017 → Acquired
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AutoNavi is a Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based services provider.
Milestones
- 2010 → IPO
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Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform helping the next generation of scientists make breakthrough discoveries faster than ever before.
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- 2012 → Founded
- 2019 → Partnered, Series C
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Canvas is a construction robotics company that uses machine learning to install drywall at construction sites.
Milestones
- 2017 → Founded
- 2021 → Partnered, Series B
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Carta is a software platform for founders, investors, and employees to manage cap tables, equity, and ownership.
Milestones
- 2012 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series C
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Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses and developers alike.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2016 → Partnered, Series B
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Cleanlab provides no-code, automated data curation for LLMs and the modern AI stack.
Milestones
- 2021 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series A
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DataStax is scale-out NoSQL built on Apache Cassandra™. Handle any workload with zero downtime, zero lock-in and at global scale.
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- 2010 → Founded
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DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements.
Milestones
- 2018 → IPO
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Drawbridge used artificial intelligence to learn more about customers and target audiences.
Milestones
- 2019 → Acquired
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Earli’s mission is to make cancer a benign experience, by catching and curing it early.
Milestones
- 2018 → Founded
- 2021 → Partnered, Series A
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Egnyte provides secure enterprise file sharing, intelligent content services, and collaboration solutions.
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From visitors to meeting rooms, Envoy is redefining how people, places, and technology work together with desk booking, schedule sharing, health checks, and more.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series B
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Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.
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- 2020 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Seed
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FireHydrant builds tools that modern operations teams are using to respond to complex problems in their globally distributed applications.
Milestones
- 2018 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Series A
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Harness’ Continuous-Delivery-as-a-Service platform enables every software engineering team in the world to deliver code reliably, efficiently and quickly to their users.
Milestones
- 2016 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series A
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Heap is a digital insights platform that combines quantitative and qualitative analytics for a 360º degree view of your customer journey.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2016 → Partnered, Series A
- 2023 → Acquired by Contentsquare
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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.
Milestones
- 2011 → Founded
- 2019 → Partnered, Series C
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Levelpath is a next-gen procurement platform with an AI- and mobile-first approach that streamlines workflows and approvals for enterprises of all sizes.
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- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series A
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Mimic is the first enterprise defense system specifically designed to combat ransomware and cyber extortion.
Milestones
- 2023 → Founded
- 2024 → Partnered, Seed
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Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects at global scale—without servers, devops, or costly infrastructure.
Milestones
- 2014 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Series C
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Observable is a web-based platform for data visualization, exploration, socialization, publication and collaboration.
Milestones
- 2016 → Founded
- 2021 → Partnered, Series B
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PernixData was a premier software platform for scale-out storage acceleration.
Milestones
- 2012 → Founded
- 2014 → Partnered, Series C
- 2016 → Acquired by Nutanix
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Puppet automates the delivery and operation of the software that powers some of the biggest brands in the world.
Milestones
- 2022 → Acquired
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Relyance AI provides a complete privacy, data governance, and compliance solution to manage all operations seamlessly on a single, intuitive platform.
Milestones
- 2020 → Founded
- 2021 → Partnered, Series A
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Scout RFP provides cloud-based strategic sourcing solutions that help companies streamline supplier selection, centralize data, and make more informed purchasing decisions, faster.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2017 → Partnered, Series A
- 2019 → Acquired by Workday
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SessionM’s customer engagement and loyalty platform empowers the world’s most innovative brands—including retailers, airlines, restaurants and CPG companies—to forge stronger and more profitable consumer relationships.
Milestones
- 2019 → Acquired
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Shazam is a smartphone app that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows based on a short audio sample.
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- 2018 → Acquired
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Shopkick is a shopping app that offers users rewards for shopping activities both online and in store, such as entering stores, scanning items, making purchases, and submitting receipts.
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- 2014 → Acquired
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SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads.
Milestones
- 2008 → Founded
- 2017 → Acquired
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Skild is building general purpose artificial intelligence grounded in the physical world.
Milestones
- 2023 → Founded
- 2024 → Partnered, Series A
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True Anomaly is a deep technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space.
Milestones
- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series B
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Typeface is an enterprise-grade generative AI app to create engaging, personalized content faster and easier than ever before.
Milestones
- 2022 → Founded
- 2023 → Partnered, Series A
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Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to provide consumer loans using non-traditional variables, such as education and employment, to predict creditworthiness.
Milestones
- 2020 → IPO
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Usermind provides the first unified platform for automating and orchestrating business operations (BizOps). With Usermind, companies can define and automate all aspects of their customer lifecycles to improve revenue, retention, and profitability.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2015 → Partnered, Series B
- 2021 → Acquired by Qualtrics
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Veriflow brought formal verification to network infrastructure for the first time. Veriflow predicted outages before they impacted the business, and vulnerabilities before they were exploited, allowing IT teams to operate secure and resilient networks.
Milestones
- 2013 → Founded
- 2016 → Partnered, Series A
- 2019 → Acquired by VMware
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Hero by Vivun is the world’s first AI-powered platform for presales leadership, unleashing their strategic potential and creating a seamless interlock between sales and product.
Milestones
- 2018 → Founded
- 2020 → Partnered, Series B
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Zylo is the enterprise SaaS management and optimization platform that unlocks the full potential of SaaS for buyers, suppliers, and users.
Milestones
- 2016 → Founded
- 2019 → Partnered, Series B