Investor
Sabrina Lu
Sabrina is an investor at Menlo Ventures, where she focuses on inflection-stage companies in enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, and cloud infrastructure. She’s excited about partnering with founders who challenge the status quo and supporting them in transforming bold visions into enduring businesses.
Her passion for startups began at Fastcase (now vLex), where she dove into the scaling journey while helping build the company’s AI sandbox product. She later joined Vianai as an early team member to build ML models for financial services customers, experiencing the 0 to 1 journey firsthand. Through both experiences, she saw breakthrough models translate into outsized real-world impact.
Sabrina then joined Bain & Company’s Private Equity Group, focusing on tech diligence and advising Fortune 500 companies on go-to-market strategy. Most recently, she worked at Insight Partners, where she helped lead investments in high-growth enterprise software companies including Trunk Tools, Omnea, Haus, Relevance AI, Rollstack, and Zest AI.
Sabrina holds an MS in Computer Science (AI concentration) and BS in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford, graduating with distinction. During her time on campus, she led fundraising efforts at Stanford Dance Marathon for the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. Outside of work, you can find Sabrina out for a run, reading comedian autobiographies, and cheering relentlessly for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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q&a
Investment Approach
Being able to blend the creative with the logical. Math was always my favorite subject, but I also grew up spending hours every week painting in the art studio, so I’m naturally drawn to spaces where both sides of the brain come into play. VC is perfect for that – there are clear frameworks for evaluating businesses, but every company’s journey is unique and should therefore be approached with fresh thinking. It’s a constant mix of structure and creativity, which makes the work both challenging and exciting
It’s immediately evident when a founder is deeply passionate about the problem they’re solving – whether because they’ve lived it firsthand or spotted a massive gap in the status quo. I love working with these founders as passion like that is both contagious and important for weathering the inevitable ups and downs of building a business
A first meeting stands out when it feels less like a pitch and more like the start of a partnership. That means trust, some personal connection, and clarity around both the problem being solved and how we can be supportive in the scaling journey