Investing Profile

Venky Ganesan

VCInvestor

Partner at Menlo Ventures

menlovc.com/venky-ganesanMenlo Park, California

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Networks Venky is a member of

NewCo Network

1606 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Mckinsey & Company Network

761 CONNECTIONS

Calling Brands Network

706 CONNECTIONS

Microsoft Network

621 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Menlo Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$8.0M - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$12.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$500M

Venky Ganesan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Impact (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Series B)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Consumer Internet (Series B)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Impact (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Impact (Series A)Enterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Cybersecurity (Series B)Cybersecurity (Series A)Cybersecurity (Seed)Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed)Enterprise Infrastructure (Series A)Enterprise Infrastructure (Series B)Consumer Internet (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)

Venky Ganesan's Investments On Record (46)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Obsidian Security	Series DAug 2026$85M Series CApr 2022$90M	$210M
Co-investors: Somesh Dash (IVP), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Asheem Chandna (Greylock Partners), Promod Haque (Norwest Venture Partners)
Cheiron	SeedJul 2026$8M	$8M
Aurascape	Series AApr 2025$50M	$63M
Co-investors: Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta Capital), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), Lip-Bu Tan (Celesta Capital)
ConverzAI	Series AFeb 2025$16M	$16M
Co-investors: Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital)
HomeLight	Series DAug 2024$20M Series DSep 2021$100M Series CNov 2019$63M Series BAug 2017$40M	$350M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Lydia Jett (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Oren Zeev (Zeev Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Omar El-Ayat (Euclid Ventures), Dovi Frances (Group 11), Melissa Krinzman (Krillion Ventures), Oren Dobronsky (Dobronsky Capital), Todd Kimmel (Montage Ventures), Jason Stomel (Menlo Capital Partners), Richard Melmon (Bullpen Capital), Kevin Moore (KRM Capital LLC), David Wu (Maveron), Ramneek Gupta (PruVen Capital), Dmitry Dakhnovsky
Abnormal AI	Series DAug 2024$250M Series CMay 2022$210M Series BNov 2020$50M	$530M
Co-investors: Jeff Horing (Insight Partners), Saam Motamedi (Greylock), JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Asheem Chandna (Greylock Partners)
Strata Identity	Series BJan 2023$26M Series AFeb 2021$11M	$37M
Co-investors: Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Marcus Bartram
Immersive	Series COct 2022$66M Series CJun 2021$75M	$140M
Co-investors: Ryan Hinkle (Insight Partners), Arvind Purushotham (Menlo Ventures), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Jonathan Rosenbaum (Waldo), Dave Palmer (Ten Eleven Ventures)

Venky Ganesan's Experience

Managing Director Still Water DesignPresent

Managing Director Calling BrandsPresent

Business Analyst Mckinsey & CompanyPresent

Managing Director BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Managing Director Xtripe AngelsPresent

Managing Director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Program Manager MicrosoftPresent

Managing Director NewCoPresent

Past Chair of NVCA National Venture Capital AssociationPresent

Board Member MZPresent

Board Member and Series A Investor BitSightPresent

Managing Director Menlo VenturesPresent

Program Manager Microsoft CorporationPresent

Business Analyst McKinsey & CompanyPresent

Founder Trigo TechnologiesPresent

Managing Director Globespan CapitalPresent

Board Member National Venture Capital AssociationPresent

Past Chair of NVCA National Venture Capital AssociationPresent

Board Member Machine Zone, Inc.Present

Board Member and Series A Investor BitSight TechnologiesPresent

Board Member A Place for RoverPresent

Partner Menlo VenturesPresent

Venky Ganesan's Education

Reed Business School BA Economics/Math

Reed College BA Economics/Math

Caltech B.S Engineering and Applied Science with focus on Computer Science

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