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Menlo Ventures — 2021 Investments

30 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Scribe Therapeuticsscribetx.comin𝕏NASDAQ: SCTXMar 2021

Scribe is a molecular engineering company developing CRISPR-based genetic therapies to treat cardiometabolic disease and other conditions.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US

Benjamin Oakes(Founder)inJennifer A. Doudna, PhD(Co-founder, Scientific Advisor)Benjamin L. Oakes, PhD(Co-founder, President and CEO)David F. Savage, PhD(Co-founder, Scientific Advisor)Brett Staahl, PhD(Co-founder, VP of External Innovation)Brett Staahl(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzOrbiMedAvoro Capital AdvisorsRA CapitalWellington Management

Opheliaophelia.comin𝕏Series A · Apr 2021 · $50M✓ verified

Ophelia provides medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction through a telemedicine platform, allowing patients to receive care without attending residential rehab.

Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

Mattan Griffel(Founder)inZack Gray(Founder)inDr. Arthur Robin Williams(Codesigner)Jake Goldman(Product Lead)Ryan Greenberg(Director of Engineering)Rose Sinclair(Recruiter)

Board seatGreg Yap· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsY CombinatorFour Acres CapitalGeneral CatalystGood FriendsInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc640 Oxford+6 more

Netlifynetlify.comin𝕏Nov 2021 · $105M✓ verified

Netlify is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling modern web applications, serving millions of developers and thousands of enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

Mathias Biilmann(Founder)inChristian Bach(Founder)inChris Bach(Founder)Matt Biilmann(Founder)

PartnerMatt Murphy· led

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersBloomberg BetaDesigner FundKleiner PerkinsEQT Ventures+9 more

Prodigalprodigaltech.comin𝕏Series A · Jul 2021 · $12M✓ verified

Prodigal builds AI-powered applications for consumer finance servicing and collections, enabling lenders and collection agencies to automate workflows and personalize customer interactions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Shantanu Gangal(Founder)inSangram Raje(Founder)inSaransh Garg(Founder)Neil Shah(Chief of Staff)Smeet Bhatt(Growth)Mayank Agarwal(Engineering)

PartnerCroom Beatty· led

Co-investorsAccelY CombinatorMGV.VCCypher CapitalMenloMGV

Varetovareto.cominSeed · Oct 2021 · $24M✓ verified

Vareto is a data platform that consolidates financial and operational data from multiple sources to enable faster, data-driven business decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Kat Orekhova(Co-founder & CEO)inNihar Nanda(Founder)Nilendu Misra(Founder)

Co-investorsFOG VenturesGV (Google Ventures)

Dratadrata.comin𝕏Jan 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US

Adam Markowitz(Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Founder)in

BoardTim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)Oren Yunger(Director)in

Board seatHouman Haghighi· per SEC Form D · $3.2M raise · filed Jan 2021

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+20 more

Edge Deltaedgedelta.comin𝕏May 2021 · $63M

Edge Delta provides telemetry pipeline and observability tools for DevOps, IT/Ops, SRE, and Security teams to process logs, metrics, traces, and events at scale without centralizing all raw data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

Ozan Unlu(Founder)inFatih Yildiz(Founder)in

Board seatTim Tully· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAmity VenturesCisco InvestmentsGeodesic CapitalKin VenturesMaC Venture CapitalBAM Elevate+3 more

Carputtycarputty.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2021 · $7M

Carputty offers digital auto financing for U.S. car buyers, providing fixed-rate single-vehicle loans through a lending partner along with tools to track and predict vehicle value over time.

FintechMobility & TransportationSaaSAtlanta, US

J. Patrick Bayliss(President and CEO)in

BoardMichael Tannenbaum(Resigned as a Director 7/16/2021)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFontinalis PartnersGrand VenturesKickstartKinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Porsche Ventures+1 more

Cequencecequence.ioinDec 2021 · $60M

Cequence is an AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform that automates manual contract tasks and workflows while providing compliance tracking and analytics for enterprises of all sizes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

Rasto Koval(Co-Founder & CEO)inPeter Banda(Co-Founder & CSO)inMartin Ragan(Co-Founder & CRO)inMartin Razus(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalLook AI VenturesTitanium VenturesTraun VenturesVision VenturesHarbourVest Partners (Canada)+3 more

Cequence Securitycequence.aiin𝕏Dec 2021

Cequence provides a security platform for protecting applications and APIs from automated attacks, bots, and fraud, including API discovery, testing, posture management, WAF, and DDoS protection.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Ameya Talwalkar(Founder)inShreyans Mehta(Chief Technology Officer & Founder)in

Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesDell Technologies CapitalDniproIcon VenturesKPN VenturesMonta Vista Capital+4 more

CloudTruckscloudtrucks.comin𝕏Series B · Nov 2021 · $120M

CloudTrucks provides a platform that connects independent truck owner-operators to a network of carriers for freight shipping, handling compliance and cash flow management.

Logistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Tobenna Arodiogbu(Founder)inJin Shieh(Founder)inGeorge Ezenna(Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesATEL VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesCraft VenturesHalf Court VenturesHumba Ventures+5 more

CodeSignal, Inc.codesignal.comin𝕏Sep 2021 · $50M

CodeSignal provides an educational ebook guide for talent teams on implementing AI hiring tools, covering readiness assessment, solution selection, and compliant usage practices.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR TechSan Francisco, US

Aram Shatakhtsyan(Founder)inTigran Sloyan(Founder)inFelix Desroches(Founder)

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAlumni VenturesCM VenturesCorrelation VenturesFJ LabsFormula VC+4 more

Earliearli.comin𝕏Jan 2021

Earli develops a biotechnology platform that uses genetic constructs to detect cancer and produce therapeutic proteins by reprogramming cancer cells.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

Dr. Sam Gambhir(Founder)Cyriac Roeding(Founder)inDr. David Suhy(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)

BoardJustin Kao(Director)inJorge Conde(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBlue Ivy VenturesBreyer CapitalGaingelsHan River Partners+6 more

Endgameendgame.com𝕏Jul 2021 · $12Macquired by Elastic · Jun 2019 · $234M

Endgame provided an endpoint protection platform for detecting and preventing advanced threats, with roots in serving U.S. government and defense customers.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareArlington, US

Mark Snell(Executive Officer)Nathaniel C. Fick(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardDavid Cowan(Director)inChris Darby(Director)Kenneth A. Minihan(Director)Thomas E. Noonan(Director)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersColumbia CapitalGray VenturesKleiner PerkinsMultiplier Capital+13 more

Jamstackjamstack.ioNov 2021 · $105M

Jamstack builds audio hardware for musicians, including an attachable smartphone amplifier, with a focus on making playing, creating, and consuming music more accessible and social.

ConsumerCreator EconomyHardwareMedia & Entertainment

Chris Prendergast(Founder and CEO)

Co-investorsGeorgian Angel NetworkAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersBond Capital ManagementEQT VenturesInsight Partners+3 more

Julia Computingjuliacomputing.comin𝕏Jul 2021 · $24M

Dyad is an AI agent and declarative language for physics-based modeling and simulation, letting engineers describe systems in natural language so the agent researches formulations, derives equations, assembles components, runs simulations, and validates physics.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

Keno Fischer(Co-founder)inDr. Viral Shah(Co-Founder & CEO)Deepak Vinchhi(Co-founder)inStefan Karpinski(Co-founder)inDr. Jeff Bezanson(Co-Founder & CTO)Prof. Alan Edelman(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystIn-Q-TelFounder CollectiveHighsage Ventures

OfferFitofferfit.ai𝕏Sep 2021

BrazeAI Decisioning Studio is an AI platform that helps marketers make personalized 1:1 customer decisions by optimizing channel, offer, creative, and timing across hundreds of customer attributes.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechBoston, US

George Khachatryan(Founder)Victor Kostyuk(Founder)

BoardMike Ghaffary(Director)in

Co-investors515 VenturesAfterWork VenturesAlumni VenturesBlack Nova VCCanvas VenturesCarbide Ventures+4 more

OneGraphonegraph.comin𝕏Nov 2021 · $105Macquired by Netlify

A GraphQL API platform that unifies access to multiple third-party services including social networks, development tools, and payment processors through a single interface.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sean Grove(Founder)inDaniel Woelfel(Founder)in

Co-investorsDig Ventures Management LimitedY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersBond Capital ManagementEQT Ventures+4 more

Photomath (Exit)photomath.com𝕏Feb 2021

Photomath is a mobile app that provides step-by-step math tutoring and explanations to help students understand math concepts.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech

Damir Sabol(Founder)

Co-investorsCherubic VenturesGSV VenturesNimble PartnersGoodwater CapitalLearn CapitalMenlo

Scale AIscale.comin𝕏Apr 2021

Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Alexandr Wang(CEO)inLucy Guo(Founder)inFrancis deSouza(CEO)inTim Dingman(Strategic Product Manager)inCharles Lambert(Web Developer)Jesse Tinsley

Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIspace VenturesAlpana VenturesAlpha Square Group+105 more

Sesamesesame.comin𝕏Jun 2021 · $51M

Sesame builds personal voice AI agents capable of natural conversation, along with hardware devices designed to make them more effective.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US

Brendan Iribe(Founder)inAnkit Kumar(Founder)inRyan Brown(Founder)inNate MitchellinAngela Gaylesin

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMatrixSequoia Capital7percent VenturesA*Abstract Ventures+23 more

Sesamesesamehq.comJun 2021 · $51M

Sesame was an education product serving teachers and students, described as telling the stories that report cards cannot.

EdTech

Co-investorsImagine K12ATW PartnersSequoia CapitalSpark Capital

Sidecar Healthsidecarhealth.cominSeries C · Jan 2021 · $130M

Sidecar Health offers ACA-compliant major medical insurance plans for large employers, providing price transparency and direct access to care through fully insured and self-funded administrative services options.

HealthtechInsurTech

Patrick Quigley(Founder)inVeronica Osetinsky(Founder)inVeronica Gonzalez(Founder)

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonBond Capital ManagementCathay InnovationComcast VenturesDrive CapitalEnsemble VC+7 more

Strata Identitystrata.ioinSeries A · Feb 2021 · $11M

Strata provides identity orchestration software that secures human and agent identities across multiple cloud environments and identity providers without vendor lock-in or application refactoring.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNiwot, US

Eric Olden(Founder)inCarl Eric Leach(Founder)Christopher Marie(Founder)Eric Leach(Founder)Topher Marie(Founder)

BoardRohit Gupta(Director)

Co-investorsTitanium VenturesA'Z AngelsForgePoint CapitalInnovating CapitalNew York Life VenturesPrana Tech Ventures+2 more

Unframefirehydrant.comin𝕏Jun 2021

FireHydrant provides an incident management and reliability platform for enterprises to manage software incidents through collaboration, automation, and transparency.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Daniel Condomitti(Founder)inRobert Ross(Founder)inDylan Nielsen(Founder)

BoardMatthew Murphy(Director)inJonathan Lehr(Director)inMark Lotke(Director)in

Co-investorsHarmony PartnersThird Point VenturesWork-BenchCerca PartnersHighland EuropeJ12 Ventures+3 more

Yellowbrick Datayellowbrick.comin𝕏Series A · Nov 2021 · $75M

Yellowbrick Data provides a secure data analytics platform deployed within customer cloud accounts and on-premises, designed for enterprises that require data security, availability, and granular access control.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Neil Carson(Founder)inMark Brinicombe(Founder)Jim Dawson(Founder)

Co-investorsThird Point VenturesBMW i VenturesGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Next47+5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

DiffuseImmersiveSuperplumTeamflow

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.