Meritech Capital Partners
Growth equityPalo Alto · Seed–Late Stage · 16 people tracked
Also known as MERITECH SUB-MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Investment thesis
Meritech backs what it calls legendary founders building market leaders in significant markets. The firm operates on a partner-led model, deliberately avoiding separate platform or 'value-add' teams so that partners do the work directly with founders. It favors a low-volume, high-conviction approach, concentrating on a focused set of deep founder relationships built on a shared long-term vision. Since 1999 the firm has made over 200 investments producing more than 60 IPOs, and it emphasizes founder references as the measure of its reputation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 17 of 29 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×9AI & Machine Learning ×7Cybersecurity ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Cloud Computing ×4SaaS ×4Developer Tools ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×18
Investments · 29 tracked
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Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureNew York, US
Olivier Pomel(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)Murat Bicer(Director)Dev Ittycheria(Director)Shardul Shah(Director)
Roblox operates an online platform where users can sign up to create accounts and access games and interactive experiences.
Creator EconomyGamingSocialSan Mateo, US
David Baszucki(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Dennis Durkin(Director)Christopher Carvalho(Director)Anthony Lee(Director)Mark Reinstra(Executive Officer)Gregory Baszucki(Director)
Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data platform that integrates data ingestion, processing, analysis, and AI application development across multiple cloud providers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US
John Walecka(Director)Jeffrey T. Balaguras(Executive Officer)John McMahon(Director)Michael L. Speiser(Director)Matthew Glickman(Executive Officer)Barbara Walkowski(Executive Officer)
Icertis provides AI-native contract intelligence software that helps enterprises automate and optimize contract management to accelerate business execution.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSBellevue, US
Samir Bodas(Co-CEO & Board Chairman)Sanjay Srivastava(Co-CEO & CFO)Todd Smith(Executive Officer)Rajat Bhari(Executive Officer)Paul Madera(Director)Penny Pritzker(Director)
Board seatPaul Madera· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Mar 2025
Campbell, US
John Taylor(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Verhalen(Director)Mark Santora(Director)Paul Madera(Director)Patrick Harr(Executive Officer, Director)Gill Cogan(Director)
Board seatPaul Madera· per SEC Form D · $32.9M raise · filed Jan 2017
Western Digital manufactures data storage and memory products, including hard drives, solid-state drives, and flash memory solutions for consumers and enterprises.
Data & InfrastructureHardwareSan Jose, US
Ian Edmundson(Executive Officer)Rohit Kshetrapal(Executive Officer, Director)Vivek Mehra(Director)Dipender Saluja(Director)Aravinth Babu(Director)Paul Madera(Director)
Board seatPaul Madera· per SEC Form D · $55.2M raise · filed May 2015
Yubico manufactures hardware security keys and authentication solutions that protect user identities and prevent unauthorized access for enterprises and consumers.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHardware<UNKNOWN>
Stina Ehrensvärd(Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder)Jakob Ehrensvärd(Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder)Christopher Harrell(Executive Officer)Mattias Danielsson(Executive Officer)Ramanujam Shriram(Director)Hung Truong(Executive Officer)
Board seatPaul Madera· per SEC Form D · $204.3M raise · filed Oct 2023
Auth0 is an authentication and authorization platform that secures applications, AI agents, and internal tools by providing identity management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and fine-grained access control capabilities.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBellevue, US
Monica Enand(Director)Carlos Eugenio Pace(Executive Officer, Director)Sunil Nagaraj(Director)Jonathan I. Gelsey(Executive Officer, Director)Peter van Hardenberg(Director)Karan Mehandru(Director)
PartnerGeorge Bischof· led
Clay provides a data enrichment and workflow platform that combines first-party, intent, and third-party data from 100+ sources to help sales and growth teams identify and reach target customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Kareem Amin(Founder & CEO)in
Duo provides identity and access security solutions that help organizations detect threats and verify user authentication across their infrastructure.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jon Oberheide(Cofounder)
Fal provides fast inference for generative AI models, particularly for image and video generation tasks like SDXL and Whisper.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Gorkem Yurtseven(Founder & CEO)inBurkay Gur(Founder)in
BoardSteve Jang(Director)Jennifer Li(Director)Glenn Solomon(Director)
Flock Safety provides a platform that connects neighborhoods, businesses, and law enforcement to share verified incident information and enable coordinated emergency response based on shared evidence.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGovTechHardwareSaaSAtlanta, US
Amsterdam
Hillary Ball(Director)Zhenya Loginov(Director)Jorn van Dijk(Executive Officer, Director)Koen Bok(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Clayton(Director)
Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that integrates AI agents to automate business workflows across sales, service, marketing, and other departments, enabling organizations and AI to work collaboratively.
AI & Machine LearningCloud Computing
Marc Benioff(Founder & CEO)
Imperva provides cybersecurity solutions to protect customers from cyberattacks across applications, data, and identities during digital transformation.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US
Kalshi operates a federally regulated futures exchange that allows users to trade contracts based on the outcomes of real-world events, creating a new market for event-based financial derivatives.
FintechNew York City, US
Luana Lopes Lara(Founder)inTarek Mansour(Founder)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)Michael Seibel(Director)Matt Huang(Director)
Looker is an AI-powered business intelligence platform that combines conversational analytics, semantic modeling, and Google Cloud integration to transform raw data into governed, actionable insights for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSanta Cruz, US
William Trenchard(Director)Frank Bien(Executive Officer, Director)Tomasz Tunguz(Director)Lloyd Tabb(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Moran(Executive Officer)Marc Randolph(Director)
Burlingame, US
Elaine Yang(Executive Officer)Bryan Roberts(Director)James Slavet(Director)David Ebersman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bob Kocher(Director)
San Francisco, US
Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Gary Little(Director)Ann Winblad(Director)Steven Collins(Director)
AI company developing a medical search engine used by physicians for clinical decision support.
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Meritech Capital Partners invest at?
- Meritech Capital Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Meritech Capital Partners's typical check size?
- Meritech Capital Partners typically writes checks of $5M – $40M.
- What sectors does Meritech Capital Partners focus on?
- Meritech Capital Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Meritech Capital Partners located?
- Meritech Capital Partners is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Meritech Capital Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Meritech Capital Partners leads investment rounds.
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