Brian Melton
InvestorFounderManaging Director at Tenaya Capital · Board director at Revinate
Portola Valley, California, United States
FoundedRevinate
About
Co-founder of Tenaya Capital who focuses on enterprise investments spanning infrastructure and application software. He previously was a partner at Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS from Wake Forest University.
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Board director at Revinate
Intro paths
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Revinate's investors · 3
Co-founders at Revinate
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Marc HeynekerCo-founder; former CEO; Chairman
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Jay (John B.) Ashton Jr.Co-founder and original Chief Executive Officer
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James HornthalDirector
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Bryson KoehlerChief Executive Officer
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Raj SinghChief Strategy Officer after Go Moment acquisition
Experience
- Tenaya CapitalManaging Directorcurrent2000 — present
- LeanData, Inc.Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- OptimizelyInvestorcurrent2015 — present
- RevinateBoard Membercurrent2015 — present
- ValimailBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
- ZuoraInvestorcurrent2008 — present
- CloudPassageBoard Member2012 — 2021
- Instart LogicBoard Member2013 — 2020
- CaprizaBoard Observer2014 — 2019
- Active-Semi InternationalBoard Member2006 — 2019
- VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.Board Observer2007 — 2018
- RightScaleInvestor2010 — 2018
- Wavefront Inc.Board Member2016 — 2017
- Lithium TechnologiesBoard Observer2009 — 2017
- Bluebox SecurityBoard Member2014 — 2016
- HortonworksBoard Observer2013 — 2014
- New Relic, Inc.Board Observer2010 — 2014
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)1998 — 2000
- Wake Forest UniversityBachelor's Degree1990 — 1994
Colleagues at Tenaya Capital
Benjamin Boyer
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Brian Paul
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Dave Markland
CFO and Administrative Partner at Tenaya Capital
Michelle Elston
Vice President, Administration at Tenaya Capital
Stewart Gollmer
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Tina Wang
Vice President, Finance at Tenaya Capital
Tom Banahan
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Network9
Peter FentonScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Ajay AgarwalScout
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Ashvin BachireddyScout
Managing Partner - Growth at SV Angel
James ChamScout
Partner at Bloomberg Beta
Peter LevineScout
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Benjamin Boyer
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Brian Paul
Partner at Tenaya Capital
David Hartwig
Operating Partner at Sapphire Ventures
Stewart Gollmer
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Investors connected to Brian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Brian Melton work?
- Brian Melton is Managing Director at Tenaya Capital and Founder at Revinate.
- What does Brian Melton invest in?
- Brian Melton invests in Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What companies did Brian Melton found?
- Brian Melton founded Revinate.
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