Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1976 that provides capital to consumer and technology companies across the United States. It funds seed through growth-stage ventures in sectors including computer hardware, software, big data, fintech, and healthcare, as well as related areas such as life sciences technology and smart cloud infrastructure. Based in San Francisco, the firm pursues a market-driven approach to identify opportunities and supports portfolio companies through multiple stages of development. Menlo Ventures emphasizes backing capital-efficient businesses with potential to disrupt large markets and maintains an active role in the companies it supports, alongside a track record of notable investments in diverse technology and consumer sectors. The firm seeks opportunities in early and growth-stage companies across the technology spectrum and strives to partner with teams delivering innovative products and services.

Michelle Aguinis

Investor

Aunkur Arya

Venture Partner

Croom Beatty

Partner

Sam Borja

Investor

Shawn Carolan

Partner

Past deals in Developer Tools

Goodfire

Series A in 2025
Goodfire is an applied research lab dedicated to advancing humanity's understanding of AI through interpretability. It develops a tooling system that interprets and edits the behavior of generative AI models, reducing the need for costly retraining or trial-and-error prompt engineering. This enables developers to debug AI systems by gaining deep insights into their internal workings.

Graphite

Series B in 2025
Graphite is an open-source tool designed for engineers to write and review smaller pull requests efficiently. It enables teams to create, approve, and ship small, incremental changes seamlessly.

Semgrep

Series D in 2025
Semgrep is a static code analysis platform that helps improve software security and reliability. It scrutinizes and ranks code from the entire software ecosystem to surface vulnerabilities, unsafe patterns, and examples of excellence from tech giants and open source leaders. The platform empowers developers, security teams, and researchers to compare the safety of open source projects, adopt best practices, and pursue secure coding, while facilitating fast software delivery rather than hindering it.

All Hands AI

Seed Round in 2024
All Hands AI is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source artificial intelligence agents for developers. These agents are designed to automate various tasks, such as writing code, running commands, and interacting with the web, thereby helping developers to streamline their workflow and reduce time spent on repetitive tasks. The company prioritizes security and collaborates with AI safety experts to ensure the safe and responsible use of its technology.

Eppo

Series B in 2024
Eppo is a developer of an A/B experimentation and feature management platform designed to make advanced testing accessible to all organizations. The platform facilitates the integration of product, AI, and marketing initiatives with revenue and growth metrics. It offers automated investigations and alerts for bugs, while also analyzing user behavior to enhance decision-making. Eppo's system fosters collaboration across teams by providing annotations, comment feeds, and subscriptions to experiments, enabling businesses to effectively plan, execute, and evaluate their testing initiatives.

Goodfire

Seed Round in 2024
Goodfire is an applied research lab dedicated to advancing humanity's understanding of AI through interpretability. It develops a tooling system that interprets and edits the behavior of generative AI models, reducing the need for costly retraining or trial-and-error prompt engineering. This enables developers to debug AI systems by gaining deep insights into their internal workings.

Unstructured

Series B in 2024
Unstructured is a developer of an open-source data transformation platform that simplifies the process of converting raw data, such as PDFs and Microsoft Office documents, into formats compatible with language models. The platform supports over 25 file types, including PDF, DOC, and PPTX, and offers connectors to various systems like SharePoint, S3, and Databricks. By facilitating effortless data extraction and integration into AI workflows, Unstructured enhances the accessibility of human-generated information, ensuring that it is readily available for generative AI systems. Its modular architecture allows users to incorporate any third-party model, making it a versatile solution for preprocessing natural language data for machine learning applications.

oak9

Series A in 2022
Oak9 is a company specializing in cloud native security solutions. It focuses on integrating security directly into the application design process, allowing developers to maintain fast development cycles while ensuring robust security measures are in place. Oak9's Security as Code platform dynamically secures Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deploys cloud workloads automatically. This approach enables businesses to simplify their application security by providing pre-built building blocks that support various architectures across different cloud providers, ensuring both security and compliance from the outset.

Eppo

Series A in 2022
Eppo is a developer of an A/B experimentation and feature management platform designed to make advanced testing accessible to all organizations. The platform facilitates the integration of product, AI, and marketing initiatives with revenue and growth metrics. It offers automated investigations and alerts for bugs, while also analyzing user behavior to enhance decision-making. Eppo's system fosters collaboration across teams by providing annotations, comment feeds, and subscriptions to experiments, enabling businesses to effectively plan, execute, and evaluate their testing initiatives.

Sleuth

Series A in 2022
Sleuth provides mission control software for teams practicing Continuous Delivery. It offers centralized visibility into software delivery performance using DORA metrics, empowering developers with insights and automation to improve deployment efficiency and predictability.

Edge Delta

Series B in 2022
Edge Delta Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based software for data analysis and security services. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company offers an observability automation platform that enables DevOps, Developer, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to efficiently monitor and manage data without the need to replicate or transmit sensitive datasets. By employing federated learning, Edge Delta's software processes data at the source, enhancing security while providing valuable analytics. The platform captures and shapes data in-flight, automatically detecting anomalies and summarizing log data to identify operational and security incidents. This innovative approach helps clients mitigate blind spots, control costs, and adapt to data growth, moving beyond the limitations of traditional centralized systems.

Harness

Series D in 2022
Harness is a software company that provides a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform designed to automate and streamline the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, the platform offers AI‑driven pipeline automation, real‑time delivery analytics, automated verification, intelligent testing, security orchestration, and cloud cost management. It supports modern cloud environments, containers, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Amazon ECS, enabling engineering and DevOps teams to accelerate deployment cycles, reduce manual effort, and improve software reliability. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on simplifying the process of moving code from artifact to production.

Observable

Series B in 2022
Observable develops a collaborative platform enabling users to code, analyze, and share insights through interactive dashboards. Its platform supports ad-hoc exploratory analysis, custom interaction, and animation, fostering collaboration via forking, suggesting, and merging features.

Netlify

Series D in 2021
Netlify, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that streamlines web development by automating the process of building and deploying web applications. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services including the Netlify platform, which integrates repositories and automates builds and deployments, as well as Netlify Build, a Git workflow for managing modern web projects. Additionally, Netlify provides tools like Netlify Edge, an application delivery network optimized for speed, and Netlify Dev, which allows users to run the platform locally on their laptops. By combining modern web frameworks, serverless functions, and edge computing, Netlify empowers developers and businesses to create high-performance, scalable websites efficiently. The platform is trusted by a range of notable brands, enhancing the way digital experiences are delivered across the web.

Edge Delta

Series A in 2021
Edge Delta Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based software for data analysis and security services. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company offers an observability automation platform that enables DevOps, Developer, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to efficiently monitor and manage data without the need to replicate or transmit sensitive datasets. By employing federated learning, Edge Delta's software processes data at the source, enhancing security while providing valuable analytics. The platform captures and shapes data in-flight, automatically detecting anomalies and summarizing log data to identify operational and security incidents. This innovative approach helps clients mitigate blind spots, control costs, and adapt to data growth, moving beyond the limitations of traditional centralized systems.

oak9

Seed Round in 2021
Oak9 is a company specializing in cloud native security solutions. It focuses on integrating security directly into the application design process, allowing developers to maintain fast development cycles while ensuring robust security measures are in place. Oak9's Security as Code platform dynamically secures Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and deploys cloud workloads automatically. This approach enables businesses to simplify their application security by providing pre-built building blocks that support various architectures across different cloud providers, ensuring both security and compliance from the outset.

Netlify

Series C in 2020
Netlify, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that streamlines web development by automating the process of building and deploying web applications. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services including the Netlify platform, which integrates repositories and automates builds and deployments, as well as Netlify Build, a Git workflow for managing modern web projects. Additionally, Netlify provides tools like Netlify Edge, an application delivery network optimized for speed, and Netlify Dev, which allows users to run the platform locally on their laptops. By combining modern web frameworks, serverless functions, and edge computing, Netlify empowers developers and businesses to create high-performance, scalable websites efficiently. The platform is trusted by a range of notable brands, enhancing the way digital experiences are delivered across the web.

Harness

Series B in 2020
Harness is a software company that provides a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform designed to automate and streamline the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, the platform offers AI‑driven pipeline automation, real‑time delivery analytics, automated verification, intelligent testing, security orchestration, and cloud cost management. It supports modern cloud environments, containers, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Amazon ECS, enabling engineering and DevOps teams to accelerate deployment cycles, reduce manual effort, and improve software reliability. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on simplifying the process of moving code from artifact to production.

Harness

Series B in 2019
Harness is a software company that provides a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform designed to automate and streamline the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, the platform offers AI‑driven pipeline automation, real‑time delivery analytics, automated verification, intelligent testing, security orchestration, and cloud cost management. It supports modern cloud environments, containers, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Amazon ECS, enabling engineering and DevOps teams to accelerate deployment cycles, reduce manual effort, and improve software reliability. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on simplifying the process of moving code from artifact to production.

Rafay Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Rafay Systems develops a platform that enables companies to deploy performance-sensitive workloads closer to end users. Their flagship solution, Programmable Edge, allows businesses to run custom logic at the Internet edge. The company's products facilitate the creation, deployment, operation, monitoring, upgrading, and retirement of Kubernetes clusters across diverse regions, clouds, and environments. Rafay Systems' solutions are utilized in multi-region, multi-cloud, and hybrid app deployments, powering rapid-launch test automation for development and quality assurance, delivering consistent customer experiences, operating SaaS applications in customer environments, reducing DevOps complexity through lifecycle automation, enabling IoT and CX apps in retail settings, modernizing factory operations with IoT and CX apps, and supporting app deployments in 5G/MEC environments. Founded in 2017 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Rafay Systems serves notable clients such as Verizon, MoneyGram, and Guardant Health.

Harness

Series A in 2017
Harness is a software company that provides a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform designed to automate and streamline the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, the platform offers AI‑driven pipeline automation, real‑time delivery analytics, automated verification, intelligent testing, security orchestration, and cloud cost management. It supports modern cloud environments, containers, and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Amazon ECS, enabling engineering and DevOps teams to accelerate deployment cycles, reduce manual effort, and improve software reliability. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company focuses on simplifying the process of moving code from artifact to production.

OverOps

Series C in 2017
OverOps, Inc. is a software company that specializes in online application monitoring and error analysis. Founded in 2011 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, OverOps provides a cloud-based platform that enables developers to identify and resolve production errors in real-time. The platform analyzes backend applications built with Java or .NET, allowing developers to receive detailed insights into exceptions, log errors, and performance slowdowns as they occur. By delivering the complete source code and variable states associated with critical errors, OverOps helps developers understand when and why issues arise, facilitating swift resolutions and optimized software performance. The company was previously known as Takipi Ltd. before rebranding in August 2016.

OverOps

Series B in 2016
OverOps, Inc. is a software company that specializes in online application monitoring and error analysis. Founded in 2011 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, OverOps provides a cloud-based platform that enables developers to identify and resolve production errors in real-time. The platform analyzes backend applications built with Java or .NET, allowing developers to receive detailed insights into exceptions, log errors, and performance slowdowns as they occur. By delivering the complete source code and variable states associated with critical errors, OverOps helps developers understand when and why issues arise, facilitating swift resolutions and optimized software performance. The company was previously known as Takipi Ltd. before rebranding in August 2016.

Appdome

Series A in 2015
Appdome Ltd. is a mobile application protection and integration solutions provider based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in enhancing the security, compliance, and productivity of mobile applications across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. Its flagship product, the AppFusion platform, allows mobile developers and enterprise mobility professionals to seamlessly integrate third-party functionalities into existing apps without the need for coding. Appdome's Software-as-a-Service offerings encompass a range of solutions, including mobile app security, enterprise access, authentication, identity management, and threat defense. By enabling rapid integration and streamlining mobile development processes, Appdome aims to protect applications from cyber threats and data breaches while facilitating efficient enterprise mobility projects.

NodePrime

Seed Round in 2015
NodePrime is a developer of data center infrastructure software that caters to service providers, SaaS companies, and online gaming enterprises. The company specializes in providing infrastructure platforms designed to support the reliable operation of extensive IT infrastructures, particularly those involving massive cloud deployments that encompass thousands of nodes. By focusing on scalability and efficiency, NodePrime enables its clients to manage their complex technological needs effectively.

OverOps

Series A in 2013
OverOps, Inc. is a software company that specializes in online application monitoring and error analysis. Founded in 2011 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, OverOps provides a cloud-based platform that enables developers to identify and resolve production errors in real-time. The platform analyzes backend applications built with Java or .NET, allowing developers to receive detailed insights into exceptions, log errors, and performance slowdowns as they occur. By delivering the complete source code and variable states associated with critical errors, OverOps helps developers understand when and why issues arise, facilitating swift resolutions and optimized software performance. The company was previously known as Takipi Ltd. before rebranding in August 2016.

NodePrime

Seed Round in 2013
NodePrime is a developer of data center infrastructure software that caters to service providers, SaaS companies, and online gaming enterprises. The company specializes in providing infrastructure platforms designed to support the reliable operation of extensive IT infrastructures, particularly those involving massive cloud deployments that encompass thousands of nodes. By focusing on scalability and efficiency, NodePrime enables its clients to manage their complex technological needs effectively.

Stretch

Series B in 2009
Stretch, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing and supplying software configurable processors and development tools tailored for compute-intensive applications. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Tokyo and Krefeld, the company offers a range of products including channel DVR add-in cards, channel capture cards, and DVR capture cards, which facilitate video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression. Stretch also provides the Stretch Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an intuitive platform that integrates various development tools such as compilers and debuggers, enabling efficient programming and system configuration. Additionally, the company offers reference design kits for product evaluation and the Intelligent Encoder software development kit, designed for video processing and compression. Stretch's products are utilized across diverse sectors, including security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging.

Stretch

Series B in 2008
Stretch, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing and supplying software configurable processors and development tools tailored for compute-intensive applications. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Tokyo and Krefeld, the company offers a range of products including channel DVR add-in cards, channel capture cards, and DVR capture cards, which facilitate video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression. Stretch also provides the Stretch Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an intuitive platform that integrates various development tools such as compilers and debuggers, enabling efficient programming and system configuration. Additionally, the company offers reference design kits for product evaluation and the Intelligent Encoder software development kit, designed for video processing and compression. Stretch's products are utilized across diverse sectors, including security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging.

Stretch

Series B in 2007
Stretch, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing and supplying software configurable processors and development tools tailored for compute-intensive applications. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Tokyo and Krefeld, the company offers a range of products including channel DVR add-in cards, channel capture cards, and DVR capture cards, which facilitate video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression. Stretch also provides the Stretch Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an intuitive platform that integrates various development tools such as compilers and debuggers, enabling efficient programming and system configuration. Additionally, the company offers reference design kits for product evaluation and the Intelligent Encoder software development kit, designed for video processing and compression. Stretch's products are utilized across diverse sectors, including security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging.

Sequence Design

Venture Round in 2007
Sequence Design, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on power and signal integrity for system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Founded in 1995 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company specializes in a range of tools that enhance power efficiency and integrity in SoC designs. Its offerings include the Power-Aware SoC Design Flow, which supports power-aware design from the system level to signoff, and a suite of tools known as PowerTheater that improves power efficiency. Additionally, Sequence Design provides Columbus-RLC Extraction for nanometer designs, Columbus-Turbo for standard-cell designs, Columbus-AMS for analog extraction, and CoolTime, which allows for concurrent analysis of various electrical integrity aspects in nanometer SoC designs. The company's tools cater to designers in sectors such as wireless, graphics, mobile computing, networking, and ASIC markets. Sequence Design was previously known as Frequency Technology, Inc. and adopted its current name in January 2000. As of August 2009, it operates as a subsidiary of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.

Stretch

Series A in 2006
Stretch, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing and supplying software configurable processors and development tools tailored for compute-intensive applications. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Tokyo and Krefeld, the company offers a range of products including channel DVR add-in cards, channel capture cards, and DVR capture cards, which facilitate video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression. Stretch also provides the Stretch Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an intuitive platform that integrates various development tools such as compilers and debuggers, enabling efficient programming and system configuration. Additionally, the company offers reference design kits for product evaluation and the Intelligent Encoder software development kit, designed for video processing and compression. Stretch's products are utilized across diverse sectors, including security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging.

Sequence Design

Venture Round in 2005
Sequence Design, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on power and signal integrity for system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Founded in 1995 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company specializes in a range of tools that enhance power efficiency and integrity in SoC designs. Its offerings include the Power-Aware SoC Design Flow, which supports power-aware design from the system level to signoff, and a suite of tools known as PowerTheater that improves power efficiency. Additionally, Sequence Design provides Columbus-RLC Extraction for nanometer designs, Columbus-Turbo for standard-cell designs, Columbus-AMS for analog extraction, and CoolTime, which allows for concurrent analysis of various electrical integrity aspects in nanometer SoC designs. The company's tools cater to designers in sectors such as wireless, graphics, mobile computing, networking, and ASIC markets. Sequence Design was previously known as Frequency Technology, Inc. and adopted its current name in January 2000. As of August 2009, it operates as a subsidiary of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.

Sequence Design

Venture Round in 2002
Sequence Design, Inc. is a provider of software solutions focused on power and signal integrity for system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Founded in 1995 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company specializes in a range of tools that enhance power efficiency and integrity in SoC designs. Its offerings include the Power-Aware SoC Design Flow, which supports power-aware design from the system level to signoff, and a suite of tools known as PowerTheater that improves power efficiency. Additionally, Sequence Design provides Columbus-RLC Extraction for nanometer designs, Columbus-Turbo for standard-cell designs, Columbus-AMS for analog extraction, and CoolTime, which allows for concurrent analysis of various electrical integrity aspects in nanometer SoC designs. The company's tools cater to designers in sectors such as wireless, graphics, mobile computing, networking, and ASIC markets. Sequence Design was previously known as Frequency Technology, Inc. and adopted its current name in January 2000. As of August 2009, it operates as a subsidiary of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.
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