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
1600 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
839 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
479 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Network
400 CONNECTIONS
Mckinsey & Company Network
321 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Menlo Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$8.0M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$12.0M
Investments On Record
91
Current Fund Size
$500M

Venky Ganesan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Venky Ganesan's Investments On Record (46)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cheiron
SeedJul 2026$8M
$8M
Aurascape
Series AApr 2025$50M
$63M
Co-investors: Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund)
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: Ramneek Gupta (Battery Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Omar El-Ayat (Euclid Ventures), Dovi Frances (Group 11), Melissa Krinzman (Krillion Ventures), Oren Zeev (Zeev Ventures), Oren Dobronsky (Dobronsky Capital), Todd Kimmel (Montage Ventures), Jason Stomel (Menlo Capital Partners), Richard Melmon (Bullpen Capital), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), David Wu (Maveron), Lydia Jett (10x Genomics), 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), Asheem Chandna (Greylock), JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures)
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: Jonathan Rosenbaum (Insight Partners), Ryan Hinkle (Insight Partners), Chris Adelsbach (Black Tip Capital), Arvind Purushotham (Citigroup), Dave Palmer (Ten Eleven Ventures)
Unravel Data
Series DSep 2022$50M
Series CMay 2019$35M
Series BJan 2018$15M
Series ASep 2016$7M
$110M
Co-investors: Glenn Solomon (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Robert Schwartz (Third Point Ventures), Curtis McKee (Third Point LLC)

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