Menlo Ventures

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionMay 31, 2026 · May 1, 2026

Menlo Ventures backs early-stage technology companies, with a major focus on AI infrastructure and applications across enterprise, healthcare and consumer markets.

Its stated investment areas also include cybersecurity, fintech, robotics, hardware and supply-chain automation. Across these areas, Menlo examines how AI changes both the underlying infrastructure and the products businesses or consumers use.

The Menlo Anthology Fund is a $100 million initiative developed with Anthropic to finance AI startups. Menlo also publishes research on enterprise, consumer and healthcare AI adoption, offering founders evidence about buyer demand and spending in their markets.

Sources
Rounds participated in
4
Confirmed lead rounds
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4 roles undisclosed
New companies
4
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$271M
4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A2
Series B1
Series C+1

By primary sector

AI1
Defense tech1
Enterprise software1
Healthtech1

By country

United States4

Rounds

4 in this selection
OpenRouter

Provides a unified API gateway enabling access, routing, and optimization across 400+ AI models for developers and enterprises

$113MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Nourish

Provides AI-native metabolic health care with dietitians and virtual medical services

$100MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Nectar Social

Provides AI infrastructure for modern marketing

$30MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Heaviside Industries

Builds autonomous precision munitions platforms for air, land, and sea forces

$28MSeries A
Role not disclosed