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Venky Ganesan is the Managing Director at Menlo Ventures. Venky joined Menlo Ventures in 2013 and focuses on investments in the consumer and enterprise sectors.
Venky currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Avi Networks, BitSight, Gild, Machine Zone, Rover, Takipi, UpCounsel and Waterline Data Science.
Prior to joining Menlo, Venky was a Managing Director at Globespan Capital Partners where he was part of the investment team since the firm’s inception. At Globespan, Venky led numerous successful investments including Palo Alto Networks (“PANW), Amobee (Acquired by SingTel for $321 Million), Exeros (Acquired by IBM), Jajah (Acquired by Telefonica for $207 Million), Sendia (Acquired by Salesforce.com), Virident (Acquired by Western Digital for $685 Million) and Trigo (Acquired by IBM). In addition, Venky also led investments or served on the boards of the following private companies: Bityota, Kaminario, Marketlive, Nominum, oDesk, Redfin, Rev, SMSGupshup, and Strongmail. Venky was recognized on the 2013, ’14 and ’15 Forbes Midas List.
Prior to Globespan, Venky was one of the founders of Trigo Technologies and played a critical part in building Trigo into the market leader in the product information management space. IBM acquired the company resulting in a substantial return for all investors.
Venky also previously worked at McKinsey & Co., in the firm’s Los Angeles and Johannesberg offices and at Microsoft where he started his career as a Program Manager.
Venky holds a B.A. degree in Economics-Math from Reed College and a B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science with honors from the California Institute of Technology.
Venky believes strongly in giving back to the community and is chair-elect of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), is Co-President of The India Community Center and a Trustee of Keys School.
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Palo Alto, California, United States, North America
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Board Member
2022 - Current
Cequence Security
Board of Directors
2021 - Current
oak9
Board Member
2021 - Current
Strata Identity
Board of Director
2021 - Current
Abnormal Security
Board Member
2020 - Current
Sonrai Security
Board Member
Invalid date - Current
StackRox
Board Member
2020 - Current
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Venky Ganesan is the Partner and Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Venky Ganesan has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Venky Ganesan studied B.A. Economics & Mathematics @ Reed College. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Sep 27, 2022 | Unravel Data | Series D - Unravel Data | Menlo Ventures | 50.0M |
Oct 12, 2022 | Immersive Labs | Series C - Immersive Labs | Menlo Ventures | 66.0M |
Jan 25, 2023 | Strata Identity | Series B - Strata Identity | Menlo Ventures | 26.0M |
Aug 06, 2024 | Abnormal Security | Series D - Abnormal Security | Menlo Ventures | 250.0M |
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