Venky Ganesan

Partner

2013 - Current

Managing Director

2013

Early stage investor at Menlo. Very excited to be "venturing right". At Menlo I have led and/or am on the board of the following companies: Avi Networks (www.avinetworks.com) Bitsight Technologies (www.bitsighttech.com) Takipi (www.takipi.com) Rover (rover.com) Gild (gild.com) Machine Zone (www.machinezone.com) Waterline Data (waterlinedata.com)

Managing Director

2013

Board Member

2014

Board Member and Series A Investor

2013

Board Member

2014 - 2023

Past Chair of NVCA

2016 - 2017

Excited to have the opportunity to lead an amazing industry and help entreprenuerial ecosystems all over the US

Board Member

2012 - 2016

Managing Director

1998 - 2012

I am an early stage investor in high technology companies especially software startups. My portfolio at Globespan includes Amobee (www.amobee.com), Bityota (www.bityota.com), Rev (www.rev.com), Gild.com (www.gild.com), Kaminario (www.kaminario.com), Kontera (www.kontera.com), Nominum (www.nominum.com), Marketlive (www.marketlive.com), oDesk (www.odesk.com) Palo Alto Networks (www.paloaltonetworks.com), Redfin (www.redfin.com) and Strongmail (www.strongmail.com). I was previously involved with Sendia which was acquired by Salesforce.com, Jajah which was acquired by Telefonica, Plaxo which was acquired by Comcast, Exeros which was acquired by IBM, and Amobee which was acquired by Singtel. Palo Alto Networks ("PANW") is a public company on the NYSE

Founder

1999 - 2001

Co-founder of an enterprise software startup called Trigo Technologies

Business Analyst

1996 - 1998

Program Manager

1993 - 1994