Venky Ganesan

Virident Systems, Inc. developed flash-based storage class memory solutions. It offered solid state disks for data-intensive workloads, such as databases, business analytics, simulation, visualization, and computing applications. The firms products included FlashMAX II and Virident vFAS. The company was founded by Kumar Ganapathy, Rajesh Parekh and Vijay Karamcheti in 2006 and was headquartered in Irvine, CA.

BitYota, Inc. provided warehouse-as-a-service for big data analytics. The company was founded by Devesh Patel, Harmeek Singh Bedi and Soren Riise in September 2011 and was headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Unravel Data Systems, Inc. develops software and data operations. Its solutions include APM for Big Data, resource and cost optimization, and cloud migration. The company was founded by Kunal Agarwal and Shivnath Babu in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nominum, Inc. provides web hosting services. It provides network-based solutions and applications powered by DNS and DHCP core engines. The company was founded by Paul Vixie, David R. Conrad and Paul V. Mockapetris in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

REV, Inc. operates department stores.

Globespan Capital Management LLC (Globespan Cap Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Barry J. Schiffman and Andy P. Goldfarb. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

StrongView Systems, Inc. provides cross-channel marketing software solutions. It offers automate email and cross-channel marketing, engaging mobile consumer, monetize customer social media marketing, seamless experience between email and web and coordinate display and email marketing products. The firm also provides strategy, creative, campaign, deliverability and implementation services. It has offices in Brisbane, New York, Redwood City and Slough. The company was founded by Frank Addante and Timothy McQuillen in 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Trigo is the leading provider of Product Information Management software. Trigo Product Center is the first comprehensive Product Information Management solution that allows companies to manage, analyze and deliver comprehensive, relevant and unique product information via multiple channels across and beyond the enterprise, enabling key strategic initiatives such as Global Data Synchronization and RFID

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Microsoft Corp. (India) Pvt Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets Microsoft software products. It offers Windows products, including Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer. It also offers server and tool products, such as Windows, SQL, and Exchange servers; Visual Studio, an integrated development environment to create applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as Web applications and cloud services; Microsoft Azure that offers cloud computing platform and services; Windows I tune for mobile device and application management, and PC management from the cloud; and SharePoint, a team collaboration software tools. Microsoft was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Icon Ventures LLC (Icon Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of JAFCO Group Co Ltd founded in 2003 by Joseph Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Agitar Software, Inc. develops testing technology that is designed to improve software quality and lower development costs. Its customers include Avaya, Bear Stearns, Cisco, EDS, Fujitsu, GE Healthcare, Honeywell, Northrop-Grumman, NTT Data, Siemens Medical and webMethods. Agitar Software was founded by Alberto Savoia and Roongko Doong in June 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

MarketLive, Inc. provides eCommerce strategy solutions. It offers insightful analytics, retail customer relationship management, architecture, eMail marketing and commerce strategy services. The firm provides webinars, eBooks, strategies blog and performance indexes. The company was founded in 2005 by Ken Burke and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Amobee, Inc. operates as a marketing technology company. It provides data driven cross channel digital advertising solutions for agencies, brands, and publishers. The company was founded in June 2005 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

GupShup Technology (India) Pvt Ltd. provides cloud messaging services. It serves Commerce, banking, transportation, hospitality, healthcare, educational and government institutions. The firm's products include SMS, voice call, email, USSD and Data. The Company was founded by Rakesh Mathur, Beerud Sheth, Bradley V. Husick, Viswanath Ramachandran, Milind R. Agarwal and Chirag Jain and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Machine Zone, Inc. develops games and applications for mobile and social-networking platforms. It focuses on creating free-to-play mobile social games. The company was founded by Michael Sherril, Halbert Nakagawa, and Gabriel Leydon in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Poshmark, Inc. is a social marketplace that combines the human connection of a physical shopping experience with the scale, reach, ease, and selection benefits of e-Commerce. The company was founded by Manish Chandra, Gautam Golwala, Chetan Pungaliya, and Tracy Sun in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

A Place for Rover, Inc. provides an online marketplace that connects dog owners with local dog sitters in cities across the United States. Its services include dog boarding, house sitting, drop-in-visits, doggy day care, and dog walking. The company was founded by Greg Gottesman and Philip Kimmey in 2011 and is headquartered in Olympia, WA.

Gild, Inc. provides technology that bringing meritocracy to HR with its innovative recruiting solutions. Its platform is used for automatic interview scheduling and one-click video interviewing. The company was founded by Luca Bonmassar and Sheeroy Desai in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

UpCounsel, Inc. operates as a holding company, which provides a marketplace of attorneys to help small businesses and startups find legal help without hiring a full-service law firm. It works by matching customers with attorneys based on the type of legal help needed, as well as the specialties of the lawyers available. the firm's practice areas include business formation, commercial contracts, employment and labor, immigrations, lawsuits and siputes, non-profit, real estate, trademark and copyright, business operation, debt and bankruptcy, financing, landlord and tenant, leagl research and writing, patents, and tax. UpCounsel was founded by Matthew Faustman, Mason Blake and Touraj Parang in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BitSight Technologies, Inc. offers data analytics and security software. It offers vendor risk management, bench marking, cyber insurance, mergers and acquisitions, enterprise vendor discovery, and national cyber security solutions. The firm's products include BitSight security ratings, discover and sovereign security ratings. The company was founded by Nagarjuna Venna and Stephen Boyer in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Rev.com, Inc. provides online audio, video transcription and document translation services. It also provides marketplace that works with selected freelancers to deliver services to businesses. The company was founded by David Abrameto, Jason M. Chicola, Josh Breinlinger and Paul Huck in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Breather Products, Inc. provides on-demand space for relaxation and other purposes in a network of rooms opened by phone. Its rooms can be used for activities such as brainstorming, strategy sessions, and product sprints. The company was founded by Julien Smith and Caterina Rizzi in August 2013 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

OverOps, Inc. provides cloud computing services. It offers an online debugging solution that comes in lite, pro, and enterprise plans. The firm also develops scala programming and language scripts. The company was founded by Tal Weiss, Iris Shoor, Chen Harel, Dor Levi, and Niv Steingarten in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AppDome, Inc. provides mobile application protection platform. It secures enterprise and consumer-facing apps from cyber threats, mobile fraud, and data theft. The firm?s security solutions used by the financial, healthcare and e-commerce companies to ensure productivity, compliance and security for consumers and employees. The company was founded by Avi Yehuda and Eitan Bauch in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Handle, Inc. operates as a mobile software and cloud services company. It develops context-aware, and collaborative personal and business productivity tools to give people a handle on everything that matters, when it matters. The company was founded by Jonathan McCoy and Shawn Timothy Carolan in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Avi Networks, Inc. provides cloud application delivery platform. It delivers automated application services including load balancing, application analytics, predictive autoscaling, and security for on-premises or public cloud applications. The company was founded by Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah and Ranga Rajagopalan in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Waterline Data Science, Inc. engages in the provision of intelligent data cataloging solutions. It offers sensitive data discovery, self service analytics, metadata management, data lineage, data catalog basics, data rationalization, and data governance. The company was founded by Alexander Gorelik in December 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Dedrone Holdings, Inc. develops identifier of unmanned flying objects. It offers a multi sensor drone detection system, drone tracker, drone software, and applications for drones. The company was founded by Joerg Lamprecht, Rene Seeber and Ingo Seebach in February 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MealPal, Inc. develops an application for a subscription meal services. It allows users to browse meals available at nearby restaurants, filter meals by cuisine and portion size, and preorder the night before or in the morning, choosing a time to pick up their lunch. The company was founded by Mary Biggins and Katie Ghelli in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

StackRox, Inc. develops computer software. The firm's solutions include discover assets, protect cloud workloads and hunt for threats. The company was founded by Sameer Bhalotra and Ali Golshan and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Dedrone Holdings, Inc, Dedrone GmbH is a German company that develops and manufactures multi-sensor systems for the detection of modern civilian drones. The private company is based in Kassel, Germany. The company was founded in 2014 by Ingo Seebach, Jörg Lamprecht, René Seeber. The CEO is Aaditya Devarakonda.

Yellcast, Inc. engages in developing internet connection engine. The company was founded by Venkat Ganesan, Bill Foster & Richard Wright and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Sonrai Security, Inc. operates as a cloud based security company. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Fredericton, Canada.

Strata Identity, Inc engages in the provision of distributed multi-cloud identity solutions to enterprises. Its products include identity fabric, discovery, and orchestrator and connector catalog. The company was founded by Eric Olden, Christopher Marie, and Carl Eric Leach and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Rover Group, Inc. engages in the development and operation of an online marketplace for pet care that connects dog owners with local dog sitters. Its services include dog boarding, in-home pet sitting, doggy daycare, dog walking, drop-in visits, and grooming. The firm builds a platform and mobile app to enable pet parents to discover, book, pay, and review loving pet care providers online and eliminates many of the barriers of pet ownership. The company was founded by Aaron Patrick Easterly on June 16, 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Oak9, Inc. is a cloud-native security company that specializes in finding, analyzing, and remediating cloud infrastructure security and compliance issues in real-time. The company has won several awards, including the Chicago Inno Fire Award and was named a top 15 tech company. The company's proprietary security as code (SAC) blueprints secure cloud-native applications and support over 20 compliance standards out-of-the-box. Oak9 is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and is a startup to watch growing across the United States. Oak9 partners with HashiCorp, AWS, and Microsoft, and actively supports the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Oak9 automates security into cloud infrastructure across the entire software development lifecycle for fast, secure DevOps. The company was founded in 2022 by Aakash Shah and Om Vyas, and the CEO is Raj Datta.

Abnormal Security Corp. engages in the development of a cloud email security platform. Its product and solutions include Microsoft Office365 and G Suite integration. The company was founded by Sanjay Jeyakumar and Evan Reiser in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Menlo Special Opportunities Fund III LP seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of consumer and enterprise technology such as marketplaces, smart cloud infrastructure, SaaS, fintech and cybersecurity. It provides financing for early-growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging more than USD 30 million.