VG

Venky Ganesan

Impact investor in Iconic Companies

Menlo Park, California

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2013

  • 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

2014 - 2023

  • 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

1998 - 2012

  • 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

1999 - 2001

  • Founder

    1999 - 2001

    Co-founder of an enterprise software startup called Trigo Technologies

1996 - 1998

  • Business Analyst

    1996 - 1998

1993 - 1994

  • Program Manager

    1993 - 1994