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Matt Murphy

Partner

SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Fintech, Supply Chain + Automation, AI

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Matt is a partner at Menlo Ventures and invests multi-stage across SaaS (AI-first, vertical apps, DevOps, API platforms) and robotics. Since joining Menlo in 2015, Matt has led investments in Airbase, Alloy.AI, Benchling, 6 River Systems (acquired by Shopify), Canvas, Clarifai, Carta, Envoy, Finch, FireHydrant, Harness, Heap Analytics, HOVER, Netlify, Observable, Relyance AI, Scout RFP (acquired by Workday), Sleuth, Usermind (acquired by Qualtrics), Veriflow (acquired by VMware), Vivun, and Zylo. He also serves as a board member at Egnyte and a board observer at Datastax.

Previously, Matt was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for over 15 years. In addition to Egnyte and Datastax, he was also an observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), launched the iFund in ’08 (a collaborative initiative with Apple to build the defining iOS apps), sourced the firm’s investment in DocuSign, and led investments in Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Noom, Puppet (acquired by Perforce in 2022), SessionM (acquired by Mastercard in 2019), Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn in 2019), Shazam (acquired by Apple in 2018), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B in 2017), Simplivity (acquired by HPE for $650M in 2017), PernixData (acquired by Nutanix in 2016), Shopkick (acquired by SK Planet 2014), Aerohive Networks (NASDAQ: HIVE, 2014), Ocarina Networks (acquired by Dell in 2010), and AutoNavi (NASDAQ: AMAP, 2010).

Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Matt worked at data networking startup Netboost (acquired by Intel), where he led product management; and, prior to that, at Sun Microsystems, where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a product line manager for networking platforms. Matt holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as the vice chairman of the Stanford University Engineering Venture Fund and is co-chair of the computer science committee on the Board of Visitors at Duke University.

Matt is a partner at Menlo Ventures and invests multi-stage across SaaS (AI-first, vertical apps, DevOps, API platforms) and robotics. Since joining Menlo in 2015, Matt has led investments in Airbase, Alloy.AI, Benchling, 6 River Systems (acquired by Shopify), Canvas, Clarifai, Carta, Envoy, Finch, FireHydrant, Harness, Heap Analytics, HOVER, Netlify, Observable, Relyance AI, Scout RFP (acquired by Workday), Sleuth, Usermind (acquired by Qualtrics), Veriflow (acquired by VMware), Vivun, and Zylo. He also serves as a board member at Egnyte and a board observer at Datastax.

Previously, Matt was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for over 15 years. In addition to Egnyte and Datastax, he was also an observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), launched the iFund in ’08 (a collaborative initiative with Apple to build the defining iOS apps), sourced the firm’s investment in DocuSign, and led investments in Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Noom, Puppet (acquired by Perforce in 2022), SessionM (acquired by Mastercard in 2019), Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn in 2019), Shazam (acquired by Apple in 2018), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B in 2017), Simplivity (acquired by HPE for $650M in 2017), PernixData (acquired by Nutanix in 2016), Shopkick (acquired by SK Planet 2014), Aerohive Networks (NASDAQ: HIVE, 2014), Ocarina Networks (acquired by Dell in 2010), and AutoNavi (NASDAQ: AMAP, 2010).

Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Matt worked at data networking startup Netboost (acquired by Intel), where he led product management; and, prior to that, at Sun Microsystems, where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a product line manager for networking platforms. Matt holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as the vice chairman of the Stanford University Engineering Venture Fund and is co-chair of the computer science committee on the Board of Visitors at Duke University.

How to Build A Winning Sales Strategy: Lessons from Harness CRO Carlos Delatorre
February, 21 2024
Menlo’s Investment in True Anomaly: A Defense Prime for Space
December, 12 2023
Our Investment in Anthropic: The Foundation Layer for Generative AI
May, 23 2023
Our Investment in Canvas
April, 15 2021
Life Science Is Being Transformed by Vertical SaaS
April, 14 2021
Clarifai: Bringing AI to the Masses
October, 25 2016
The Rise of APIs
May, 23 2016
How to Build A Winning Sales Strategy: Lessons from Harness CRO Carlos Delatorre
February, 21 2024,
Menlo’s Investment in True Anomaly: A Defense Prime for Space
December, 12 2023,
The Rise of APIs
May, 23 2016,

Investments

Our Portfolio
Anthropic logo
Anthropic logo

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Milestones
  • 2021 Founded
  • 2023 Partnered, Series C
benchling
benchling

Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform helping the next generation of scientists make breakthrough discoveries faster than ever before.

Milestones
  • 2012 Founded
  • 2019 Partnered, Series C
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Carta is a software platform for founders, investors, and employees to manage cap tables, equity, and ownership.

Milestones
  • 2012 Founded
  • 2017 Partnered, Series C
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harness
harness

Harness’ Continuous-Delivery-as-a-Service platform enables every software engineering team in the world to deliver code reliably, efficiently and quickly to their users.

Milestones
  • 2016 Founded
  • 2017 Partnered, Series A
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hover

HOVER transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate, interactive 3D model, giving homeowners the power to unlock the true potential of their largest economic asset.

Milestones
  • 2011 Founded
  • 2019 Partnered, Series C
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scoutAcquired by Workday
scout

Scout RFP provides cloud-based strategic sourcing solutions that help companies streamline supplier selection, centralize data, and make more informed purchasing decisions, faster.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2017 Partnered, Series A
  • 2019 Acquired by Workday
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True Anomaly logo
True Anomaly logo

True Anomaly is a deep technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space.

Milestones
  • 2022 Founded
  • 2023 Partnered, Series B
True Anomaly graphic

Typeface is an enterprise-grade generative AI app to create engaging, personalized content faster and easier than ever before.

Milestones
  • 2022 Founded
  • 2023 Partnered, Series A

6 River Systems is a fulfillment solutions provider making warehouses more efficient with autonomous mobile robots and AI.

Milestones
  • 2015 Founded
  • 2018 Partnered, Series B
  • 2019 Acquired by Shopify
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6 River Systems
6 River Systems is a fulfillment solutions provider making warehouses more efficient with autonomous mobile robots and AI.
Acquired by Shopify
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Airbase is a spend management platform for small and midsize companies. It automates accounting and operational workflows for a faster close, real-time reporting, and a consistent platform experience for all non-payroll spend.

Milestones
  • 2017 Founded
  • 2021 Partnered, Series B
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Airbase
Airbase is a spend management platform for small and midsize companies. It automates accounting and operational workflows for a faster close, real-time reporting, and a consistent platform experience for all non-payroll spend.
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Alloy is an intelligent supply and demand synchronization platform purpose-built for companies that make, move, and sell goods.

Milestones
  • 2016 Founded
  • 2018 Partnered, Series A
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Alloy
Alloy is an intelligent supply and demand synchronization platform purpose-built for companies that make, move, and sell goods.
alloy

AppDynamics provides a full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) platform.

Milestones
  • 2017 Acquired
AppDynamics
AppDynamics provides a full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) platform.
Acquired by Cisco

AutoNavi is a Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based services provider.

Milestones
  • 2010 IPO
AutoNavi
AutoNavi is a Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based services provider.
NASDAQ: AMAP

Canvas is a construction robotics company that uses machine learning to install drywall at construction sites.

Milestones
  • 2017 Founded
  • 2021 Partnered, Series B
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Canvas
Canvas is a construction robotics company that uses machine learning to install drywall at construction sites.
canvas

Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses and developers alike.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2016 Partnered, Series B
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Clarifai
Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that excels in visual recognition, solving real-world problems for businesses and developers alike.
clarifai

Cleanlab provides no-code, automated data curation for LLMs and the modern AI stack.

Milestones
  • 2021 Founded
  • 2023 Partnered, Series A
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Cleanlab
Cleanlab provides no-code, automated data curation for LLMs and the modern AI stack.
Cleanlab logo

DataStax is scale-out NoSQL built on Apache Cassandra™. Handle any workload with zero downtime, zero lock-in and at global scale.

Milestones
  • 2010 Founded
DataStax
DataStax is scale-out NoSQL built on Apache Cassandra™. Handle any workload with zero downtime, zero lock-in and at global scale.

DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements.

Milestones
  • 2018 IPO
DocuSign
DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements.
NASDAQ: DOCU

Drawbridge used artificial intelligence to learn more about customers and target audiences.

Milestones
  • 2019 Acquired
Drawbridge
Drawbridge used artificial intelligence to learn more about customers and target audiences.
Acquired by LinkedIn

Earli’s mission is to make cancer a benign experience, by catching and curing it early.

Milestones
  • 2018 Founded
  • 2021 Partnered, Series A
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Earli
Earli’s mission is to make cancer a benign experience, by catching and curing it early.
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Egnyte provides secure enterprise file sharing, intelligent content services, and collaboration solutions.

Egnyte
Egnyte provides secure enterprise file sharing, intelligent content services, and collaboration solutions.

From visitors to meeting rooms, Envoy is redefining how people, places, and technology work together with desk booking, schedule sharing, health checks, and more.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2017 Partnered, Series B
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Envoy
From visitors to meeting rooms, Envoy is redefining how people, places, and technology work together with desk booking, schedule sharing, health checks, and more.

Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.

Milestones
  • 2020 Founded
  • 2020 Partnered, Seed
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Finch
Finch allows applications to access data and make changes across payroll and HR systems through a single API.
finch

FireHydrant builds tools that modern operations teams are using to respond to complex problems in their globally distributed applications.

Milestones
  • 2018 Founded
  • 2020 Partnered, Series A
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FireHydrant
FireHydrant builds tools that modern operations teams are using to respond to complex problems in their globally distributed applications.
FireHydrant logo

Heap is a digital insights platform that combines quantitative and qualitative analytics for a 360º degree view of your customer journey.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2016 Partnered, Series A
  • 2023 Acquired by Contentsquare
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Heap
Heap is a digital insights platform that combines quantitative and qualitative analytics for a 360º degree view of your customer journey.
Acquired by Contentsquare

Levelpath is a next-gen procurement platform with an AI- and mobile-first approach that streamlines workflows and approvals for enterprises of all sizes.

Milestones
  • 2022 Founded
  • 2023 Partnered, Series A
Levelpath
Levelpath is a next-gen procurement platform with an AI- and mobile-first approach that streamlines workflows and approvals for enterprises of all sizes.
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Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects at global scale—without servers, devops, or costly infrastructure.

Milestones
  • 2014 Founded
  • 2020 Partnered, Series C
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Netlify
Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects at global scale—without servers, devops, or costly infrastructure.
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Observable is a web-based platform for data visualization, exploration, socialization, publication and collaboration.

Milestones
  • 2016 Founded
  • 2021 Partnered, Series B
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Observable
Observable is a web-based platform for data visualization, exploration, socialization, publication and collaboration.
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PernixData was a premier software platform for scale-out storage acceleration.

Milestones
  • 2012 Founded
  • 2014 Partnered, Series C
  • 2016 Acquired by Nutanix
PernixData
PernixData was a premier software platform for scale-out storage acceleration.
Acquired by Nutanix
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Puppet automates the delivery and operation of the software that powers some of the biggest brands in the world.

Milestones
  • 2022 Acquired
Puppet
Puppet automates the delivery and operation of the software that powers some of the biggest brands in the world.
Acquired by Perforce

Relyance AI provides a complete privacy, data governance, and compliance solution to manage all operations seamlessly on a single, intuitive platform.

Milestones
  • 2020 Founded
  • 2021 Partnered, Series A
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Relyance AI
Relyance AI provides a complete privacy, data governance, and compliance solution to manage all operations seamlessly on a single, intuitive platform.
relyance

SessionM’s customer engagement and loyalty platform empowers the world’s most innovative brands—including retailers, airlines, restaurants and CPG companies—to forge stronger and more profitable consumer relationships.

Milestones
  • 2019 Acquired
SessionM
SessionM’s customer engagement and loyalty platform empowers the world’s most innovative brands—including retailers, airlines, restaurants and CPG companies—to forge stronger and more profitable consumer relationships.
Acquired by Mastercard

Shazam is a smartphone app that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows based on a short audio sample.

Milestones
  • 2018 Acquired
Shazam
Shazam is a smartphone app that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows based on a short audio sample.
Acquired by Apple

Shopkick is a shopping app that offers users rewards for shopping activities both online and in store, such as entering stores, scanning items, making purchases, and submitting receipts.

Milestones
  • 2014 Acquired
Shopkick
Shopkick is a shopping app that offers users rewards for shopping activities both online and in store, such as entering stores, scanning items, making purchases, and submitting receipts.
Acquired by SK Planet

SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads.

Milestones
  • 2008 Founded
  • 2017 Acquired
SimpliVity
SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads.
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard

Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to provide consumer loans using non-traditional variables, such as education and employment, to predict creditworthiness.

Milestones
  • 2020 IPO
Upstart
Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to provide consumer loans using non-traditional variables, such as education and employment, to predict creditworthiness.
NASDAQ: UPST

Usermind provides the first unified platform for automating and orchestrating business operations (BizOps). With Usermind, companies can define and automate all aspects of their customer lifecycles to improve revenue, retention, and profitability.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2015 Partnered, Series B
  • 2021 Acquired by Qualtrics
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Usermind
Usermind provides the first unified platform for automating and orchestrating business operations (BizOps). With Usermind, companies can define and automate all aspects of their customer lifecycles to improve revenue, retention, and profitability.
Acquired by Qualtrics
usermind

Veriflow brought formal verification to network infrastructure for the first time. Veriflow predicted outages before they impacted the business, and vulnerabilities before they were exploited, allowing IT teams to operate secure and resilient networks.

Milestones
  • 2013 Founded
  • 2016 Partnered, Series A
  • 2019 Acquired by VMware
Veriflow
Veriflow brought formal verification to network infrastructure for the first time. Veriflow predicted outages before they impacted the business, and vulnerabilities before they were exploited, allowing IT teams to operate secure and resilient networks.
Acquired by VMware
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Hero by Vivun is the world’s first AI-powered platform for presales leadership, unleashing their strategic potential and creating a seamless interlock between sales and product.

Milestones
  • 2018 Founded
  • 2020 Partnered, Series B
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Vivun
Hero by Vivun is the world’s first AI-powered platform for presales leadership, unleashing their strategic potential and creating a seamless interlock between sales and product.
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Zylo is the enterprise SaaS management and optimization platform that unlocks the full potential of SaaS for buyers, suppliers, and users.

Milestones
  • 2016 Founded
  • 2019 Partnered, Series B
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Zylo
Zylo is the enterprise SaaS management and optimization platform that unlocks the full potential of SaaS for buyers, suppliers, and users.
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