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Silicon Valley VC Menlo Ventures<\/a> has closed a new $450 million fund to invest primarily in early-stage \u201cconsumer, enterprise and frontier technologies\u201d. The funding brings the firm\u2019s total capital to more than $5 billion under management, while Menlo Ventures says the fund was oversubscribed with both new and existing limited partners.<\/p>\n \u201cMenlo\u2019s emphasis on early-stage investing in our main funds is a strategy that\u2019s working,\u201d says managing director Mark Siegel in a statement. \u201cOur focus is on deep, analytical research in fast-moving core areas like Marketplaces, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS, Fintech and Cybersecurity. We are also digging into new frontier areas that will create massive technological shifts such as artificial intelligence, computational biology, robotics and drone technology.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Sand Hill Road venture firm \u2014 whose investments include Uber, Warby Parker, and Betterment, to name but a few \u2014 has opened a new San Francisco office, where it says the entire team will split their time together between the new office and its Menlo Park HQ. The reasoning: Menlo Ventures wants to be closer to where the action is at, including hosting events and working even closer with the talent it backs. <\/p>\n \u201cOur core team is dedicated to operating within this hub for talent as we expand our Fuel services program, host events, and work together more flexibly and collaboratively than a traditional venture capital firm,\u201d says Menlo Ventures managing director Venky Ganesan in a statement. \u201cThe expansion to San Francisco will strengthen our partnerships with the next generation of entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/p>\n Menlo says it will invest 80 per cent of the \u201cMenlo Ventures XIV\u201d fund in core thesis areas and 20 per cent in frontier technologies, targeting early-stage investments with 50 per cent of the fund going toward seed and Series A deals. Menlo will also continue its allocation of $15 million for the \u201cMenlo Talent Fund,\u201d aimed at promising seed-stage ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/menlogroup_action-2025.jpg?w=680\")
Silicon Valley VC Menlo Ventures has closed a new $450 million fund to invest primarily in early-stage “consumer, enterprise and frontier technologies”. The funding brings the firm’s total capital to more than $5 billion under management, while Menlo Ventures says the fund was oversubscribed with both new and existing limited partners. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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