41 investors have funded 8 HRTech companies head-officed in Menlo Park, across 48 rounds (Jun 2011 – Jul 2024). They are ranked by how many Menlo Park companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Menlo Park" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storm Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Feb 2015 | 151 |
| 2 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2019 | 1,988 |
| 3 | New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2015 | 1,110 |
| 4 | Georgian | Toronto, Canada | Series B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2022 | 76 |
| 5 | IDG Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2015 | 88 |
| 6 | GreatPoint Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 77 |
| 7 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Sunnyvale, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 934 |
| 8 | Alumni Ventures | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2020 | 607 |
| 9 | Gaingels | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 506 |
| 10 | 8VC | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 324 |
| 11 | Liquid 2 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 309 |
| 12 | Meritech | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2015 | 184 |
| 13 | GSR Ventures | Beijing, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 125 |
| 14 | Franklin Templeton Investments | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 140 |
| 15 | BMW i Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2016 | 82 |
| 16 | Accenture | Dublin, Ireland | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 109 |
| 17 | Advancit Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2016 | 87 |
| 18 | Afore Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 82 |
| 19 | South Park Commons | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 76 |
| 20 | Signia Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 68 |
| 21 | Playground Global | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2018 | 67 |
| 22 | Sand Hill Angels | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 81 |
| 23 | Bank of America | Charlotte, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 80 |
| 24 | Ridge Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2014 | 69 |
| 25 | IA Capital Group | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 56 |
| 26 | Seraph Group | Tampa, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2011 | 58 |
| 27 | Workday Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 49 |
| 28 | Prologis | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2020 | 31 |
| 29 | Arsenal Growth Equity | Winter Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2020 | 27 |
| 30 | Spring Lake Equity Partners | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2023 | 25 |
| 31 | Sierra Angels | Reno, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 20 |
| 32 | Audacious Ventures | Auckland, New Zealand | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 17 |
| 33 | NFL | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 9 |
| 34 | PrimeSet | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 8 |
| 35 | Will Group | Tokyo, Japan | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 6 |
| 36 | Gravity Ranch | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 5 |
| 37 | Talent Equity Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 5 |
| 38 | General Purpose Venture Capital | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | 3 |
| 39 | Aquinas Companies | Houston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2011 | 2 |
| 40 | republic | South Africa | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 1 |
| 41 | IARS | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
HRTech companies head-officed in Menlo Park that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strivr strivr.com |
13 | 15 | $356M | Series B Apr 2022 |
| Tezi tezi.ai |
6 | 6 | $54M | Seed Jul 2024 |
| Sparta Science spartascience.com |
6 | 6 | $41.2M | Series B Apr 2023 |
| GuideSpark guidespark.com |
5 | 9 | $143.9M | Series C Feb 2015 |
| VCV vcv.ai |
4 | 5 | $5.1M | Seed Apr 2019 |
| SkillMil skillmil.com |
4 | 4 | $3.4M | Seed Jun 2017 |
| Vivecoach vivecoach.com |
2 | 2 | $3M | Seed Jun 2011 |
| Learnswell learnswell.io |
1 | 1 | $3M |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | Liquid 2 Ventures | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Jul 2024 | Audacious VenturesLED | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Jul 2024 | Afore Capital | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Jul 2024 | 8VCLED | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Jul 2024 | PrimeSet | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Jul 2024 | South Park Commons | Tezi | Seed | $9M |
| Apr 2023 | General Purpose Venture Capital | Sparta Science | Series B | — |
| Apr 2023 | Spring Lake Equity PartnersLED | Sparta Science | Series B | — |
| Apr 2023 | IA Capital GroupLED | Sparta Science | Series B | — |
| Apr 2022 | Gaingels | Strivr | Series B | $35M |
| Apr 2022 | GeorgianLED | Strivr | Series B | $35M |
| Apr 2022 | Accenture | Strivr | Series B | $35M |
| Apr 2022 | Bank of America | Strivr | Series B | $35M |
| Apr 2022 | Workday Ventures | Strivr | Series B | $35M |
| Mar 2020 | Franklin Templeton InvestmentsLED | Strivr | Series B | $30M |
| Mar 2020 | PrologisLED | Strivr | Series B | $30M |
| Mar 2020 | GreatPoint Ventures | Strivr | Series B | $30M |
| Mar 2020 | Alumni Ventures | Strivr | Series B | $30M |
| Mar 2020 | GeorgianLED | Strivr | Series B | $30M |
| Mar 2020 | Arsenal Growth Equity | Sparta Science | Series B | $17.1M |
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