Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy is a partner at Menlo Ventures, where he invests across AI infrastructure and AI-native software. He leads the firm's investments in companies including Anthropic, Lovable, Legora, OpenRouter, Carta, Benchling, and Netlify. He previously spent 15 years as a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where he sourced investments in DocuSign, Shazam, and AppDynamics. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University.
“Menlo wrote an initial $10M+ check at a $4B valuation pre-revenue”
Source→“The traditional venture requirement of owning 15-20% to drive returns is obsolete when outcomes have scaled to hundreds of billions”
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