Alex Clayton
General Partner
Meritech Capital Partners
Alex Clayton is a general partner at Meritech Capital who helps lead the firm’s enterprise software, infrastructure, and fintech practices.
Bio
Professional summary
Arsham Memarzadeh joined Meritech in 2025 and helps lead the firm’s enterprise software and infrastructure practices. Before Meritech, he spent six years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he helped lead the firm’s growth investing practice. Meritech’s profile says he was responsible for investments in Wiz, Chainguard, Personio, Verkada, ClickUp, Axonius, Enable, Payhawk, and Spiff. Earlier, he worked at OpenView Venture Partners sourcing and executing early and growth-stage enterprise software investments.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
GrowthEarly stageSeries B and later
Sector
Enterprise softwareInfrastructureCybersecuritySaaSAI infrastructure
Thesis
Enterprise software growth investingInfrastructure softwareSecurity and developer infrastructure
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
WizChainguardPersonioVerkadaClickUpAxoniusEnablePayhawkSpifffaln8nTrue Anomaly
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a high-growth enterprise software or infrastructure story and show why the company can compound into a category leader. Arsham’s background suggests a strong fit for founders building software with technical depth, enterprise pull, and room for growth-stage scale.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his recent move to Meritech in 2025.
- 2Connect the pitch to his Lightspeed track record with Wiz, Chainguard, Axonius, Verkada, ClickUp, and Personio.
- 3Mention infrastructure or AI-adjacent current companies such as fal, n8n, or True Anomaly if relevant.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Meritech profile says he joined the firm in 2025.
Meritech profile lists current companies including ClickUp, David AI, fal, n8n, Owner, Personio, True Anomaly, and Verkada.
fal announced a $125 million Series C led by Meritech and said Arsham Memarzadeh would join its board.
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