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C.C. Gong

C.C. Gong

Principal·Menlo Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

Bio

Professional summary

C.C. Gong is a principal at Menlo Ventures focused on early-stage consumer tech and SaaS investments. Before Menlo, she worked in product roles at Microsoft and Meta, served as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, and held venture roles at Bain Capital Ventures and NFX. She also founded Montage, an AI video editing company, and has built founder communities and AI hackathons.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AltaAxiomDelphiGood Job GamesGraphiteShopMy

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Menlo VenturesPrincipal2024 – Present
  • MontageFounder2023 – 2024
  • NFXVenture Fellow2020 – 2022
  • Bain Capital VenturesVenture Investor2021 – 2021
  • The White HouseInnovation Strategist2019 – 2020
  • MetaProduct Manager2018 – 2019
  • MicrosoftProduct Manager2014 – 2018

Education

  • Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
  • Harvard UniversityBachelor's degree

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General Counsel and Partner overseeing legal, fund, deal, and compliance work at Menlo.

Corporate lawExit transactionsFund structuringRegulatory complianceVenture investments
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Deedy Das

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AI applicationsAI/MLEnterprise softwareInfrastructureSaaS
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Derek Xiao

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AIBio + HealthcareCloud infrastructureDigital healthSaaS
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Doug Carlisle

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Partner, Business & Corporate Development

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Business development partner helping Menlo portfolio companies scale through partnerships.

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Ishika C.

Investor

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Jean-Paul (J.P.) Sanday

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Data analyticsEnterprise softwareFuture of workInflection stageIntelligent automationVertical SaaS
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Joff Redfern

Partner

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ConsumerMarketplaces
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Johnny Hu

Principal

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Menlo principal investing in biotech, life sciences, and novel therapeutics.

AIBio + HealthcareBiotechLife sciencesNovel therapeutics