Doug Carlisle

Portola Valley, California, USA

Bio

Professional summary

Doug Carlisle is Partner Emeritus at Menlo Ventures and has been with the firm since 1982, focusing on information technology investments. His current board seats and investments include nLight Photonics, Synthego, and Scality. His prior investments include Hotmail, IronPort Systems, Ansible, Kalpana, Pyxis, and Stratacom.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

HotmailIronPort SystemsnLight PhotonicsSynthegoScality

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

Menlo VenturesPartner Emeritus1982 – Present

Education

University of California, BerkeleyBS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Stanford UniversityJD/MBA

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