Rama Sekhar
Partner·Menlo Ventures
Bio
Professional summary
Rama Sekhar is a partner at Menlo Ventures investing in cybersecurity, AI, and cloud infrastructure. Menlo’s profile says he is focused on founders building cybersecurity, infrastructure, and observability companies for the new AI stack. He joined Menlo after 15 years at Norwest Venture Partners, where he invested in companies including Veza, Harness, Algorithmia, Dremio, InfluxData, and Numbers Station. Earlier in his career, he worked at Comcast Ventures and Cisco, and he holds degrees from Rutgers and Wharton.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a security, infrastructure, or observability wedge tied to the operational realities of AI adoption. Rama appears most relevant for founders who can explain the technical urgency, why incumbents struggle, and how the product becomes core infrastructure rather than a point feature.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his stated focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure, and observability for the new AI stack.
- 2Connect the pitch to recent Menlo activity around Zafran, Astrix, Clerk, or Graphite.
- 3Highlight technical credibility and market timing around AI infrastructure.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Menlo profile lists Zafran Security as a 2025 Series C partnership.
Menlo profile lists Clerk as a 2025 Series C partnership and Graphite as acquired by Cursor in 2026.
Public coverage of his Menlo move emphasized AI infrastructure as an underserved opportunity.
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