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Houman Haghighi

Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Overview

Houman Haghighi is a Partner at Menlo Ventures [1][3]. Haghighi works to accelerate growth for the firm's portfolio companies by identifying customer engagements, strategic partnerships, and financing opportunities while leveraging an extensive professional network [2]. Haghighi holds educational credentials including a degree in Computational Cognitive Science with an emphasis in Computer Vision from UC San Diego [11], an Executive Program in Private Equity and Venture Capital from Harvard Business School [12], and a Stanford Certified Project Manager credential from Stanford University Graduate School of Business [13]. Beyond Haghighi's role at Menlo Ventures since December 2018 [3], Haghighi has served as a Founding Board Member and Investor at Drata [4], an Investor at Upwind Security [5] and Anthropic [6], and previously held positions including Founding, Investor ERI Board Member at DARPA [7] and Founding Independent Board Member at Portfolium [8].

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(My opinions are my own) Houman’s priority is to accelerate growth for the firm’s portfolio companies. He works closely with the management teams of Menlo portfolio companies to identify mutually beneficial customer engagements, strategic partnerships, and to help catalyze additional rounds of financing. Houman brings his extensive network and experience helping accelerate companies growth. He fosters an ecosystem of industry-leading companies and individuals who are committed to partnering with Menlo portfolio companies.

Career history

  1. PartnerDec 2018 to presentMenlo Ventures
  2. Founding Board Member & InvestorJul 2020 to presentDrata
  3. InvestorNov 2022 to presentUpwind Security
  4. InvestorFeb 2023 to presentAnthropic
  5. Founding, Investor ERI Board MemberJul 2018 to Dec 2022Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  6. Member of Board of Directors (Founding Independent Board Member)Sep 2011 to Feb 2019Portfolium, Inc. (Acquired by Instructure)
  7. Investor2014 to Dec 2018Clarifai
  8. Investor2016 to Nov 2018AttackIQ

Education

  1. Computational Cognitive Science, Emphasis in Computer VisionUC San Diego
  2. Executive Program, Private Equity and Venture CapitalHarvard Business School
  3. Professional, Stanford Certified Project ManagerStanford University Graduate School of Business

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