Merus Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2007. The firm was established by Salman Ullah, Sean Dempsey, and Peter Hsing. It is based in Palo Alto, California. As of March 2019, the firm has 27 companies in its portfolio and has sold off its ownership in 12 companies. Its most recent investment was for Indio in December 2018, a company providing risk management services on a digital platform for its customers.
Merus Capital’s focuses on investing in internet and software companies. The firm provides funding for companies in the early stage of development. With its most recent funding round in April 2017, the firm has managed to amass a total of $208 million. Its last round managed to collect $10 million.
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Sensor Tower is an app analytics and competitive app intelligence platform.
AdRoll Group is a San Francisco-based company.
Aromyx is a biotechnology company developing a biosensor for human tase and olfactory receptors.
ALICE is a construction planning platform powered by AI.
Blockchain company
TerrAvion is an image delivery service company providing aerial imagery solution for agriculture. It enables farm owners to have an up-to-date picture of their fields and also give them analysis and maps.
ModeWalk is a company founded by Beatrice Pang, Mara Behrens, Ragi Y. Burhum and Eric Hennings.
Xcalar is a San Jose, California-based business analytics company founded in 2013.
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David Hegarty
Employee
Peter Hsing
Founder/Managing Partner
Salman Ullah
Founder/Managing Partner
Sean Dempsey
Founder/Managing Partner
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