Matt Kraning
Partner at Menlo Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2025 - Current
Menlo Ventures provides capital for consumer, enterprise, and life science technologies from seed to growth stages.
CTO, Cortex
2020 - 2024
Oversaw Generative AI development across entire company. CTO of product group post-acquisition with over $1 billion in annual sales.
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Raised $65,000,000.00 from Northgate Capital, Icon Ventures, Japan Asia Investment, Lehman Holdings, Greylock, Globespan Capital Partners and Sequoia Capital.
Co-Founder and CTO
2012 - 2020
Acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $1.25 Billion
Expanse is an enterprise software company that provides an updated view of all internet-connected assets that belong to an organization.
Raised $135,970,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, TPG Growth, Employee Stock Option Fund, Peter Thiel, Taylor Glover, IVP, Founders Fund and Arianna Huffington.
Consultant
2011 - 2013
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 as Lead Data Scientist
DARPA is a central research and development organization for the US Department of Defense.
Quant
2010 - 2010
D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm.