“Without Menlo Ventures, there would be no Gilead. They were our sole initial investor and our company was incubated in their offices. The partners there supported the company with board leadership, team building, strategy, and investment dollars through to our eventual IPO. Despite this level of involvement, Menlo’s low-ego approach always kept Gilead and our team in the spotlight.”

 - John C. Martin, Ph.D., President & CEO

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Opportunities abound in today's information technology sector. The increasingly global reach of computers, mobile phones, and the Internet has created more markets for entrepreneurs to serve than ever before. Still, only a fraction of those fit our criteria for being a Big Idea. Big Ideas create new, large markets, or disrupt entire existing industries. They are not easily executed. They often take large investments of human and financial capital, and success can even involve a bit of luck. Nonetheless, those are the ideas that get us most excited, and are exactly what we are here to support.