Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 20
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

John Jarve has a wealth of knowledge on building better businesses.Over the past 27 years, John has led Menlo Ventures' investments in more than 40 portfolio companies, primarily in the communications, storage, semiconductor, Internet and financial technology sectors.

John has been the lead investor in multiple venture capital funded

companies that have had successful IPOs and achieved billion dollar valuations, including UUNET Technologies, the world's largest Internet access provider (UUNT; now part of Verizon), Digital Insight, the pioneering leader in Internet banking (DGIN; now part of Intuit), and Cavium Networks, the leading provider of security communication chips (NASDAQ: CAVM).

John attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering) and then went on to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.).

John is a former trustee of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the former chairman of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Management Board. He is currently the president-elect of the MIT Alumni Association and will begin his term as president summer 2013.

Number of Investments 2
John Jarve has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - The Routing Company on Dec 15, 2020, when The Routing Company raised
$5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 15, 2020
The Routing Company
Seed Round - The Routing Company
$5M
Dec 1, 2020
Carputty
Seed Round - Carputty
Number of Current Jobs 2
John Jarve has 2 current jobs as Partner Emeritus at Menlo Ventures and President at MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association.
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 20
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 11
John Jarve holds 20 board and advisor roles including Board Member at RealtyShares, Member of the Advisory Board at Betterment, and Board Member at Zimbio.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
SpectraLink
Venture Investor
Syntellect
Venture Investor
iBasis
Venture Investor
FaxSav
Venture Investor
Ascend Communications
Venture Investor
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Chairman of the Board of Directors
UUNET Technologies
Venture Investor
Matisse Networks
Member of the Board of Directors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Member of the Board of Trustees
Librato
Member of the Board of Directors
Number of News Articles 21
Funding RoundDec 15, 2020
The Routing Company raised $5,000,000 / Seed from Alumni Ventures and 6 other investors
Funding RoundDec 1, 2020
Carputty raised an undisclosed amount / Seed from Alumni Ventures and 2 other investors