Biggest launches
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 78.4M | 1,982,587 | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Wispr Flow | 19.7M | 38,380 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Higgsfield AI | 14.8M | 149,166 | 4 Apr 2026 |
| Lindy | 7.8M | 52,404 | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Nous Research | 5.9M | 291,453 | 2 Jun 2026 |
| skildAI | 3.6M | 23,822 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Prime Intellect | 3.2M | 88,249 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Sapiom | 2.1M | 1,502 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Suno | 1M | 113,391 | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Flapping Airplanes | 865K | 23,320 | 21 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter | 701K | 156,970 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Town AI | 667K | 7,873 | 3 Jun 2026 |
Breakouts from small accounts
Launches from accounts under 10,000 followers that passed 250K views, one per company.
Launch, then a raise
Launches followed by a funding round within 90 days.
| Company | Launch | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Wispr Flow | 19.7M5 Aug 2026 | Funding announced on X12 days later |
| Nous Research | 2.6M17 Aug 2026 | Funding announced on X51 days later |
| Legora | 151K22 Sep 2026 | Funding announced on X29 days later |
Who Menlo Ventures invests alongside
The firms most often on the same cap tables, by number of shared portfolio companies in the directory.
| Firm | Shared companies |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 8 of 19 |
| Accel | 5 of 19 |
| Forerunner | 4 of 19 |
| SV Angel | 4 of 19 |
| General Catalyst | 4 of 19 |
| Sequoia | 3 of 19 |
| Alt Capital | 3 of 19 |
| South Park Commons | 3 of 19 |
| a16z | 3 of 19 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 3 of 19 |
By category
| Category | Launches | Median views |
|---|---|---|
| Developer tools | 31 | 1.3M |
| Frontier labs | 28 | 8.3M |
| Consumer and creative AI | 23 | 1.7M |
| Creative AI | 21 | 1.7M |
| Legal tech | 3 | 151K |
Menlo Ventures portfolio companies on X
| Company | Launches | Total views | Biggest launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 44 | 570.9M | 78.4M23 Mar 2026 |
| Higgsfield AI | 21 | 56.6M | 14.8M4 Apr 2026 |
| Wispr Flow | 3 | 24.8M | 19.7M5 Aug 2026 |
| Nous Research | 20 | 23.1M | 5.9M2 Jun 2026 |
| Lindy | 2 | 8M | 7.8M10 Aug 2026 |
| Prime Intellect | 3 | 7.8M | 3.2M5 Aug 2026 |
| Skild AI | 2 | 5.2M | 3.6M25 Aug 2026 |
| Sapiom | 1 | 2.1M | 2.1M5 Aug 2026 |
| Suno | 2 | 1.4M | 1M9 Sep 2026 |
| OpenRouter | 4 | 984K | 701K19 Aug 2026 |
| Town | 2 | 939K | 667K3 Jun 2026 |
| Flapping Airplanes | 1 | 865K | 865K21 Oct 2026 |
| Legora | 3 | 358K | 157K21 Oct 2026 |
| Modal | 1 | 329K | 329K14 Oct 2026 |
| Inception Labs | 2 | 130K | 72K8 Sep 2026 |
| Goodfire | 1 | 112K | 112K30 Apr 2026 |
Questions
Which Menlo Ventures portfolio companies launch on X?
16 Menlo Ventures-backed companies have 112 launches in the Doomers launch directory. The biggest by total views are Anthropic, Higgsfield AI, Wispr Flow.
What was the biggest launch from a Menlo Ventures-backed company?
Anthropic, with 78.4M views on 23 Mar 2026.
How do Menlo Ventures-backed launches compare with other launches on X?
The median Menlo Ventures-backed launch did 1.7M views, against 602K across every launch we track. 63% passed a million views. By median views the portfolio ranks 4 of the 20 firms we report on.
Where does this data come from?
Views, followers and dates are read from X. A company counts as backed when the firm invested in any round on record, matched to investment records by the company's website, plus companies whose own posts name the firm.
A known gap: about four in ten companies have no investment record yet, mostly the newest, so very young portfolio companies are under-counted.