Merus Capital
Merus Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 72 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 72 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-18
Seed, Series A
$500K – $2.5M
72+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Merus Capital backs enterprise software and cloud infrastructure startups, with a history of investing in products adopted by developers, IT teams, and technical operators.
How Merus Capital invests
Merus Capital is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare.
Merus Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
Merus Capital has backed 72 companies in our records, including Alice Technologies, Nylas, People.ai.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (72)
Other
Alice Technologies
Construction simulation and optimization
Nylas
People.ai
Agentic
AI for Manufacturing Operations
AiSight
AI-Driven Dynamic Construction Simulation
Tag.bio
AllClear ID
Enterprise Data Breach Solutions
Alucid Technologies
3D Video for Augmented Reality
Amplitude
Product analytics platform (Nasdaq: AMPL)
Apptimize
Mobile optimization platform
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Enterprise, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Salman Ullah, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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