Brian Melton Managing Director
Brian Melton is a Managing Director of Tenaya Capital, and he has been a member of the Tenaya investment team since 2000.
Previously, Brian was a member of Lehman Brothers' private equity fund, where he worked in the fund's Hong Kong and New York offices. Prior to joining the private equity fund, he was a member of Lehman Brothers' financial sponsors coverage group in the investment banking division.
Brian holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. from Wake Forest University.
Current Investments
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Active-Semi
Active-Semi
ElectronicsDevelops power management semiconductors for mobile devices, battery chargers and LED lights.
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CloudPassage
CloudPassage
SoftwareCloudPassage addresses the number one inhibitor to cloud adoption – security.
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Fortemedia
Fortemedia
ElectronicsDevelops mixed signal SoCs and embedded software with its patented SAM (Small Array Microphone) technology for automotive, mobile, PC, headset and VoIP applications.
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Lithium Technologies
Lithium Technologies
SoftwareOffers social customer solutions via the Lithium Social Customer Suite that offers complete social monitoring, a comprehensive community platform, and actionable analytics across millions of blogs, forums, and social networking sites.
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New Relic
New Relic
SoftwareSoftware-as-a-Service provider of application performance management solutions that enable developers and operations teams to quickly and cost effectively monitor, troubleshoot, and tune application performance in real time.
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Rightscale
Rightscale
SoftwareOffers a fully automated cloud management platform, delivered as software-as-a-service, which enables organizations to easily deploy and manage business critical applications across multiple clouds with complete control and portability.
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VeriSilicon
VeriSilicon
ElectronicsProvider of outsourced semiconductor design foundry services and intellectual property to system OEMs and merchant semiconductor companies.
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Zuora
Zuora
SoftwareOffers a subscription billing and commerce platform that changes the way subscription businesses manage and sell to customers.
Selected Past Investments
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Mobilygen
acquired by Maxim Integrated Products (10/2008)
Mobilygen
Selected Past Investmentsacquired by Maxim Integrated Products (10/2008)
Develops video processing semiconductors based on the next-generation H.264/AVC standard.
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Valere Power
acquired by Eltek (04/2007)
Valere Power
Selected Past Investmentsacquired by Eltek (04/2007)
Develops DC power systems for telecom and enterprise networks.
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Wintegra
acquired by PMC-Sierra (10/2010)
Wintegra
Selected Past Investmentsacquired by PMC-Sierra (10/2010)
Provides access processing semiconductors enabling the delivery of new services for the evolving communications network infrastructure.