Menlo Park, United States: innovation profile

Menlo Park is number 15 in the 311 Innovation Cities Index, with an innovation score of 267. It is home to 8 R&D labs, 27 startups, 112 investors and 4 of the world's largest companies in the 311 Institute directories.

Part of the 311 Innovation Cities Index (311institute.com). Last updated 7 October 2026.

Largest companies

• Meta Platforms (#26)
• Robert Half Inc. (#1213)
• Snowflake Inc. (#1343)
• Robinhood (#1380)

Startups

• AecorBio
• Aha!
• Altera.AL
• Arkenstone Defense
• Attotude
• Avenue Biosciences Holding
• Clear Labs
• Develop Health
• Diffbot
• Elea.ai
• GOQii
• Incalmo
• Invest Perpetual
• KKR FlowMod Aggregator
• LeoLabs, Inc.
• Lumena Labs
• Matternet
• Memori AI
• OrsoBio
• Phenomix Sciences
• Sprinter Health
• Squid Games
• Sundial Product
• Swift Beat
• Synack
• Vidoso
• resistanceBio

Investors

• Accel-KKR
• Aestus Capital
• Altimeter Capital
• Altos Ventures
• Amplify Partners
• Andreessen Horowitz
• Asset Management Ventures
• At One Ventures Opco
• August Capital
• Autotech Management
• Av Capital
• Ballistic Ventures
• Base4 Capital
• Basis Set Builders
• Basis Set Ventures
• Benchmark
• Bessemer Venture Partners
• BGV VC
• Bow Capital
• Byers Capital Investment
• Camford Capital
• Clearpath Capital Partners
• Clearvision Ventures
• Cloud Apps Capital Partners
• Copperplate Capital
• Crosspoint Capital Partners
• Danhua Capital
• DC Global Ventures
• DCM
• Digitaldx Ventures
• Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Eastlink Capital
• Eighty-Seven Capital
• Envision Ventures
• Factory HQ
• Felicis Ventures
• First Spark Ventures
• Floodgate
• Foundation Capital
• Foundersx Ventures
• Friends & Family Capital
• GE Ventures
• GGV Capital
• GI Partners
• Glynn Capital
• Goahead Mage
• Green Bay
• Greylock Partners
• Han River Partners
• Haun Ventures
• Healthier Capital
• Highbar Partners
• Highlandx
• Ig Better Future
• Informed Ventures
• Institutional Venture
• Institutional Venture
• Institutional Venture
• Institutional Venture
• Institutional Venture

And 52 more.

R&D labs

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