# Menlo Ventures

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-12**: $400M Series C at $13.3B — Lovable announces $400 million Series C, doubling valuation to $13.3 billion; ARR tracking toward $600 million by end of August.
- **2025-12**: $330M at $6.6B valuation — Lovable raises $330 million at a $6.6 billion valuation, roughly doubling its prior private-market mark.
- **2024-11**: Lovable launches — Platform opens to public, enabling users to build software through natural-language prompts.

## Recent coverage (3 stories)

### Wispr Flow's $280M Series B triples valuation to $2B in 9 months
2026-08-18 00:23:11 · Sentiment: Strongly positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

For startup founders and VCs, Wispr Flow's rise from $700 million to $2 billion in nine months shows how fast capital is concentrating in AI application-layer companies. The $280 million Series B drew existing and new backers, bringing total funding to $361 million.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/wispr-flow-2b-series-b-startup-valuation

### Stripe's $7B OpenRouter Buy Hands VCs a 5x Return in Months
2026-08-17 00:12:43 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 5

Stripe's reported $7B+ acquisition of OpenRouter marks a rapid exit for its venture backers, turning a $1.3B valuation months ago into a roughly 5x paper return. It validates AI infrastructure startups as prime M&A targets.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/stripe-openrouter-7b-startup-exit

### Lovable's $400M Series C Doubles Valuation to $13.3B
2026-08-13 00:25:49 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

The Swedish startup's $400 million Series C, co-led by Menlo Ventures and EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, doubled its valuation to $13.3 billion in eight months. The round includes Tencent and Balderton as new backers, while existing investors Accel, Antler, CapitalG, and HubSpot Ventures retain stakes. ARR is tracking toward $600 million by end of August.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/lovable-400m-series-c-doubles-valuation

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