citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message meritech capital partners type private industry private equity founded 1999 founders mike gordon paul madera rob ward headquarters palo alto ca united states key people craig sherman managing director products venture capital total assets 2.6 billion number of employees 20 website www.meritechcapital.com meritech capital partners is an american private equity company focused on late stage venture capital investments in information technology companies with a focus on consumer internet and media software and services enterprise infrastructure and medical devices . contents 1 history 2 investments 3 references 4 external links history edit the palo alto california based firm was founded in 1999 with sponsorship from accel partners oak investment partners redpoint ventures and worldview technology partners . since 2003 however meritech has independently operated and invested in later stage technology companies . the firm has raised approximately 2.6 billion since inception across four funds . in july 2014 meritech raised a 500 million fund with a 65 million sidecar vehicle . 1 investments edit among meritech s most notable investments are cornerstone ondemand 2 facebook 3 fortinet and salesforce.com . other notable investments include anaplan 2wire tableau software sourcefire riverbed netezza netsuite intralase and cloudera . references edit http pevc.dowjones.com article an djfvw00020140730ea7ur3roa & cid 32135008 & ctype ts & returnurl http % 3a % 2f % 2fpevc . dowjones.com % 2farticle % 3fan % 3ddjfvw00020140730ea7ur3roa % 26cid % 3d32135008 % 26ctype % 3dts 1 facebook raises 25m . san francisco business times april 19 2006 external links edit official website meritech capital partners . business week profile v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meritech capital partners & oldid 711440027 categories venture capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 1999united states private equity firm stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2014all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 22 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view