Anup Menon

Managing Director, Head of AI, Digital Assets, Innovation @BofA | Founder @Droit | Investor

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025
VC🌍 United States
5
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2
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1
Mid stage
0
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8y
Years active

Portfolio

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Aug 2021
Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. From new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables, there is a world of products used to benefit life on Earth that can only be manufactured in space. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Board Member
Mar 2021
Maxwell is raising the bar in the energy and automobile industry with world-class engineering and quality standards. We design, manufacture, and supply advanced electronics to OEMs building electric vehicles and Li-Ion batteries. Battery Management System (BMS) is our flagship product offering. All our team members follow a clear vision of accelerating the earths transition to an all-electric future. We know where our mission fits within this process. Were pumped to leverage our collective expertise in batteries to envision a world where batteries are safer, last longer, perform better, and empower a more sustainable future for our future generations. We are looking to build deep meaningful partnerships with high-growth potential companies to help them become industry leaders in the inevitably growing Li-ION battery market. To partner with us, reach out at hello@ionenergy.co or visit www.maxwellenergy.co for more information. Were still in search of top talent as we disrupt the battery industry. Know any ambitious and fun-loving people in software, engineering, or operations that want to make new moves in 2022? Refer them at work@ionenergy.co
Seed Investor
Aug 2019
GoParrot helps restaurants connect more often and more directly with their guests. We are an end-to-end digital ordering solution with loyalty and marketing capabilities. Our custom websites and branded mobile apps offer best in class delivery, pick up, order ahead, and catering functionality that integrates fully and seamlessly with your POS. GoParrot is proud to work with Dos Toros, Westville, Doughnut Plant, Juice Press and more.
Investor
Jul 2018
Bold Penguin is the market-leading digital solutions provider for commercial insurance. Through comprehensive technology enablement, robust digital distribution and wholesale capabilities, and powerful data- and AI-driven processes and insights, their platform transforms the entire insurance lifecycle — from prospecting to placement. Their unified approach anticipates and adapts to market needs, enabling enterprise customers to efficiently quote and bind the simplest to the most complex risks.
early stageInsurance
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2025
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Jun 2025
The MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory – known as CSAIL ­– is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. CSAIL has played a key role in the computer revolution and developments such as time-sharing, massive parallel computers, public key encryption, mass commercialization of robots, and much of the technology underlying the ARPANet, Internet and the World Wide Web. CSAIL’s focus is developing the architecture and innovative applications for tomorrow’s information technology. Our research yields long-term improvements in how people live and work. CSAIL members (former and current) have launched more than 100 companies, including 3Com, Lotus Development Corporation, RSA Data Security, Akamai, iRobot, Meraki, ITA Software, and Vertica. The Lab is home to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Wireless@MIT, BigData@CSAIL, Cybersecurity@CSAIL and the MIT Information Policy Project (IPP). Connecting to CSAIL CSAIL Alliances is your organizations pathway to CSAIL connections and serves as a gateway into the lab for industry and governmental institutions seeking closer engagement to the work, researchers and students of CSAIL. The program provides organizations with a proactive and comprehensive approach to developing strong connections with all CSAIL has to offer. Leading organizations come to CSAIL to learn about our research, to recruit talented graduate students, and to explore collaborations with our researchers. Through this program, we are able to better provide our members with access to our latest thinking and our deep pool of exceptional human and informational resources. For more information, please visit: http://cap.csail.mit.edu/
2021
Investor
Aug 2021
Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. From new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables, there is a world of products used to benefit life on Earth that can only be manufactured in space. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Board Member
Mar 2021
Maxwell is raising the bar in the energy and automobile industry with world-class engineering and quality standards. We design, manufacture, and supply advanced electronics to OEMs building electric vehicles and Li-Ion batteries. Battery Management System (BMS) is our flagship product offering. All our team members follow a clear vision of accelerating the earths transition to an all-electric future. We know where our mission fits within this process. Were pumped to leverage our collective expertise in batteries to envision a world where batteries are safer, last longer, perform better, and empower a more sustainable future for our future generations. We are looking to build deep meaningful partnerships with high-growth potential companies to help them become industry leaders in the inevitably growing Li-ION battery market. To partner with us, reach out at hello@ionenergy.co or visit www.maxwellenergy.co for more information. Were still in search of top talent as we disrupt the battery industry. Know any ambitious and fun-loving people in software, engineering, or operations that want to make new moves in 2022? Refer them at work@ionenergy.co
2019
Seed Investor
Aug 2019
GoParrot helps restaurants connect more often and more directly with their guests. We are an end-to-end digital ordering solution with loyalty and marketing capabilities. Our custom websites and branded mobile apps offer best in class delivery, pick up, order ahead, and catering functionality that integrates fully and seamlessly with your POS. GoParrot is proud to work with Dos Toros, Westville, Doughnut Plant, Juice Press and more.
2018
Investor
Jul 2018
Bold Penguin is the market-leading digital solutions provider for commercial insurance. Through comprehensive technology enablement, robust digital distribution and wholesale capabilities, and powerful data- and AI-driven processes and insights, their platform transforms the entire insurance lifecycle — from prospecting to placement. Their unified approach anticipates and adapts to market needs, enabling enterprise customers to efficiently quote and bind the simplest to the most complex risks.
early stageInsurance
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