Financiers from Sequoia Capital and Menlo Ventures, two other venture firms, are school trustees.

Connections were key: Menlo Ventures required a minimum $10 million investment for its latest fund, but Menlo School got in with around $250,000.

SynOptics' investor, Menlo Ventures explained its position on joining the IEEE for standardization.

Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm located at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.

Menlo Ventures invests in consumer Internet, mobile, communications infrastructure, enterprise, security and storage.

Menlo Ventures (company website)

In March 2011, Credit Sesame announced that it had closed a $6.15 million second round of funding, led by Menlo Ventures and Inventus Capital.

Fab.com has raised nearly $50 million in venture financing from heavyweight investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures and First Round Capital.

Investors included Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures.

The company, which is venture-backed by Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards, changed its name to Livingly Media in August 2012.