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Amy Wu Martin (She/her)

Consumer Partner, Menlo Ventures

Amy came to Menlo Ventures to grow the firm’s consumer technology and gaming practice and back founders building new products at the forefront of emerging platform shifts.

As an investor, Amy seeks founders who share her obsession with products that define how people work, live, and play. She believes that emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, and AR give founders new surface areas to create magical consumer experiences. Not afraid to get her hands dirty, Amy loves using new bleeding-edge products and actively participates in user communities.

Before joining Menlo, Amy focused on Web3 and gaming at FTX Ventures, where she invested in Sui, Soba Studios, TripleDot Studios, Yuga Labs, and Doodles. Prior to that, she led investments in consumer, gaming, and blockchain at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where her investments included Epic Games, Faraway Games, Weee!, Webull, Arbitrum, and Alchemy. As an operator, she was SVP and CFO of the Global Digital and Sports portfolio for Discovery, Inc., a $2+ billion business that includes Eurosport, the PGA, the Olympics, US Motor Trend, and Scripps Lifestyle Studios. Before Discovery, she ran finance and operations at Welcome, an NYC-based marketing software company that Optimizely later acquired. Amy began her career at Insight Venture Partners, working with companies like JD.com, Zumba, and Tumblr. She holds a B.A. in biochemistry from Harvard.

Outside of work, Amy skis and climbs mountains. She is based in New York City and frequently in SF and LA. 

Sessions

BDC Women in Technology BootCamp

Show me the money! A VC's guide to getting the check

Mentor Office Hours

Venture fundraising Hosted by RBCx

In this Office Hours session we'll talk about building a network of contacts and keeping it warm, crafting the perfect pitch, and responding to questions in the room while leaving enough promise to earn the next meeting. See More.
Startupfest

Cash & Candor: The Startupfest Investor Panel

Join us for an unfiltered conversation about the harsh realities of today's venture landscape—from Canada's notorious capital conservatism to the painful correction happening across tech. Our investors will spill the tea on what's really happening behind closed partner meetings, which metrics actually matter in 2025, and why that warm intro you worked so hard for probably won't save you. Come armed with your toughest questions because unlike your last pitch meeting, these VCs won't dodge them with vague feedback about "needing more traction." See More.
Mentor Office Hours

Pricing & revenue strategy

Pricing isn't just picking a number that feels right—it's psychology, economics, and strategy wrapped into one decision that can make or break your business. How do you price something that's never existed before? When do you compete on price versus value? See More.