Mento VC

Venture capital

Mento VC is a data-driven early-stage fund that uses an in-house model tracking over a billion signals to identify founders early. It backs AI-native founders and provides access to its network, market research, and support through pivots and down rounds.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning

In its own wordsai artificial intelligence early-stage data-driven applied ai ai agents

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29portfolio companies

1funding rounds on record

1rounds, last 12 months

$1M to $5Mtypical round it comes in at

Seedmost frequent entry

Mento VC lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (41%), Media & Entertainment (14%) and Enterprise Software (10%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Transpose Platform and Eight Capital.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Mento VC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not Mento VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 29. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

100%

Pre-seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Growth

Stated on its site

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
	Value
Pre-seed	0%
Seed	100%
Series A	0%
Series B	0%
Growth	0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years

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'26

Rounds it ledRounds it joinedPartly covered: rounds are complete from mid-2025

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Funding rounds per year
	Total	Rounds it led
'17	0	0
'18	0	0
'19	0	0
'20	0	0
'21	0	0
'22	0	0
'23	0	0
'24	0	0
'25	0	0
'26	1	0

Investor profile

percentile among all firms

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Mento VC compared with all firms
Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	65th	28 companies
Recent activity	59th	1 rounds in 12 months
Early stage	100th	100% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence	59th	4% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus	75th	41% in its largest sector
Reach	19th	1 country

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

AI & Machine Learning 41%Media & Entertainment 14%Enterprise Software 10%E-commerce & Marketplaces 6%Industrial & Manufacturing 6%Cybersecurity 6%Legal & Compliance 4%Healthcare & Biotech 4%

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Investment themes
	This firm	All checked companies
AI & Machine Learning	41%	18%
Media & Entertainment	14%	4%
Enterprise Software	10%	8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	6%	6%
Industrial & Manufacturing	6%	7%
Cybersecurity	6%	4%
Legal & Compliance	4%	2%
Healthcare & Biotech	4%	15%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

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Co-investors
	Share
Y Combinator	6
Transpose Platform	5
Eight Capital	3
Khosla Ventures	3
Lobster Capital	3
Sarah Smith Fund	3
Soma Capital	3
K5 Global	2

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

United States100%

Site status

Site answers29100%
No longer answers00%
Points to another company00%
Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together

Shared portfolio companies with Mento VCFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Mento VC head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Y Combinator6 shared companies

vs Transpose Platform5 shared companies

vs Eight Capital3 shared companies

vs Khosla Ventures3 shared companies

vs Lobster Capital3 shared companies

vs Sarah Smith Fund3 shared companies

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Mento VC

Date	Company	Stage
8 Sept 2026	VideoGenvideogen.io	Seed

Round details for Mento VC

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Mento VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

29 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	Evidence
Artisanartisan.co · United States	Artisan provides an AI-powered sales tool to automate outbound sales processes	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software	Portfolio page
Avatarosavataros.com	Avataros builds authentic 3D characters for live interaction	Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment	Portfolio page
Brand AIbrand.ai	Brand AI provides AI for brand management, making brands machine-readable for teams, tools, and agents to use consistently	AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment	Portfolio page
Ceramic AI AI ↗︎ceramic.ai · United States	Ceramic AI provides a web-scale search API for AI and LLMs	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity	Portfolio page
Clerk.aiclerk.ai	Clerk.ai provides AI voice and messaging agents for outbound calls and lead qualification	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software	Portfolio page
CoFramecoframe.com · United States	Coframe creates variations of websites to optimize and maximize revenue	AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces	Portfolio page
Command Codecommandcode.ai	Command Code builds software, repairs tool calls on every model, and continuously learns the user's coding taste.	AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools	Portfolio page
Edianedian.ai	Edian works alongside clinical trial and drug development teams to provide clinical intelligence and support decision-making	Healthcare & Biotech	Portfolio page
Eragoneragon.ai · United States	Eragon builds a workforce of AI agents around a company's knowledge, tools, and workflows	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software	Portfolio page
Leo AIgetleo.ai · United States	Leo AI provides artificial intelligence for mechanical engineering, CAD, PLM, and ERP	AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing	Portfolio page
Hellyeahhellyeahai.com	Hellyeah provides an AI-powered advertising platform for paid marketing	AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment	Portfolio page
Hero Stuffherostuff.com	Hero develops an AI listing app for resellers to list items on eBay and Facebook	E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning	Portfolio page
HyperSpellhyperspell.com · United States	Hyperspell connects a company's tools and data sources, synthesizing them into a single source of truth that can be accessed by any agent.	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software	Portfolio page
Brixjoinbrix.com	Brix provides a hiring system for companies to find and recruit applied AI talent	AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources	Portfolio page
Neeraneeralab.com · United States	Neera develops tools for nervous system regulation and restorative states using neuroscience and sensory-driven experiences	Healthcare & Biotech	Portfolio page
Openlayeropenlayer.com · United States	Openlayer provides a platform for testing, monitoring, and enforcing policy in real time for AI systems in companies	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity	Portfolio page
Phiaphia.com · United States	Phia finds the best price across multiple sites and applies coupon codes at checkout to help users save money	E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech	Portfolio page
Pin.compin.com	Pin.com provides an AI-powered recruiting platform that finds and contacts candidates, schedules interviews, and manages the hiring process	AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources	Portfolio page
Platusplatus.com	Platus makes it simple to complete time-consuming legal tasks with automation tools for signing, notarizing, and processing legal documents.	Legal & Compliance	Portfolio page
Rorkrork.com	Rork creates tools for building mobile and web applications using AI.	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity	Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026

Site: mento.vc
Last read: 5 Nov 2026
Watching since: 5 Nov 2026
Rounds since: 8 Sept 2026
Companies checked: 29

Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.

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