# Mento funding: rounds and investors

> Mento has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Bossa Invest, Slow Ventures and IVC. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/mento (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Mento*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$6.0M** Seed **$11M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $11M Apr 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.9×
- **Investors:** 8

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023 2024 2025

**$6.0M** Seed

**$11M** Series B

- **First round:** Seed, $6.0M
- **Biggest round:** $11M
- **Between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Series B **$11M** *4 new* [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) Source recorded
- **Feb 2023** Seed **$6.0M** *4 new* [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) [Twelve Below](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twelve-below) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2023 **Series B** 2025 [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) [Twelve Below](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twelve-below)

## Everyone who backed them

[Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round

[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **1** round

[Eight Roads Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-roads) VC firm **1** round

[M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) VC firm **1** round

[World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) VC firm **1** round

[Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) VC firm **1** round

[Twelve Below](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twelve-below) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Mento

### Who invested in Mento?

Mento's investors include Bossa Invest, Slow Ventures, IVC, Eight Roads Ventures and M13, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Mento raised?

Mento has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Mento last raise?

Mento's most recent round was a Series B of $11M in Apr 2025.

### What was Mento's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $11M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Mento first?

Mento's first round on record, in Feb 2023, was backed by Bossa Invest, Slow Ventures and M13 and 1 others.

### What stage is Mento at?

Mento's latest named round is a Series B, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Mento based?

Mento is based in Japan.

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