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Mento VC

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in May 2026, closing $23M. Last cheque observed May 2025.

VC firmQuietNew fund $23M, May 2026

SeedSeries ASeries BFuture Of WorkJobtechSaaS

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque538days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$11MCheque size, as they say$100K – $1.0MRounds led0 of 2
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Mento VC highlights

  1. 01

    2 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Mento is a new data-driven venture firm backing frontier technology that multiplies human potential.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $1.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Future Of WorkJobtechSaaS
Based in
Wilmington, United States
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2025

    2 rounds

  2. May
    OpenlayerSeries A · BR · LatamList$15MWith 11 others
  3. Mar
    AvatarOSSeed · US · TechCrunch$7.0MWith 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

HPHoang PhanOfficer of the Issuer's AdministratoriFiling they signed
RTRichard ThomsOfficer of the Issuer's AdministratoriFiling they signed

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

22 of 29 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies Mento VC put money into.

Quick answers about Mento VC

What does Mento VC invest in?

Mento VC invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Future Of Work, Jobtech and SaaS.

How active is Mento VC?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2025.

What has Mento VC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Openlayer (Series A, May 2025) and AvatarOS (Seed, Mar 2025).

How big are Mento VC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.0M.

Is Mento VC investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2025.

What kind of investor is Mento VC?

Mento VC is a VC firm based in Wilmington, United States.

Has Mento VC raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2026, reporting $23M raised.

Does Mento VC take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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