# Mento VC: portfolio, investments and team

> Mento VC is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest May 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Mento VC

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

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VC firm Quiet New fund $23M, May 2026

Seed Series A Series B Future Of Work Jobtech SaaS

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **538** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

Pitch Mento VC

## Mento VC highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 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:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Future Of Work Jobtech SaaS
- **Based in:** Wilmington, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2025** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Openlayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/openlayer)** Series A · BR · LatamList **$15M** With 11 others
- **Mar** **[AvatarOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/avataros)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$7.0M** With 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 registration **2 named**

HP **Hoang Phan** Officer of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing 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

[Alma](https://millionrounds.com/company/alma)[Artisan](https://millionrounds.com/company/artisan)[AvatarOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/avataros)[Ceramic](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceramic)[Clerk Chat](https://millionrounds.com/company/clerk)[Coframe](https://millionrounds.com/company/coframe)[Command Code](https://millionrounds.com/company/command-code)[Eragon](https://millionrounds.com/company/eragon)[Final Round](https://millionrounds.com/company/final-round-ai)[HyperSpell](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperspell)[Leo](https://millionrounds.com/company/leo)[Mirai](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirai)[Openlayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/openlayer)[Phia](https://millionrounds.com/company/phia)[Pin](https://millionrounds.com/company/pin)[Platus](https://millionrounds.com/company/platus)[Rork](https://millionrounds.com/company/rork)[Structify](https://millionrounds.com/company/structify)[Telescope](https://millionrounds.com/company/telescope)[Tella](https://millionrounds.com/company/tella)[Uptool](https://millionrounds.com/company/uptool)[VideoGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/videogen) Brand Edian HeroStuff Neera Sync Synthetic Society Tely

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.

New fund on file

**$23M**

raised in May 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** May 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Mento VC put money into.

[**AvatarOS** $7.0M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/avataros)

## 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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