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We support purposeful people on their way to building a legendary company
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We are primarily focused on the UK, Europe, the United States, and Israeli purposeful founders. Exceptional ambition knows no borders, so we select Seed and Series A opportunities with sustainable businesses, hustle vibes, and bold vision.
Invest in early-stage startups
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Big things often start out looking a little weird. If the vision is bold and the founders are all in, we pay attention. The best bets usually do not look safe initially, which is precisely why they matter.
Aggressively open-minded
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We are known for our proprietary data-driven sourcing engine, which spots breakout startups before the hype. It scans thousands of signals, ranks opportunities, and helps us surface founders. It is the core of our edge — two-thirds of our investments came through it.
Use our AI-driven sourcing engine
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Here are no endless loops or drawn-out committees, just a couple of focused conversations, a sharp analysis, and a decision → up to a few days from the first chat to the deal. We cut the noise, skip the bureaucracy, and move with intention. If it clicks, we are in.
Make decisions rapidly
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Here is no hierarchy or ego. Just direct access, honest conversations, and fast decisions. Open door is not a policy. It is how we operate. When something is hard, we tackle it together.
Founders' friends
Big things often start out looking a little weird. If the vision is bold and the founders are all in, we pay attention. The best bets usually do not look safe initially, which is precisely why they matter.
Aggressively open-minded
We are known for our proprietary data-driven sourcing engine, which spots breakout startups before the hype. It scans thousands of signals, ranks opportunities, and helps us surface founders. It is the core of our edge — two-thirds of our investments came through it.
Use our AI-driven sourcing engine
Here are no endless loops or drawn-out committees, just a couple of focused conversations, a sharp analysis, and a decision → up to a few days from the first chat to the deal. We cut the noise, skip the bureaucracy, and move with intention. If it clicks, we are in.
Make decisions rapidly
Here is no hierarchy or ego. Just direct access, honest conversations, and fast decisions. Open door is not a policy. It is how we operate. When something is hard, we tackle it together.
Founders' friends
We are primarily focused on the UK, Europe, the United States, and Israeli purposeful founders. Exceptional ambition knows no borders, so we select Seed and Series A opportunities with sustainable businesses, hustle vibes, and bold vision.
Invest in early-stage startups
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Productivity Tools
Future of Work
AI Economy
FinTech
We focus on ventures that are poised to revolutionize labor efficiency, advancing the next generation of the economy.
Industries
Products are designed to simplify tasks, collaborate, and streamline workflow to improve business processes and individual performance
Services created to optimize workforce, enhance performance, streamline hiring & compensation, and improve all shapes of labour experience.
Solutions developed to enhance payment systems, ensure compliance and accounting accuracy, modernize data analytics, and upgrade infrastructure.
Integrated ecosystem of tools, protocols, and products designed to enable a new economic paradigm.
Team
Dmitry
PARTNER
Russell
GENERAL Partner
Alex
GENERAL Partner
Alex
GENERAL Partner
Alex is the founder and general partner of Mento VC. He brings 14 years of experience in tech and over 8 years in venture capital. Before founding Mento, he used to be a Portfolio Director at AltaIR Capital ($ 600M AUM), where they had 350 portfolio companies — including 9 unicorns (OpenWeb, PandaDoc, Socure, Turing, etc.) and 2 decacorns (Miro and Deel).
Alex personally invested in high-growth companies like Miro, Deel, Sunbit, OpenWeb, EquityBee, Lili, June Homes, and Jeeves.
Best friend, mentor, performance controller, and 24/7 support of our founders
Russell
GENERAL Partner
Russell is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and 5 years as an investor (Miro, OpenWeb, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, etc.).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
Russell is now fully focused on Mento VC,
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
He believes that business is a direct reflection of the founder’s values and inner state.
Dmitry
JUNIOR PARTNER
Dmitry is a former analyst team leader at the Corporate Venture Capital fund at HHR:NASDAQ, where he built all basic processes from sourcing deals to integration. He also previously served as an Associate at AltaIR Capital.
Dmitry founded an analytical boutique trusted by 20+ companies in the USA and EU.
Responsible for deep analysis and golden retriever energy in the team.
Team
Alex
Alex
GENERAL Partner
Alex personally invested in high-growth companies like Miro, Deel, Sunbit, OpenWeb, EquityBee, Lili, June Homes, and Jeeves.
Best friend, mentor, performance controller, and 24/7 support of our founders
Alex is the founder and general partner of Mento VC. He brings 14 years of experience in tech and over 8 years in venture capital. Before founding Mento, he used to be a Portfolio Director at AltaIR Capital ($ 600M AUM), where they had 350 portfolio companies — including 9 unicorns (OpenWeb, PandaDoc, Socure, Turing, etc.) and 2 decacorns (Miro and Deel).
Alex
GENERAL Partner
Alex
Alex personally invested in high-growth companies like Miro, Deel, Sunbit, OpenWeb, EquityBee, Lili, June Homes, and Jeeves.
Best friend, mentor, performance controller, and 24/7 support of our founders
Alex is the founder and general partner of Mento VC. He brings 14 years of experience in tech and over 8 years in venture capital. Before founding Mento, he used to be a Portfolio Director at AltaIR Capital ($ 600M AUM), where they had 350 portfolio companies — including 9 unicorns (OpenWeb, PandaDoc, Socure, Turing, etc.) and 2 decacorns (Miro and Deel).
Russell
GENERAL Partner
Russell
Russell is now fully focused on Mento VC,
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
He believes that business is a direct reflection of the founder’s values and inner state.
Russell is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and 5 years as an investor (Miro, OpenWeb, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, etc.).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
Russell
GENERAL Partner
Russell
Russell is now fully focused on Mento VC,
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
where he leads investor relations, fundraising, and community building.
He believes that business is a direct reflection of the founder’s values and inner state.
Russell is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience and 5 years as an investor (Miro, OpenWeb, Sunbit, EquityBee, Lili, etc.).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
He founded Rullex, a telecom infrastructure company that grew to $35M in revenue and 200+ employees, working with major U.S. operators (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile).
Dmitry
Partner
Dmitry
Dmitry founded an analytical boutique trusted by 20+ companies in the USA and EU.
Responsible for deep analysis and golden retriever energy in the team.
Dmitry is a former analyst team leader at the Corporate Venture Capital fund at HHR:NASDAQ, where he built all basic processes from sourcing deals to integration. He also previously served as an Associate at AltaIR Capital.
Dmitry
PARTNER
Dmitry
Dmitry founded an analytical boutique trusted by 20+ companies in the USA and EU.
Responsible for deep analysis and golden retriever energy in the team.
Dmitry is a former analyst team leader at the Corporate Venture Capital fund at HHR:NASDAQ, where he built all basic processes from sourcing deals to integration. He also previously served as an Associate at AltaIR Capital.
Portfolio
Technology including social, marketplaces, subscription, creator economy, and more.
Clerk chat
AI matching platform for sales prospecting.
Telescope
AI generator leads to B2B companies with expert-level and SEO-optimized content.
Tely.ai
AI employees to automate roles & workflows, enhancing business efficiency.
Artisan
AI-assisted development tool that automatically corrects code.
Kodezi
AI Interview Copilot that delivers answers to you during interviews.
Final Round AI
Instant Legal Infrastructure - Draft, Sign, Notarize & Process.
Platus
Tella
The screen recorder that edits videos for you.
Platform for creating lifelike, interactive digital characters.
AvatarOS
Collaboration platform for creative teams.
Workflow
And others...
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Openlayer
Testing and debugging platform for machine learning models.
Brix is an AI platform that helps companies around the world hire and manage developers without an HR department.
Brix
VideoGen makes it easy for anyone to create professional, copyright-free videos in seconds.
VideoGen
Leo AI
Leo AI is an AI-powered engineering design copilot tailored for mechanical engineers and product designers.
Sync
Sync.so is an advanced AI-powered lip-syncing platform designed to seamlessly align speech with lip movements in videos.
Instant Legal Infrastructure - Draft, Sign, Notarize & Process.
Platus
Technology including social, marketplaces, subscription, creator economy, and more.
Clerk chat
AI matching platform for sales prospecting.
Telescope
AI generator leads to B2B companies with expert-level and SEO-optimized content.
Tely.ai
AI employees to automate roles & workflows, enhancing business efficiency.
Artisan
AI-assisted development tool that automatically corrects code.
Kodezi
AI Interview Copilot that delivers answers to you during interviews.
Final Round AI
Tella
Tella
The screen recorder that edits videos for you.
Platform for creating lifelike, interactive digital characters.
AvatarOS
And others...
+
VideoGen makes it easy for anyone to create professional, copyright-free videos in seconds.
VideoGen
Brix is an AI platform that helps companies around the world hire and manage developers without an HR department.
Brix
Testing and debugging platform for machine learning models.
Openlayer
Sync
Sync.so is an advanced AI-powered lip-syncing platform designed to seamlessly align speech with lip movements in videos.
Leo AI
Leo AI is an AI-powered engineering design copilot tailored for mechanical engineers and product designers.
Collaboration platform for creative teams.
Workflow
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We support purposeful people on their way to building a legendary company
2025
We support purposeful people on their way to building a legendary company
2025