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We invest in purposeful people on their way to building a legendary company
Our fund is backed by unicorn founders, tech builders, and top executives
In our approach we
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.
Founder's 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
Mento invests in frontier technology that multiplies human potential and delivers step-change growth in labor productivity. We back companies whose mission is not optimization, but a fundamental revolution catalyzing a new economic era.
Integrated ecosystem of tools, protocols, and products designed to enable a new economic paradigm and radical efficiency.
Al Economy
Products designed to simplify tasks, enable collaboration, and exponentially streamline workflow to improve business processes and individual performance.
Productivity Tools
Services created to redefine the workforce, enhance performance, streamline hiring & compensation, and deliver a step-change in labor efficiency.
Future of Work
Solutions developed to enhance payment systems, ensure compliance, modernize data analytics, and upgrade infrastructure to remove manual labor from core financial operations.
FinTech
Industries
Team
14+ years experience in IT and VC.
Ex-Portfolio Director at AltaIR Capital ($60OM AUM, 350+
companies, 10 unicorns).
companies, 10 unicorns).
Angel investor in Miro, Deel, OpenWeb, and others. DPI - 8x.
Alex Zhuravlev
General Partner
Built a $35M sales company from
scratch (200+ employees), investor in Miro, OpenWeb,
Sunbit, and others.
scratch (200+ employees), investor in Miro, OpenWeb,
Sunbit, and others.
Experienced CEO and serial entrepreneur.
Russell Razhko
Founder Partner
Recognized investor with 20+ years' experience.
Founder & Managing Partner at AltalR Capital
Investor in 350+ companies (40+ exits/IPOs, 10 unicorns). Board director in many companies.
Igor Ryabenkiy
Non-Managing GP
Ex-analyst and Associate at AltalR Capital, led the analyst team in a corporate VC fund (NASDAQ:HHR).
Founder of an analytics boutique trusted by 20+ companies in the US and EU.
Dmitry Golomidov
Partner
Ex co-founder of TutGood (exit to
Eruditor Group), Clea N, Headstart Camp.
Eruditor Group), Clea N, Headstart Camp.
Execution ninja — making vision work at scale.
Community-builder with a strong venture network.
Ekaterina Tatulova
COO
Ideas begin with conviction. Execution begins with Mento.
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