Mento VC is a data-driven venture capital firm backing AI-powered B2B startups at the pre-seed and seed stages across the US, UK, Europe, and Israel. The firm focuses on productivity tools, the future of work, B2B SaaS, and fintech, leveraging a proprietary AI-driven sourcing engine to support frontier technology that amplifies human potential.
33% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is seed (100% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.0M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
RR
Russell Razhko
Founding Partner
AZ
Alex Zhuravlev
General Partner
DG
Dmitry Golomidov
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
9 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 VideoGen | Seed | $3.3M | Sep 2026 |
 Final Round | Seed | $6.9M | Jan 2025 |
 Clerk Chat | Seed | $7M | Jan 2024 |
 Clerk.ai | Seed | $7M | Jan 2024 |
 Leo | Seed | $5M | — |
 Leo AI | Seed | $5M | — |
 Tella | Seed | $2.1M | — |
 Tella | Seed | $2.1M | — |
 Final Round AI | Seed | $6.9M | — |
Top Co-Investors
AltaIR Capital5 shared
HF04 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Linear Capital2 shared
Alumni Ventures2 shared
iSeed2 shared
Level One Fund2 shared
Sky9 Capital2 shared
Ritual Capital2 shared
Soma Capital2 shared
Uncork Capital2 shared
OurCrowd2 shared
TechAviv2 shared
Singularity Capital2 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures2 shared
Gradient Ventures2 shared
Hanaco Ventures1 shared
Techstars1 shared
Transpose Platform1 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026