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Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed
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Investment thesis
Mentha Partners positions itself as a hands-on, early-stage investor that works closely with founders as an extension of their team, providing support through fundraising and subsequent growth. The firm combines traditional finance experience with deep knowledge of decentralized finance and crypto culture, backing protocols and companies in the blockchain and Web3 space. Testimonials from portfolio companies emphasize the firm's active, attentive involvement and its distinctive edge in bridging conventional financial expertise with crypto-native understanding.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 1, 2026.
What they invest in
from 24 of 36 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×21Fintech ×12Data & Infrastructure ×9Developer Tools ×8AI & Machine Learning ×5Gaming ×4Cloud Computing ×3Deep Tech ×3
HQs:United States×6United Kingdom×2Hong Kong×1Philippines×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×13 founders×24+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
Ateneo de Manila University ×3Stanford University ×3Harvard University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2University of Toronto ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×10Business & Management ×5Physics ×4Finance & Accounting ×2Humanities ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 31 founders with career history
OpenAI ×10Google ×6First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) ×2Sovrun (Formerly BreederDAO) ×2Stanford University ×2
6 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12020 · 12019 · 13 dated
1inch develops decentralized finance (DeFi) technology and products aimed at giving users and partners secure, compliant access to on-chain financial tools.
Crypto & Web3FintechTortola
Anton Bukov(Director, Promoter)inSergej Kunz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFaculty Group+28 more
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Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dario Amodei(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)inChris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)in
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture Capital7GC & CoA.Capital VenturesAccelAkka+143 more
Arweave is a decentralized ecosystem that offers grants and investment opportunities through various organizations including non-profits, DAOs, and venture studios to support projects and developers building on its network.
Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechLondon, GB
Sam Williams(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxa16z cryptoAdvanced BlockchainAndreessen HorowitzArrington Capital+25 more
Aurora operates the Network of Virtual Chains, offering developers customizable, EVM-compatible chains that run as smart contracts on the NEAR blockchain.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesD1 VenturesHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)IOSG VenturesLemniscapPantera Capital+7 more
Co-investorsComma3 VenturesK300 VenturesOlive Tree Capital
Bonfida is a project in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space offering integration tools and governance features.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
CESS is a decentralized storage infrastructure network that pools storage resources and provides data economy services, combining distributed storage and content delivery with cryptographic security mechanisms.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Co-investorsEureka PartnersHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)
Clearpool is a decentralized marketplace that matches institutional lenders with verified borrowers, enabling capital to move directly between these parties without traditional intermediaries.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Robert Alcorn(Co-Founder, Chairman)inJakob Kronbichler(Co-Founder, CEO)inAlessio Quaglini(Co-Founder, Senior Advisor)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBitDAOHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Mantle NetworkRyze LabsWintermute+2 more
CFX Labs provides a bank-grade money movement platform that enables businesses to access the U.S. financial system for global financial transactions with built-in regulatory compliance.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsCorazon CapitalDecasonicPetRock CapitalProta VenturesRed Dog CapitalTriton Capital
Eclipse builds an Ethereum Layer 2 network that uses the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) as its execution environment, combining Solana's high-throughput execution with Ethereum's liquidity and security.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Neel Somani(Founder)inTerry Chung(Head of Strategy)Vijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)
Co-investorsHack VCDBAFenbushi CapitalMaven 11OKX VenturesPolychain Capital+11 more
IPOR provides onchain vault infrastructure (Fusion) for institutional-grade DeFi yield, letting asset managers, curators, and protocols build, deploy, and manage ERC-4626 vaults with modular strategy modules and risk controls across chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Unichain.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Dimitar Dinev(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalBloccelerate VCCrypto DiscoverG1 Venturesgumi IncImpossible Finance+3 more
Manta Network is a modular Layer 2 blockchain platform offering low gas fees and high performance for building decentralized applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)AZDAGGenblock CapitalHypersphere VenturesImpossible Finance+10 more
C168 (C168.COM) is an online gambling platform offering live casino, fish shooting games, slots, cockfighting, sports betting, and lottery to bettors, primarily in the Vietnamese and broader Asian market.
Gaming
Co-investorsCrit VenturesEmooteAkatsukiAscensive AssetsBitscale CapitalBreederDAO+4 more
MYSO is a non-custodial decentralized application for writing on-chain covered call option strategies, letting users earn upfront stablecoin income on their crypto holdings while setting custom strike prices and tenors.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAdvanced BlockchainBitDAOMantle NetworkWintermute
NEAR is an open blockchain infrastructure powering the agent economy, providing cross-chain execution, confidential settlement, and private inference capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Miami, US
Illia Polosukhin(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAccompliceAdvanced BlockchainAmbush CapitalAmplify Partners+40 more
Nevermined provides API monetization infrastructure that enables organizations to sell services to AI agents with automated metering, settlement, and payouts.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFactor CapitalGenerative VenturesPolymorphic CapitalSignature Ventures
Los Angeles, US
Samuel Rowen(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Abrahamson(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMapleblock CapitalRana CapitalSora VenturesTPC Club (The presale club)TPC VenturesBitfinex+3 more
OP Games is a publishing platform that supports indie game developers by providing funding, equity, promotion, and tools to create games using blockchain and decentralized technologies.
Crypto & Web3GamingMarketplaces
Paul GadiinChase FreoinGabby Dizon
Co-investorsBerkeley Blockchain XceleratorAscensive AssetsCointelligence FundDigital Finance GroupDigital StrategiesGenblock Capital+2 more
Orderly Network provides omnichain infrastructure for launching perpetuals decentralized exchanges (perp DEXs) on any blockchain, offering a shared orderbook and liquidity accessible via SDK or white-label.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Ran Yi(Founder)in
Co-investorsD1 VenturesDragonflyGate VenturesIOSG VenturesMetastablePantera Capital+9 more
Solana is a blockchain network designed for high-performance internet capital markets, payments, and cryptocurrency applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Anatoly Yakovenko(Solana Founder & Solana Labs CEO)inGregory Fitzgerald(Executive Officer)Rajiv Gokal(Executive Officer)Alan Yu
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+54 more
Sovrun builds infrastructure and applications for onchain games and autonomous worlds, enabling players to own digital assets and participate in player-driven economies.
Crypto & Web3GamingManila, PH
Jeth Ang(Chief Operating Officer, COO and Co-founder)inNico Odulio(Chief Technology Officer, CTO and Co-founder)inRenz Chong(Chief Executive Officer, CEO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDelphi Venturesa16z cryptoEmfarsisKyros VenturesLongHash Ventures
Trading Strategy operates a protocol and platform for automated trading strategies in decentralized finance (DeFi), covering topics such as DeFi risk ratings and vaults.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
LLM training, GenAI solutions, and data intelligence.
Hong Kong, HK
Pak-Sun Ting(Founder)in
x.ai builds frontier AI reasoning models, real-time voice AI, and generative media systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Yuhuai (Tony) Wu(Founder)inDennis Mortensen(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Poon(Director)Greg Yang(Founder)inGuodong Zhang(Founder)inIgor Babuschkin(Founder)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesAbstract VenturesAccess Ventures (New York)Aglae VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+64 more
XLD Finance operates X, an EVM-based blockchain built on the OP Stack for commercial payment applications, using its native stablecoin xUSD to enable cross-border payments and settlement between digital assets and traditional finance.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupIntegra PartnersAdvance AICircle & Co.EmfarsisIDG Capital+6 more
YGG Play is a publisher of casual games built on blockchain technology, connecting game studios with players and communities in the cryptocurrency gaming space.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Gabby Dizon(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAscensive AssetsAtelierBitkraft Esports Ventures+18 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BreederDAOCFX LabsDeSyn ProtocolEclipse L2MantaMoonveilMoonveil EntertainmentTìm hiểu thêm
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsxAIacq. by SpaceX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Anthropic · Anthropic Newsroom · Aug 4, 2026
xAI · techcrunch.com · Jan 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Mentha Partners made?
- Mentha Partners has 36 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Mentha Partners invest at?
- Mentha Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Mentha Partners focus on?
- Mentha Partners focuses on Crypto & Web3, Fintech.
- Who does Mentha Partners co-invest with?
- Mentha Partners most often shares deals with Genblock Capital, a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz, among 169 tracked co-investors.
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