Mentha Partners
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed
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 Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 23 of 38 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×21Fintech ×11Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×8AI & Machine Learning ×5Cloud Computing ×3Enterprise Software ×3Gaming ×3
HQs:United States×6United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×13 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
Ateneo de Manila University ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2University of Toronto ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history
OpenAI ×9DeepMind ×4First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) ×2Sovrun (Formerly BreederDAO) ×2Stanford University ×2
5 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)
Investments · 38 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path1inch is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for crypto users, offering token swaps through a DEX aggregator with intent-based and cross-chain functionality, MEV protection, and wallet security features.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Sergej Kunz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Candle CapitalBlockchain CapitalBR CapitalDragonflyFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+12 more
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)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)in
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+85 more
AI research and products focused on safety.
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+24 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-investorsD1 VenturesIOSG VenturesLemniscapPantera CapitalPuzzle VenturesCrypto com Capital+2 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
Philippines-based manufacturer of NFT game assets, breeding and crafting characters and items for play-to-earn games and guilds.
Co-investorsAscensive AssetsEmoote
New money for the old Internet.
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 CapitalBitDAOMantle NetworkRyze LabsWintermuteArrington XRP Capital+1 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 & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCorazon CapitalDecasonicPetRock 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 Tools
Neel Somani(Founder)inVijay Chetty(CEO)Ben Livshits(CTO)
Co-investorsDBAFenbushi CapitalHack VCMaven 11OKX VenturesPlaceholder+5 more
Ethereum L2 powered by the Solana Virtual Machine.
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 DiscoverSpace Whale CapitalArrington XRP Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
Substrate-based privacy protocols using zk-SNARK for anonymity and cross-chain interoperability.
Co-investorsGenblock CapitalHypersphere Ventures
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 VenturesLongHash Ventures+5 more
Co-investorsArcane GroupHivemind Capital PartnersLongHash Ventures
Web3 game-centric experiences for next-gen gamers.
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+36 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-investorsGenerative 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 XceleratorCointelligence FundGenblock CapitalLucidBlue Ventures
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)inAlan Yu
Co-investors1k(x)1kx500 Globala16z cryptoAbstract VenturesAegis Ventues+37 more
Sovrun (formerly BreederDAO) builds on-chain gaming infrastructure, digital asset creation tools, and Autonomous Worlds, including a Parallel EVM L2 rollup, NFT generation technology, and questing/distribution platforms for web3 games.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Renz Chong(CEO & Co-founder)inJeth Ang(COO & Co-founder)inNico Odulio(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLongHash Ventures
Co-investorsAZDAGCatcherVCLucidBlue VenturesV3V Ventures
Automated AI-driven DeFi trading strategies.
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
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)inGreg Yang(Founder)inGuodong Zhang(Founder)inIgor Babuschkin(Founder)inElon Musk(Founder)
Co-investors7percent VenturesAbstract VenturesAglae VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzArctic Digital+35 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+11 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioxAIacq. by space-x
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Deribit · en.cryptonomist.ch · Sep 1, 2026
Clearpool · blockchainreporter.net · Aug 21, 2026
Anthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026
xAI · readsludge.com · Jul 17, 2026
Arweave · kraken.com · Jul 13, 2026
Solana · cryptobriefing.com · Jul 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Mentha Partners made?
- Mentha Partners has 38 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- 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, Andreessen Horowitz, a16z crypto, among 162 tracked co-investors.
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