Mercedes Bent
InvestorPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $25K – $20M checks
About
Mercedes Bent combines Fed and Goldman experience with operating roles, focuses on consumer fintech and financial inclusion for Latin America and multicultural founders, and advises on web3/AI shifts.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech
Experience
- Stealth VCCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersPartner2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Not Available↓↓ Investments (2019 - 2026) ↓↓2019
- Moonlake AIInvestor2018
- SuperMeInvestor2018
- WillowInvestor2018
- Hyperspell (YC F25)Investor2018
- janitoraiInvestor2018
- Arcade.devInvestor2018
- EllisInvestor2018
- StoriInvestor2017
- HoneyloveInvestor2017
- General AssemblyGeneral Manager & Product Manager2012 — 2016New York and San Francisco Bay Area
- Goldman SachsFinancial Analyst2010 — 2012Greater New York City Area
- Federal Reserve BoardAnalyst2009Washington D.C. Metro Area
Education
- Harvard UniversityBA, Economics2006 — 2010
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Stanford University Graduate School of EducationMaster of Education - MEd
Skills & more
Strategy47Management19Leadership13Financial Modeling46Valuation38Venture Capital15Entrepreneurship18Marketing22Business Strategy17Due Diligence8Start-ups26Investments12
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EconomicsCompetitive AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentMarket ResearchPricing StrategyBusiness ModelingOperations ManagementSocial MediaBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementFrom Mercedes's professional profile.
Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Aaron Batalion
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Aditya Sharma
Partner, Growth Equity - India & Asia - Pacific at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Akshay Bhushan
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Network3
Alfonso De los RiosScout
Investor at Nowports
Ankur NagpalScout
Founder at Vibe Capital
Chi-Hua ChienScout
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Mercedes Bent work?
- Mercedes Bent is Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What does Mercedes Bent invest in?
- Mercedes Bent invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
- What check size does Mercedes Bent write?
- Mercedes Bent typically writes checks of $25K – $20M.
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291
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