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Mendoza Ventures

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About Mendoza Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$1M to $10M

Lead

N/A

Themes

big data AI
under-represented
agents
fintech
woman-led
banking
first generation
female founded
gay
D&I
African-American
LGBT
computer vision
wealthtech
US Military Veteran
diversity
female-founded
female led
immigrants
financial services
genAI
Immigrant (1st or 2nd generation)
diverse
cyber-security
latina
lesbian
femtech regtech
disabled
immigrant
first-generation
second-generation
underrepresented founders
immigrant founders
lending
female founder
LLM
female founders
black
people of color
generative AI
women
African American
authentication
inclusive
woman
historically ignored founder
cyber security
fin-tech
machine learning
security
identity
finserv
female
women-led
second generation
latinx
overlooked teams
cybersecurity
deep learning
inclusion
machine vision
BIPOC
woman led
female entrepreneur
woman-lead
ML
neural network
privacy
payment
finance
paytech
underestimated founders
bank
women's
woman lead
data science
fintechs
female-led
artificial intelligence
latino
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Funding Stages

2. Prototype3. Early Revenue4. Scaling5. Growth

Countries of investment

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Who we are

Mendoza Ventures is an early and growth stage Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity venture fund that provides an actively managed approach to VC. We invest in companies with early revenue, a clear value proposition and using a proven due diligence model. We focus on diversity as playing an important role in our decisions.

Funding Requirements

We invest in growth stage (series A and above) Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity. Must have MVP, Friends and family raised, and first paying customer. Diverse teams wanted :)

Value add

Diverse checks, meaningful proactive support, an actual phone call back, even on the bad days.

Locations

207 Newbury Street, Boston, MA HQ
location_iconSan Francisco, CA

Mendoza Ventures Team

Senofer Mendoza

Senofer Mendoza

GP/MD

Catalina Barros

Catalina Barros

Associate

"I invest in Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity"

Fiona Chen

Fiona Chen

Associate

"I invest in AI, cybersecurity, and dual-use companies with $1MM+ ARR, at Series A and above."

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