Adrian Mendoza
Investor at Mendoza Ventures
Adrian Mendoza
Investor at Mendoza Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2016 - Current
Mendoza Ventures is an early-growth venture fund based in Boston and SF. The firm is run by Adrian and Senofer Mendoza, entrepreneurs and prior operators who are veterans of the local startup ecosystem. The firm invests in Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity, with diversity playing an important role in their investment decisions—90% of their portfolio consists of startups led by immigrants, people of color, and women. Since its founding seven years ago, Mendoza Ventures has raised two funds and had two successful exits. The firm is currently raising its third fund, a $100M fintech fund anchored by Bank of America, focused on early-growth funding rounds (Seed & Series A). The Mendoza Ventures Pre-Seed Fund I is a top quartile seed fund.
Mendoza Ventures is an early and growth stage Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity venture fund that provides an actively managed approach to VC.
Board Member
2023
Investor
2023
Empowering Insights Now: Automated Expert Data Curation
Founder
2023
Mendoza Impact was started as the philanthropic arm of the Mendoza family. Having deployed over $30M to successful diverse Founders through their VC fund Mendoza Ventures. They believe that the funding discrepancy isn’t a pipeline problem – it’s a commitment problem. As a result of this gap in commitments, in 2023 they founded Mendoza Impact to expand their reach and network to earlier state founders, funders, and fellows. Mendoza Impact is a registered 501(c)(3) Non Profit.
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2021
Investor
2021
Wabbi is a platform that provides automated and orchestrated security governance to empower development teams.
Raised $2,000,000.00 from Mendoza Ventures, Cisco Investments, James Cash, Work-Bench, Karim Lakhani, NLA Ventures, Emmeline Ventures, Matt Provo and Starburst Accelerator.
Investor
2022
Daylight is a digital banking platform in the USA built for LGBT+ people, by LGBT+ people.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Gaingels, Mendoza Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Impact Fund, Duro Ventures, Anthemis, Launchbay Capital, University Growth Fund, Clocktower Technology Ventures and Socially Financed.
Investor
2021
Board Member
2021
Investor
2021
Intelligent Solutions for Cyber Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions
Raised $14,511,985.00 from Fin Capital, Mendoza Ventures, Service Provider Capital, Mendon Venture Partners, Grasshopper Bank and Mendoza Ventures.
Investor
2019
Finch is a seamless, all-in-one account that provides the benefits of investing with the flexibility of checking
Raised $3,600,000.00 from Goodwater Capital, CMFG Ventures Discovery Fund, Reddy Futures, Mendoza Ventures, Frontier Venture Capital, Techstars, Barclays Corporate Banking, Mendoza Ventures and Techstars.
Board Member
2020
Investor
2020
Investor
2019
Listo is a consumer financial services company offering insurance and loans via retail and mobile experience.
Raised $11,443,691.00 from L'ATTITUDE Ventures, Continental Advisors, Mexico Ventures and LEAP Global Partners.