Aamir Sheikh
CEO / CIO
Echelon Capital Strategies
Mentors Fund is a seed-stage venture firm run by operators with generational exits. We invest in — and mentor — capital-efficient startups digitally disrupting established businesses.
Seed stage — pre-seed to Series A/B 10 sectors, one thesis Operators first — mentorship with the money
Run by the operators behind
One thesis, proven: capital-efficient startups transforming traditional industries — carried onward by the top funds in venture.
Where they build
Plus 15 companies building for emerging markets — and open hunting across IoT, drones, media & telecom, and the sharing economy.
Select investments
AKAI-enabled healthcare systems for overlooked communities.
HWBuy-before-you-sell home purchasing for modern movers.
PGVirtual clinic for substance use care, built for employers.
MAEnterprise AI agents that resolve customer support end to end.
AMDigital-medicine platform connecting clinicians and care plans.
OZSleep earbuds engineered by the ex-Bose sleep team.
BYAutomated, affordable peritoneal dialysis systems.
ARPredictive procurement orchestration for the enterprise.
BRHeadset-free immersive displays, born at MIT.
EMData-driven college admissions and career counseling.
ACAI that automates insurance sales conversations.
AVReal-time AI captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing teams.
ABEarned-wage access and financial services for emerging markets.
PHChronic-care management messaging for clinical teams.
LAFashion commerce platform for South Asia and its diaspora.
ROThe marketplace powering veterinary staffing.
Co-investors across the portfolio
a16z·Atomico·Bain Capital Ventures·Bloomberg Beta·E14·FJ Labs·Floodgate·Future Communities Capital·General Catalyst·Goodwater·Greylock·Human Capital·Lightspeed·Lu+·M13·Matrix Partners·Octopus Ventures·Pear·Plug and Play·Precursor Ventures·Samsung Catalyst Fund·Sure Ventures·SV Angel·Uplyft Capital·Y Combinator·Zayn VC·Zetta Venture Partners·500 Global·Capital Factory·Hustle Fund·StartX
Company stages as of the fund's latest materials; descriptions are drafts for review. Explore the full portfolio →
“Unicorns are mythical. Product-market fit is real.”
One of four rules our founding partners earned across four exits — the rules are the fund.
The full philosophy →A live look at the people around the portfolio, now hosted directly in the site.
Aamir Sheikh
CEO / CIO
Echelon Capital Strategies
Abid Mohsin
Strategy
X, the Moonshot Factory
Abid Rizvi
CEO
Arizona Holdings, LLC
Adam Beguelin
Co-Founder
Holberton School Puerto Rico
Aditya Dayal
VP AI and Software
View
Adnan Lawai
CEO
Folio3
Adnan Siddiqui
Investor / Advisor
Ahad Khan
CEO
Kajabi
Aaron Freeman
Co-founder & CTO
Upwell.ai
Aaron Lin
Co-Founder & COO
Mindstep
Abbas Khan
Founder & CEO
Civiq IQ
Abed Lawand
Co-founder & CTO
Ava Finance
Abeer Agrawal
Co-founder & CTO
Levro
Adam Falls
Co-Founder & COO
Upside Financial
Adam Nathan
Founder & CEO
Blaze AI
Ahmed Gaballah
Founder & CEO
Sokna
Same deals, same terms — choose the level of involvement that fits you.
The index approach
First access to every investment we make. Subscribe once; capital is called quarterly over sixteen quarters.
Deal by deal — new
Pick and choose company by company, at the same terms as the Rolling Fund, with a live Mentor Pitch and Super Memo on every deal.
Fast-moving deals or limited allocations may not flow through the syndicate — the Rolling Fund always has first access.
Send a deck, a demo, or just the idea — with a note on why your path is capital-efficient. A partner reads everything.
What we look for
What you get back
Mentors Fund is a seed-stage venture capital firm. The information on this page is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, or personalized investment advice. Any offering — including the Rolling Fund and syndicate SPVs — is made solely through definitive offering documents on AngelList, available to eligible investors, which you must review in full. References to prior company acquisitions are historical facts and are not indicative of future results. Investing in early-stage companies involves substantial risk, including illiquidity and the possible loss of all invested capital.