Investing Profile

Mercedes Bent(1314)

InvestorVCAngel

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

lsvp.com/team-member/mercedes...San Francisco, California

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Mercedes Bent's investing connections

Connected to 46 investors on Signal.

Networks Mercedes is a member of

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

838 CONNECTIONS

Goldman Sachs Network

671 CONNECTIONS

Harvard University Network

615 CONNECTIONS

Harvard University Network

615 CONNECTIONS

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

430 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Partner

Investment Range

$3.0M - $20.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

Mercedes Bent is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Human Capital/HRTech (Seed)Education (Series A)Human Capital/HRTech (Series A)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)Education (Seed)Web3/Crypto (Series A)Web3/Crypto (Seed)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Creator/Passion Economy (Series A)Creator/Passion Economy (Seed)LatAm (Latin America)Consumer Internet (Series A)FinTech (Series A)FinTech (Seed)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists

Mercedes Bent's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Willow Voice	SeedJul 2025$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Max Mullen (Instacart), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Dharmesh Shah
Sitch	SeedJun 2025$5M	$7M
Co-investors: Vanessa Larco (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jeremy Liew (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Stori	Series UnknownAug 2024$110M Series CNov 2021$130M Series BFeb 2021$33M	$320M
Co-investors: Alex Taussig (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Yi (Charlie) Cao (Source Code Capital), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), William (Penglan) Zhao (Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI)), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital)
Cumbuca	SeedAug 2023$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Fernando Gadotti (Gávea Investimentos), Renato Freitas (Unknown Ventures), Pedro Sirotsky Melzer (Igah Ventures), Guilherme Weege
Beek	Series AFeb 2023$13M	$13M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Daniel Levine (Accel), Alfonso De los Rios (Nowports), Sam Altman, Dylan Field
fidu	SeedOct 2022$5M	$5M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Andres Humberto Bilbao (B2 Founders), Felipe Villamarin, Matias Woloski, Fabian Gomez Gutierrez
Magic Eden	Series BJun 2022$130M	$160M
Co-investors: Josephine Chen (Sequoia Capital), Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Arjun Balaji (Paradigm), Mike Duboe (Greylock Partners), Scott Belsky (A24), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Trading.TV	Series AJan 2022$8M	$8M

most interested in

Consumer, Fintech - wealth management / investing /saving, Edtech, Future of Work, Africa - fintech, LATAM - fintech, marketplaces.

Mercedes Bent's Experience

Investor EllisPresent

Investor Arcade.devPresent

Investor Calling BrandsPresent

Investor janitoraiPresent

Investor Robyn FrankelPresent

Investor Xtripe AngelsPresent

Investor WillowPresent

Investor HyperspellPresent

Investor StoriPresent

Investor HoneylovePresent

Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

↓↓ Investments (2019 - 2026) ↓↓ Fifth Street Asset ManagementPresent

Financial Analyst Goldman SachsPresent

Board Observer HoneylovePresent

Board Member StoriPresent

Creative Enterprises and Marketing Department Intern No Kid HungryPresent

International Business Development Intern China Universal Asset ManagementPresent

Analyst Federal Reserve BoardPresent

Vice President UVR Media LLCPresent

Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture PartnersPresent

Investor SuperMePresent

Investor Moonlake AIPresent

Co-Founder Stealth VCPresent

Creative Enterprises and Marketing Department Intern Share Our StrengthPresent

General Manager & Product Manager General AssemblyPresent

Vice President UploadPresent

Non-Profit Board Member Birthright AFRICAPresent

Mercedes Bent's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration - MBA Investor at Stanford's Impact Fund on the Education Deal Team, Ally and Black History Month Chair for Black Business Student Association

Harvard University BA Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, The Association of Black Harvard Women, Harvard Women's Club Soccer, Black Student's Association

Harvard University BA Economics, East Asian Studies

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