Lenny Mendonca
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Lenny Mendonca is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Social Impact and News. Lenny Mendonca is the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School. He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development,Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm's communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council (its Board of Directors). He retired in from McKinsey in 2014. He was formerly the Chair of New America and Children Now, co-Chair of California Forward, and co-founder and Chair of Fusecorps. He was the Vice-Chair of Common Cause. He is the Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and their Economic Institute, and was vice-chair of the Stanford GSB Advisory Council. He was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development. He served on the boards of Fidelity Charitable, Western Governors University, UC Merced, The Educational Results Partnership, The College Futures Foundation, California Competes, The Opportunity Institute, Commonwealth Club, National Association of NonPartisan Reformers, and The Guardian.org. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Trustees for Junior Statesmen of America, and the Advisory Boards of Y Analytics, QB3, the Haas Center at Stanford, Third Sector Capital, The CA Community College Chancellor's Office, and the Public Policy Institute of California. He received his MBA and certificate in public management from Stanford. He holds an AB, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard.He lives on the Half Moon Bay coast with his wife, Christine. They raised their two daughters, Allie and Rebecca, there and are the founders and owners of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, The Inn at Mavericks and the Pacific Standard Taproom. He is also Chair and primary owner of the Coastside News Group (Half Moon Bay Review).
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Lenny Mendonca invests in
Stages Lenny Mendonca invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $70k–$1.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Social Impact 2 (33%)
- News 1 (17%)
- Events 1 (17%)
- Travel 1 (17%)
- Banking 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actionable local reporting and civic intelligence at scale with journalist-in-the-loop AI. | $225K / Pre-Seed / Jul 17, 2025 | ||
| Goldenkey (Formerly known as Solopro) revolutionizes the way people buy and sell homes. Through no commission model, Goldenkey leverages technology for on-demand real estate transactions. | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 22, 2015 | ||
| Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice. | $15.5M / Series A / Sep 17, 2015 | ||
| Owlized provides location-based virtual reality solutions which help people connect deeply with the most visited destinations on Earth. OWL VR and our mobile mixed-reality tools help travelers experience cultural heritage while enabling citizens to visualize and influence the future of cities. | $470K / Seed / Sep 01, 2014 | ||
| ShoutAbout promotes meaningful opportunities to do something at the bottom of political coverage and commentary. | $70K / Seed / Dec 01, 2012 | ||
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FAQ
What does Lenny Mendonca invest in?
Lenny Mendonca invests primarily in Social Impact, News and Events startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Lenny Mendonca invest in?
Lenny Mendonca typically joins rounds of $70k–$1.6M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lenny Mendonca's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lenny Mendonca took part in.
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When did Lenny Mendonca last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lenny Mendonca closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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