# Mesa Ventures

> Mesa Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Mobile and Software. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 2%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Jul 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mesa-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mesa_vc
- Website: http://www.mesa.vc

MESA Ventures is a Seed and Series A venture fund focused on e-commerce, advertising, media, enterprise software, and mobile technologies. The Fund co-invests between $50,000 and $250,000 alongside established early stage venture firms. We actively support talented entrepreneurs building big businesses. To do that, we invest social capitalthat we believe valuable as financial capital. This comes from tapping into the team’s global network of media, entertainment and technology relationships to provide investor introductions, executive team hiring, business development, client & advertiser introductions, and marketing support. The Fund's goal is to help its portfolio companies whenever and wherever it can.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3.5M |
| Series A | $1M–$5.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 13 | 23% |
| Software | 10 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 10 | 18% |
| SaaS | 6 | 11% |
| Internet | 6 | 11% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 38 | 67% |
| Series A | 11 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 48 | 84% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Iceland | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Patricof | Founder & General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-patricof |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arconex | Arconex - Vertical AI SaaS for the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Industry. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |
| MessageYes (formerly ReplyYes) | MessageYes' mission is to help people effortlessly discover and purchase items they love using their mobile phones. MessageYes is the first platform to offer frictionless e-commerce over mobile messaging for brands looking to engage and transact directly with their customers. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), human-assisted AI, andintegrated payments, the MessageYes platform learns from customer feedback to make the experience serendipitous to each person and brand. Message recipients simply reply "Yes" to instantly buy from their mobile phones. |  | Seed | Apr 27, 2016 |  |
| Zipdrug | Zipdrug provides patients access to low-cost pharmacies who deliver prescriptions right to their homes. Its platform allocates medicare advantage patients to pharmacies that will drive adherence for the lowest cost. It was founded in 2015 and is based in New York City. | $2.6M | Seed | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Panjo | Panjo is a mobile marketplace for the world’s most ardent auto, sport, and hobby enthusiasts. Existing marketplaces poorly underserve and ignore this audience. Each year, 350M worldwide enthusiasts spend $15B buying products, parts, and accessories from their peers through a patchwork of inefficient methods. | $4.6M | Series A | Nov 12, 2015 |  |
| Wade & Wendy | Wade & Wendy offers machine intelligence personalities that aim to make hiring more human. It was launched by Josh Brandoff, Adrian von der Osten, and Drew Austin in June 2015 and is based in New York, United States. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 28, 2015 |  |
| Tala | Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets. More than 2 million people have borrowed through Tala’s smartphone app, which provides instant credit scoring, lending, and other personalized financial services in emerging markets. Tala provides personalized loans to approvedborrowers and builds digital credit history. The company provides instant loans through a mobile app where the entire process happens, from loan application to funds release and status tracking.Tala was founded on October 1, 2011, and is the global team is headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore. | $10M | Series A | Sep 03, 2015 |  |
| Hyper | Hyper is a new video magazine for iPad with a clear less is more approach. With daily editions of only 6 to 12 hand-picked videos and a beautiful, minimalist design, Hyper simply provides the best of the newest every day. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 26, 2015 |  |
| Clique | Recently named to Fast Company’s list for the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2017, Clique is a global media, marketing, and consumer brands company. Through its brands—Who What Wear, MyDomaine, Byrdie, CollegeFashionista, and Obsessee—CMG combines the power of data science with its expert editorial team to create content and productsthat millennial women and Gen Z girls crave. CMG’s two key marketing offerings, CMG Studios (an in-house creative agency) and INF Network (representing 55+ top bloggers and influencers), deliver integrated and native advertising programs, all while inspiring consumers to discover and shop. In early 2016, CMG launched its first clothing, shoes, and accessories line exclusively with Target under the Who What Wear brand, and it continues to be a top performer for the mega-retailer. | $8M | Series B | Aug 08, 2015 |  |
| FEM | FEM operates as a personalized video engagement platform based on neuroscience and psychology. The company launches Prizma, a video engagement platform that offers video discovery and smart syndication powered by a robust content recommendation engine. Prizma makes it possible for any website to create an engaging video experience for its audience,quickly and easily. For publishers that have video content, Prizma improves discovery, recirculation, and offers syndication to quality websites; for those that want more video content, Prizma offers monetized, relevant content from high-quality creators.FEM was founded by Rachel Payne, Dr. Meghana Bhatt, and Natasha Mohanty in late 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $3M | Seed | Aug 03, 2015 |  |
| Rinse | Rinse is building the first and largest national (and global) brand in clothing care. It is addressing a massive consumer problem and creating a significantly better (and more standardized) dry cleaning and laundry experience through the combination of "smart scheduling" and best-in-class quality, all supported by a strong technologybackbone that allows it to effectively manage the operational complexity that comes with scale. Its services include Dry Cleaning, Launder & Press, Wash & Fold, Hang Dry, Repairs, Leather Cleaning, and it even takes Clothing Donations. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2015 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queensbridge-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Lowercase Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercase-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mesa Ventures invest in?

Mesa Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mesa Ventures's check size?

Mesa Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.5M at Seed and $1M–$5.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mesa Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Mesa Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Mesa Ventures?

The team at Mesa Ventures includes Mark Patricof (Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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