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Mesta — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

VC

Mesta is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Builds and backs hybrid fiat-stablecoin payment rails for cross-border payments. The firm’s operating focus is tightly aligned with infrastructure that bypasses correspondent banking and improves settlement speed for global money movement.

How Mesta invests

Mesta is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Mesta typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Mesta has backed 8 companies in our records, including Agentic Payments, Acme Inc., Copperx.

Partners & Team

MV

Macarena Volman

Compliance Manager

NS

Nitin Shrivastava

Chief Compliance Officer

SP

Sandeep Pyapali

CEO

KP

Kiran Polavarapu

Co-Founder

AD

Ashok Dheeravath

Growth Marketing Specialist

GV

Garuda Ventures

Lead investor

Cross-border payments
Payments infrastructure
IG

Ishant Gupta

Director of Engineering

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

AG

Agentic Payments

AC

Acme Inc.

CO

Copperx

ZU

Zulu

RA

Rad Security, Inc. (CIK 0001899916)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Mesta

DE

Desert Pass Townhomes, LLC (CIK 0001936698)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Mesta

KS

KSOC Labs, Inc. (CIK 0001899916)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Mesta

ME

Mesta

Unknown·Seed

A company that received investment in its pre-seed and seed rounds.

How to pitch Mesta
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Macarena Volman, Compliance Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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