MentorTech Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2005. The firm was founded by Boris Kalandar and Michael Aronson. The firm is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of March 2019, the firm has 14 companies and has sold off its shares in 26 companies. Its most recent investment occurred in August 2017 for Port, a company which provides online tool services to help make customers become members.
Funding
MentorTech Ventures’ focuses on investing in companies in the field of information technology as well as marketing and healthcare technology. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the Greater Philadelphia and New York City area. It specifically focuses on funding startups that come from the University of Pennsylvania’s ecosystem. The firm funds companies in various stages of development, from seed-stage to growth-stage. Its most recent funding round collected $24.2 million in November 2013.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A healthcare company using artificial intelligence to help track and predict the onset of human diseases.
TicketLeap is a Philadelphia-based company founded by Chris Stanchak.
Yodle is a New York City-based company founded by Nathaniel Stevens, Bobby Lo, Kartik Hosanagar, John Berkowitz and Milind Mehere.
Wanderfly is a New York-based company founded by Christy Liu, Jorge Trujillo and Evan Schneyer.
goTenna is a company that builds devices that pair to a phone to create mesh networks so people can relay text and GPS messages with no cellular service required.
Medivo is a New York City-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2010.
People
Boris Kalandar
Founder/Managing Director
Brett Lacher
Employee
Brett Topche
Managing Director
Marshall Yang
Employee
Michael Aronson
Founder/Managing Director
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Curalate
Neat
Payperks
Prognos
Warby Parker
