MESA Ventures

MESA Ventures was a New York City-based early-stage venture capital fund founded in 2012 by Mark Patricof (Founder and General Partner), Andrew Montgomery, and Jacob Brody. The firm raised a deliberately small $10 million fund concentrated on seed and Series A investments in e-commerce, advertising, media, enterprise software, and mobile technologies. MESA operated as a co-investment fund, writing $50,000 to $250,000 checks alongside established early-stage venture firms, with Patricof's personal investment sweet spot at $500,000. The firm also operated MESA+ as a boutique investment bank. Across 47 portfolio companies, MESA produced 19 acquisitions — an exit rate of approximately 40 percent that reflects disciplined selection rather than volume deployment. Notable exits include TripleLift, EasyPost, WhoWhatWear, and Gem (March 2022). Other portfolio companies include Abra and Arconex Capital, with the last recorded investment in April 2019. Sectors covered included e-commerce, media and entertainment, SaaS, software, advertising, and fintech. MESA leveraged its global network of media, entertainment, and technology relationships to provide companies with investor introductions, executive hiring support, business development connections, and marketing assistance. MESA is now permanently closed. The fund demonstrated that a small, tightly managed co-investment vehicle built around a high-quality network can produce exceptional outcomes relative to its capital base. By concentrating on sectors where the founding team had deep operating and media-industry relationships, MESA generated a return profile that made it one of the more productive micro-funds of its vintage despite its modest size.