Mesh Ventures LLC
Institutional venture firm, based in Portland, Oregon, reporting $93.5M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
19 additional co-investors and affiliates, 9 additional investments, funds and LPs, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 4 vehicleson Form D, 18 months
$163M reported sold so far.
A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.
- 4 companiesnew in 12 months
4 new companies in the last 12 months. Latest round Venus Aerospace round ($91M round) on 8 Jul 2026.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 2 companiesportfolio raising
2 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 5 Jun 2026 ($47.8M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 1 roundled by Tony Fai
Tony Fai leads the most rounds on record: 1 round, latest ANELLO Photonics round (4 May 2026).
The partner who leads is the one to reach; the rest of the team follows a lead partner's call.
People to know
View all people- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
Relationship network
39 connected entities4 observed rounds3 dated rounds shown here, 2026
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Mesh Ventures LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
4 companies on record, 4 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus Aerospace Corp. | Funding round | participant | unknown | $91.0M | unknown | Jul 8, 2026 | Fact Press release |
| Checker | Funding round | participant | unknown | $8.0M | unknown | May 19, 2026 | Fact Press release |
| ANELLO Photonics | Funding round | lead | Tony Fai (confirmed) | $25.0M | unknown | May 4, 2026 | Fact Press release |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, healthcare, medtech, consumer, hardware, robotics, space, logistics, industrial, agtech, quantum
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- global, new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
2 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- Tony Fai · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility; Led 1 round on record
- Edward Kou Chuang Chyau · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Partner · led 1 round on record
- Managing Director
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
11 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESH Invest VI, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | $12.6M Sep 12, 2026 | 17 | $10.8M of $12.5M | Mar 20, 2026 |
| MESH Invest VII, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Newly closed | $1.7M Sep 12, 2026 | 7 | $1.7M of $1.7M | Mar 25, 2026 |
| MESH Invest VIII, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $17.7M of $59.9M | Jul 15, 2026 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
22 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-07-081 shared deal · one time
- 2026-07-081 shared deal · one time · they led 1
- 2026-07-081 shared deal · one time
Compare portfolios with Green Sands Equity, Mercury Fund, Draper Associates or any firm. Co-investors across the market
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Mesh Ventures LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
1 dated event, 25 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Apr 1, 2026Mesh Ventures LLC appears on the SEC adviser roster (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Apr 1, 2026 · 9 private fundsShowHide
Website description: Electronics-focused Venture Capital Firm
- Headquarters
- Portland, ORadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- mesh.vc
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Apr 1, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 9 (9 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $93.5Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $93M across 11 vehicles
- Sep 13, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $93M across 9 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 70%)Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv pdf loaded | adv-pdf-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Portland, OR | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital “We are an electronics-focused venture capital firm.” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital “We are an electronics-focused venture capital firm.” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 9 | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $93.5M | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | Global, new york “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Global, new york “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, healthcare, medtech, consumer, hardware, robotics, space, logistics, industrial, agtech, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, healthcare, medtech, consumer, hardware, robotics, space, logistics, industrial, agtech, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Venture funds reported | 9 | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Apr 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmed · 2 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $93M across 11 vehicles
This firm files as 2 advisers on mesh.vc: Node by Mesh LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: 0.29 · funds: 0.92 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0.22 · co investors: 0.54
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.5 · fund raising 18m: 1 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-07-08
- emerging manager
- fund count: 11 · reported gav: $93.5M · first adv filing: 2026-04-01 · years since first filing: 0.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 52.2confidence 100%Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 48.2confidence 100%Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 48.2confidence 100%Why: sector fit; geography fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
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Record history
- Merged in2026-09-14
- Grouped with firm2026-09-12
- Adviser's first ADV filing2026-04-01source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.