Pedro Mesquita

Pedro Mesquita is an investment professional on the deal team at Mindset Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in U.S.- and Israel-based B2B technology companies while serving as a "local partner for global technology investments" connecting portfolio companies to the Latin American market. He joined the firm around 2018 and focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and value-creation support, primarily for U.S. and Israeli opportunities. By his own account he has sourced and analyzed more than 500 early-stage deals.

He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management from FGV-EAESP (Fundação Getulio Vargas) in São Paulo. During his studies he completed an exchange program at Bocconi University in Milan (management, economics, and business strategy) and a summer course in Open Innovation at the London School of Economics. Before venture capital, he worked at The Economist Intelligence Unit, contributing to research for the annual competitiveness ranking of Brazilian states.

Mindset Ventures backs roughly 70+ companies with a fund base of nearly $100 million from a global investor group, and differentiates itself through a hands-on value-creation team and a platform of software and services partners plus advisor/client access across Latin America. Within that model, Pedro contributes analytical rigor and market research, an interest he also expresses publicly through his writing.

Pedro is an active writer on Medium (and Substack), publishing analyses of topics such as enterprise applications for generative AI, recurring themes from Y Combinator demo days, IPO prospectus breakdowns (Coinbase, Mosaico), and explainers on NFTs — reflecting a research-driven, trend-spotting orientation toward technology investing.

• Invests in B2B / B2B SaaS companies, primarily out of the U.S. and Israel, that pair strong technology with early but real traction (revenue or proven demand)
• Core sectors: Fintech, enterprise software, cybersecurity, AI/ML, digital health, AgTech, and insurtech
• Sweet spot is Seed to Series A — Mindset has made ~19 Seed investments (avg round ~$3.29M) and ~26 Series A investments (avg round ~$14.6M)
• Beyond capital, the pitch is hands-on value creation: a dedicated internal team plus ~40 software/services partners, and a bridge into the Latin American market (advisors and potential customers)
• Pedro's own writing signals interest in generative-AI enterprise applications and emerging trends surfaced at accelerators like Y Combinator