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MMercato Partners portfolio
Mercato Partners has 1 portfolio company on record at Recent Funding. It is a growth equity firm based in Cottonwood Heights, US, founded in 2007. It led 1 of the 2 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Lambda's $320M Series B+ round in February 2024, alongside Veligera Capital, US Innovative Technology Fund, T. Rowe Price and 6 others. That company is in AI infrastructure and compute. It has co-invested with Gradient Ventures, Crescent Cove Advisors and T. Rowe Price, most often Gradient Ventures (2 rounds).
About Mercato Partners
Fund returns
| Fund | Vintage | Size | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercato Partners Growth III, L.P. | 2015 | — | 9.5% | 1.84x | 0.18x | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Mercato Co-Investment | 2013 | — | -92.9% | 0.08x | 0.08x | Sep 30, 2025 |
Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.
Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-09, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Salt Lake City | II | $115Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list |
Venture funds Mercato Partners raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
What Mercato Partners invests in
- AI infrastructure and compute · 1 · 100%
- Fintech · 1 · 100%
- Health and bio · 1 · 100%
How Mercato Partners invests
| Stage | Deals | Capital in rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Series B+ | 2 100% | $364M |
Share is of the 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name Mercato Partners. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Mercato Partners portfolio companies
| Company | Round with Mercato Partners | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series B+ · $320M | $859M | Nov 18, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
GGradient Ventures2 shared rounds · last Feb 15, 2024
CCrescent Cove Advisors2 shared rounds · last Feb 15, 2024
TT. Rowe Price1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
UUS Innovative Technology Fund1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
- SSK Telecom1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
IIronwood Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
SSahin Boydas1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
- VVeligera Capital1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
- MMillennia Capital1 shared round · last Feb 15, 2024
GGeorges Harik1 shared round · last Mar 21, 2023
BBloomberg Beta1 shared round · last Mar 21, 2023
GGreg Brockman1 shared round · last Mar 21, 2023
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (AI infrastructure and compute).
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Mercato Partners, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/mercato-partners (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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