Mangusta Capital
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; Europe; MENA · Website
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Mangusta backs founders building mission-critical capabilities at the intersection of vertical AI and consumer disruption. Three investment filters: Domain Depth (vertical-specific expertise), Defensibility (proprietary data + systems integration), and Distribution (embedded GTM). The firm believes vertical AI co-pilots that augment domain experts — rather than generic AI — represent the most durable and defensible category.
Likely not a fit for
Generic horizontal AI tools without clear vertical depth; companies without proprietary data moats; pure consumer lifestyle plays without AI defensibility
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $50M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Mangusta Capital in the news
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/15/26
2 months ago
The Jerusalem Post
'Waze of marketing': Israeli startups invest some $50 million in sales, advertising with AI
6 months ago
조선일보
Global VC Firms Eye South Korea as Asia Investment Hub
7 months ago
조선일보
Global VC Firms Eye South Korea as Asia Hub Amid Regional Challenges
7 months ago
Chosunbiz
Mangusta VC enters Korea to scout AI startups and expand local operations - CHOSUNBIZ
7 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 11/24/25
9 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Bedrock Data: $25 Million Series A Secured To Accelerate AI-Native Data Security Expansion
9 months ago
Business Wire
Bedrock Data Announces $25 Million Series A to Fuel Growth of Its AI-Native Data Security Platform
9 months ago
LinkedIn
OpenAI is making one of its boldest bets yet. The company announced a $1.1 billion all-stock acquisition of Statsig, the Seattle-based product testing startup founded by Vijaye Raji. Once the deal closes, Raji will join OpenAI as CTO of Applications, reporting to
Sep 2025
Fortune
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Refresh Miami
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Teknovation.biz
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