Adrian Fortino

Adrian Fortino

Partner atMercury FundFirm active Oct 14Texas

Adrian Fortino is a partner at Mercury Fund, which invests at pre-seed, seed in vertical ai, crypto, fintech, with checks of $100K to $10M.

What Adrian can write

Writes checks of$100K to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Mercury Fund writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Ricardo · powertrain engineer
  2. Sidecar · co-founder
  3. ShepherdIS · co-founder
  4. FlockTAG · co-founder
  5. Invest Detroit Ventures · Managing Director
  6. Mercury · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

SidecarShepherdISFlockTAGGreat Lakes Venture Capital Summit

Investments named in public bios

BuildforceSight MachineSignal AdvisorsVozePactsafeYottled

Focus

industrialphysical aiinfrastructure ai

Education

University of Michigan, BSE in Mechanical EngineeringRoss School of Business at the University of Michigan, MBA with High Distinction

Also at Mercury Fund

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Questions

Who is Adrian Fortino?

Adrian Fortino is a partner at Mercury Fund, which invests at pre-seed, seed in vertical ai, crypto, fintech, with checks of $100K to $10M.

How much does Adrian Fortino invest?

Adrian Fortino invests through Mercury Fund, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Adrian Fortino?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Adrian in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Mercury Fund backed works better.

What did Adrian Fortino do before Mercury Fund?

powertrain engineer at Ricardo; co-founder at Sidecar; co-founder at ShepherdIS; co-founder at FlockTAG; Managing Director at Invest Detroit Ventures.

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