Mythos Ventures

Mythos Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2023 by Vishal Maini. Maini previously served as AGI Deployment Strategy Lead at DeepMind and Head of Growth at Upstart, and brings a background in AI strategy and safety-minded technology development to the firm. The firm closed $14 million in capital commitments for its inaugural fund, backed by institutional investors including Metaplanet, Delphi Ventures, ServiceNow, and The Operating Group, as well as individual investors such as Phil Black (co-founder of True Ventures), Walter Kortschak (managing director of Summit Partners), and Anna Counselman (co-founder of Upstart). Mythos focuses on three investment criteria: founders with ambition, integrity, and first-principles thinking; companies that are AGI-proof, meaning they have defensible advantages and are AI-native; and technologies that are prosocial, emphasizing safety by design and positive externalities. The firm writes checks of $100k–$2M and partners with founding teams throughout their full development lifecycle. The team includes Vishal Maini as Founder and Managing Partner, Jonathan Eng and Paul Gu as Partners, and Farouk Rice as Chief of Staff. Notable portfolio companies include Elicit (AI research assistant for scientific literature), Monumental Labs (AI-enabled robotic stone carving), and ValueBase (AI-driven real estate valuations). As of available data, the firm has made approximately 31 investments.