Mendoza Ventures is one of the few husband-and-wife-run venture firms, co-founded by Senofer and Adrian Mendoza as the first Latinx-founded, women-owned VC fund on the U.S. East Coast, explicitly designed around their complementary backgrounds and immigrant experience rather than traditional Wall Street credentials. They operate with an unusually hands-on model in fintech, AI, and cybersecurity, positioning themselves as operators who help both founders with go-to-market strategy and LPs with 100% co-investment access, while using their platform to become a visible voice on emerging manager best practices and AI risk in financial services.