Associate
Mercato PartnersCheck size: Mercato's current site targets companies with $10M+ annual revenue, 75% year-over-year growth, and $10M+ rounds; person-specific checks are not published.
Austin Lignell is part of Mercato Partners's current team. No narrower person-specific investment mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back exceptional growth-stage founders changing how people live, learn, and work, particularly outside traditional venture corridors.
The firm publicly emphasizes back exceptional growth-stage founders changing how people live, learn, and work, particularly outside traditional venture corridors.
No person-specific pass list is public. Opportunities outside the firm's published stage, sector, geography, or traction criteria appear less aligned.
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Austin Lignell is Associate at Mercato Partners, according to the firm's current official roster. To avoid mistaken identity, no unsupported prior employment, education, or portfolio attribution has been inferred.