Maven Ventures

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

01.12.2014

Date

1

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General

About Company
Maven Ventures is a microventure capital firm in California that invests in seed-stage consumer software companies.

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founded date

01.01.2013

Number of employees

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2013 in Palo Alto, California, Maven Ventures focuses on early-stage ventures and has made 52 investments as of February 2020. Notable portfolio companies include Zoom, Cruise, and Chariot. The firm has raised three funds, with the latest being Maven Ventures Fund III, which raised $65M. Maven Ventures makes 5-6 new startup investments each year and provides support to founding teams to achieve product/market fit and reach millions of customers.
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Number of Funding Rounds

Their latest funding was raised on 01.12.2014. Their latest investor Wavemaker Partners. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

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Jim Scheinman
Jim Scheinman

Jim Scheinman

Jim Scheinman is the Founding Managing Partner of Maven Ventures (www.mavenventures.com), the leading seed venture fund for emerging consumer software startups propelled by network effects and hypergrowth. Jim has achieved 4 ‘unicorn’-level successes over the past 20 years as a founder, executive, and investor. His top performers include Cruise ($1B sale to GM), Bebo ($850M sale to AOL), Tango ($1B+ valuation), and NBCi ($6B IPO), plus several other exits including the recent acquisition of Check by Intuit for $360M. Jim is one of the leading growth experts in Silicon Valley, a TED speaker, and a frequent presenter and judge at many startup conferences and events. Jim has a BS in Neuropsychology from Duke University and earned a JD at the University of California Davis School of Law. Jim has startup in his blood. He’s been a serial entrepreneur dating back to his high school and college days.

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Maven Ventures
Maven Ventures

count Of Investments

3

count Of Exists

1

Jim Scheinman

Employee Profiles
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Jay Drain Jr.

Jay Drain Jr.

Associate

Jim Scheinman

Jim Scheinman

Founding Managing Partner

Sara Deshpande

Sara Deshpande

Partner

Robert Ravanshenas

Robert Ravanshenas

Sr Associate

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