Maven Ventures

Maven Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Maven is a seed stage venture firm investing in tech companies addressing emerging consumer behavior and trends. The Maven team identifies and backs bold founders with a vision worth fighting for, then helps founders unlock their potential to change the world, building iconic brands like Zoom and Cruise. Maven maintains a concentrated investment strategy, making only 6-8 core investments each year. 16% of Maven companies have achieved an exit or valuation at $500M or more, 10x industry average.

Highlights

Founded

2013

Industry

Software

Employees

1-10

Investment

92

Lead Investment

9

Exits

13

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Maven Ventures, established in 2013 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Collaboration, Information Technology, Messaging, Video Conferencing, Venture Capital, Finance, Business Development, Enterprise Software, Big Data, Cyber Security. The organization boasts a portfolio of 92 investments, with an average round size of $14.3M and 13 successful exits. Their recent investments include Zoom, Qualcomm Ventures, DCVC, AME Cloud Ventures, IT-Farm. The highest investment round they participated in was $125.3B. Among their most notable exits are Zoom and Qualcomm Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Jim Scheinman

Jim Scheinman

Founding Managing Partner

imagePlace Sara Deshpande

Sara Deshpande

General Partner

imagePlace Robert Ravanshenas

Robert Ravanshenas

Senior Associate

Investment portfolio

Maven Ventures has made 92 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 07, 2023, when Lutra AI raised $3.8M.

Maven Ventures has made 40 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 19, 2023, when Warmly raised $11.0M.

investments

92

Diversity investments

40

Lead investments

9

Number of exits

13

Investments

92

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 20, 2023
Medeloop Medeloop
Software8.0M
Oct 04, 2023
Trainwell Trainwell
Software6.5M
Oct 19, 2023
Warmly Warmly
Information Services11.0M
Dec 07, 2023
Lutra AI Lutra AI
Information Services3.8M

Exits

13

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

92

Investors

1

Funds

4

Funding Rounds

92

Maven Ventures has raised 92 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 07, 2023 from a Seed Round - Lutra AI round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 20, 2023
Seed Round - Medeloop Seed Round - Medeloop
-8.0M-
Oct 04, 2023
Series A - Trainwell Series A - Trainwell
-6.5M-
Oct 19, 2023
Series A - Warmly Series A - Warmly
-11.0M-
Dec 07, 2023
Seed Round - Lutra AI Seed Round - Lutra AI
-3.8M-

Investors

1

Maven Ventures is funded by 1 investor(s). Wavemaker Partners Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Wavemaker Partners Wavemaker Partners
No
Venture Round - Maven Ventures
0

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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