Maven

Maven

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

Palo Alto, CA 3,804 followers

Investing in tech companies addressing emerging consumer behavior and trends

About us

Maven is a seed stage venture firm investing in tech companies addressing emerging consumer behavior and trends. Maven identifies and backs bold founders with a vision worth fighting for. We help founders unlock their potential to change the world, building iconic brands like Zoom and Cruise.

Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2013

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  • Pipeline goals are big in 2025. If you want to warm up your TAM, then sign up for some Warm Leads with Warmly,. Check out their Series A Extension announcement!

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    ceo @ warmly.ai | revenue ops obsessed | ex-google | follow to watch me try to build a sales tech unicorn

    Today Warmly, finalizes our Series A with $17M in overall funding to fuel our AI Sales Platform. Here’s why new investors bet on us to win ABM 2.0: 1/ Warmly’s AI works with humans instead of replacing them. We win together. 2/ We have the #1 best intent data in the business (we spend more than anyone else on data too). 3/ Our automation & AI is real-time. Instant ability to follow up with warm leads on Chat, Email, Linkedin & Ads. 4/ Our customers love us - 250+ led us to 3x growth to pass $3M ARR in 2024. The story behind the story: Alan, Carina & I started Warmly, 5 years ago in my parents garage (cliché I know). We didn’t have a dollar to our name but Techstars and then Y Combinator took a bet on us. For 1000 days their bet looked like a waste. We pivoted 5 times in 3 years. Who would bet on first time founders in Sales Tech who had never sold anything before? Not me! But then realized we could use AI & Automation to give sellers superpowers & make marketers’ lives a breeze. True to our name - Warmly’s AI will warm up your total addressable market until those leads are hot. Then our AI does the grunt work reaching out to the warm leads at scale while the hot leads get worked by humans. (How? Real-time alerts in Slack let humans live chat/video call with prospects or DM them on LinkedIn). Our European Expansion: This $6M Extension will fuel our European Expansion. Big thank you to the European Team at RTP Global for their excitement in what we can do. Because of our outrageous commit to privacy & security (given the sensitive space of person-level intent data) - we are entering into the European Market with a strong footing & hubris. Whether you sell into the US, Europe or anywhere else - our global, person-level warm lead data will give your sales & marketing big smiles 😃. Head over to our website to check it out (we will be alerted when you arrive!) Warmly, Max & Team Warmly, —— Thank you to our existing investors who participated & continue to support us like Aydin @ Felicis & James @ NFX. Thank you to our amazing team of 50 Warmsters who wake up & have fun using our own tool to build pipeline. Thank you to my best friends & cofounders Alan & Carina who embody the definition of hustle + never-giving-up. Can’t wait to start our SF office together this spring. Thank you to our deep partnerships with David @ Demandbase, Keith @ 11x, Besnik @ Salesflow.io, Ned Leutz, & many others.

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  • Sharing this for greater visibility. Love to see Pledge doing good for the world.

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    The LA Tech & VC community is coming together to make a big impact 💜🔥 We're proud to announce the LA Tech Community Cares Fund, powered by Pledge. Join us and give today: https://hubs.li/Q034B_jb0 This fund raises donations to provide: 💛 Direct grants to low-income families, small businesses & workers 💛 Essential support for firefighter organizations Founded by local VCs who have personally experienced loss, this fund ensures donations reach those who do not have the resources to recover. Together, we can help rebuild lives and communities. No donation is too small - every dollar makes an impact.

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  • 2024 has been marked by innovation and growth for Maven’s portfolio companies. From securing funding to launching, here are some standout moments: Industry Recognition ● Perplexity: Reached a $9B valuation with 15M users. CEO Aravind Srinivas was a featured speaker at Stanford GSB’s View From the Top. ● Hello Heart: Named one of Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and Business Insider’s Most Promising Startups. CEO Maayan Cohen was recognized as a CNBC Changemaker of the Year. ● Carrot Fertility: Earned a spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. ● Ottopia: Recognized as the global market leader in automotive teleoperation by Frost & Sullivan. Funding Milestones ● Fathom - AI Meeting Assistant: Secured $17M in Series A funding, led by Telescope Partners, achieving 90x revenue growth and adoption by 8,500+ companies. ● Medeloop: Closed $15.5M in Series A funding (Inovia Capital), enabling clinical analyses up to 1,000x faster. ● xAI: Announced plans for a ChatGPT rival app and raised $5B, valuing the company at $50B. Innovation in Action ● May Mobility: Partnered with Lyft to introduce autonomous vehicles in Atlanta by 2025, expanding its micro-transit services. ● Moment Robotics + The Bot Company: Two Maven-backed companies, led by serial founder Kyle Vogt, are joining forces to build AI-powered home robots. ● Zippin: Launched checkout-free stores at the largest stadium in the southern hemisphere. Leading Change ● Daybreak Health: Hosted The Anxious Generation, featuring insights from bestselling author Jonathan Haidt, showcasing leadership in youth mental health. ● trainwell: Collaborated with TransFigure on a weight-loss program combining personalized fitness with GLP-1-based management. ● Validity.id: Partnered with Rice University to streamline alumni degree verification processes. To all the founders in our portfolio: Congratulations on your hard-earned successes in 2024! As Maven looks ahead to 2025, we are focusing on Seed-stage Consumer AI. If you’re building the next big thing, let’s connect.

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  • 2024 was a banner year for Maven, marked by notable press coverage and key events. Here are some of our standout moments: In the News ● TechCrunch: Announced the launch of Maven’s $60M Fund IV, highlighting the continued momentum in consumer tech investing. ● AllRaise: Shared the story of how the Maven partnership came to life in Visions Worth Fighting For. ● Bloomberg Technology: Sara joined Ed Ludlow to discuss Maven’s thesis on investing in the future of consumer AI. ● The Economist: Sara was recognized as one of Silicon Valley's top early-stage investors, known for driving high returns and guiding startups to successful funding rounds. See her post on her page. https://lnkd.in/eZgejSYF ● The Wall Street Journal: Sara explained how policy shifts in Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance will shape the future of digital health startups. ● Impact Agenda Podcast: Robert and Ben Hoffman, Co-founder of House Numbers, discussed aligning financial success with societal impact. ● TechCrunch Equity Podcast: Sara talked about recent shifts in consumer tech and what sets standout startups apart. Events and Community ● Hosted the inaugural Maven Founder Summit in Guatemala with our friends at Invariantes, bringing together the Maven founder community like never before. ● Celebrated our 9th annual Maven Game Day with the San Francisco 49ers! ● Hosted lunches, dinners, and networking events with VCs and Founders discussing the tech ecosystem and exploring the frontier of Consumer AI in the Bay Area, Toronto, LA, and more! Here’s to an incredible 2024 for Maven and our portfolio companies! Thank you to our founders, partners, and community for your trust and collaboration. As we head into 2025, we’re energized to continue supporting visionary founders building the future. Onward to the new year with many more highlights to come!

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    ICYMI: Maven portco Daybreak Health hosted a powerful webinar on reversing “phone-based childhoods” to support youth mental health. Featuring thought leaders Jonathan Haidt, Tony Thurmond, Alberto Carvalho & Nick Melvoin, it’s a must-watch for parents and educators alike. https://lnkd.in/enpz98_D

    The Pivotal Role Schools Play in Reversing the Phone-Based Childhood and Improving Youth Mental Health

    The Pivotal Role Schools Play in Reversing the Phone-Based Childhood and Improving Youth Mental Health

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    General Partner, Maven Ventures

    One year after Maven invested in the Seed round, Medeloop has raised their Series A! When we invest in companies, we look for three things: a Vision Worth Fighting For, a many-multi-billion dollar market opportunity, and a bold ambitious team that will tear through a brick wall to make it happen. Medeloop is a slam-dunk on all three. Congratulations to the Medeloop team - and welcome on board Inovia Capital and Icon Ventures. See more from Axios here: https://lnkd.in/gHkaqkCa Startups move fast and there's always more work to do... founders and teams, try and take a moment and celebrate the wins. Here we are doing just that: Medeloop CEO Rene Caissie (center) and me (back left) celebrating the fundraising milestone over lunch with some of the awesome Medeloop team Ashley Moseby Maya Lockwood Lauren Green Raghav Samavedam Yorick Chern 🥂 cc Robert Ravanshenas Jim Scheinman

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