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    Floodgate

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2006

    Floodgate is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs extraordinary founders at the pre-seed and seed stages. Founded in 2006 by Mike Maples Jr. and Ann Miura-Ko, the firm pioneered the 'micro-VC' category and has invested in companies including Twitter, Lyft, Okta, and Twitch.

    Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.7M (across 114 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    108

    Fund Size

    $146M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Ann Miura-Ko

    Ann Miura-Ko

    PARTNER

    Iris Choi

    Iris Choi

    Partner

    Mike Heller

    Mike Heller

    Partner

    Mike Maples, Jr.

    Mike Maples, Jr.

    PARTNER

    Lisa Del Ben

    Lisa Del Ben

    Director of Operations

    Sam Beskind

    Sam Beskind

    Senior Associate

    Finn Stäblein

    Finn Stäblein

    Associate

    Helen Moore

    Helen Moore

    Associate

    Lori Simotas

    Lori Simotas

    CFO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    122 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Eudia logoEudiaSeries D$105MFeb 2025
    From Counsel logoFrom CounselSeries A$25MJan 2025
    Zitadel logoZitadelSeries ANov 2024
    Lume logoLumeSeed$4.2MNov 2024
    Counsel logoCounselSeed$11MOct 2024
    Bounti logoBountiSeed$16MSep 2024
    Passionfruit logoPassionfruitSeries A$9MJul 2024
    Created by Humans logoCreated by HumansSeed$5MJun 2024
    SmarterDX logoSmarterDXSeries B$50MMay 2024
    Legends logoLegendsSeed$6MMar 2024
    Arch Labs logoArch LabsSeed$6.2MFeb 2024
    Lume logoLumeSeed$4.2MJan 2024
    REALLY logoREALLYSeed$18MFeb 2023
    StoryCo logoStoryCoSeed$6MJan 2023
    StoryCo logoStoryCoSeed$6MJan 2023
    OhmConnect logoOhmConnectSeries D$55MJun 2022
    Loris logoLorisSeries A$12MApr 2022
    Fieldguide logoFieldguideSeries A$17MMar 2022
    Rupa Health logoRupa HealthSeries AMar 2022
    neo.tax logoneo.taxSeries A$10MFeb 2022
    Passionfruit logoPassionfruitSeedJan 2022
    HHighlight.xyzSeed$11MJan 2022
    AirGarage logoAirGarageSeries A$12.5MOct 2021
    AAlmanacSeries A$34MSep 2021
    Superorder logoSuperorderSeed$2.5MAug 2021
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    Last updated: 9 September 2026