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    Maven Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2013
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    Maven Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, investing in technical founders building consumer software and AI-driven startups. Founded in 2013 by Jim Scheinman, the firm has achieved multiple unicorn exits across roughly 50 investments.

    Average disclosed round size is $20.7M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    36

    Fund Size

    $60M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Jim Scheinman

    Jim Scheinman

    Founding Managing Partner

    Sara Deshpande

    Sara Deshpande

    General Partner

    Robert Ravanshenas

    Robert Ravanshenas

    Partner

    Annaka West

    Annaka West

    Head of Finance

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    42 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Summize logoSummizeUnknown$50MJan 2026
    MedeLoop logoMedeLoopSeries A$15.5MNov 2024
    MedeLoop logoMedeLoopSeed—Apr 2024
    SkyArk Chronicles logoSkyArk ChroniclesUnknown$15MJan 2024
    Warmly logoWarmlySeries A$11MOct 2023
    Pockit logoPockitUnknown$10MAug 2023
    Nest Genomics logoNest GenomicsSeed$8.5MJan 2023
    Trainwell logoTrainwellUnknown$6.5MJan 2023
    Lutra logoLutraSeed$3.8MJan 2023
    Daybreak logoDaybreakSeries B$13MJan 2023
    RRiskSmartSeed$1.2MAug 2022
    May Mobility logoMay MobilitySeries C$111MJul 2022
    Kinside logoKinsideSeries A$12MJun 2022
    Gametime logoGametimeUnknown$30MMay 2022
    OneShield logoOneShieldGrowth$50MJan 2022
    Fathom logoFathomSeed$4.7MJan 2022
    Co-Pilot logoCo-PilotSeries A$6MJan 2022
    Copper Banking logoCopper BankingSeed$13.3MOct 2021
    Class logoClassSeries B$105MJul 2021
    Class logoClassGrowth$105MJul 2021
    Ottopia logoOttopiaUnknown$9MApr 2021
    Class logoClassSeries A$30.8MFeb 2021
    ClassEDU logoClassEDUSeed$16MSep 2020
    CARROT logoCARROTSeries B$24MAug 2020
    Carrot Fertility logoCarrot FertilitySeries C$24MAug 2020
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    Top Co-Investors

    Human Ventures10 shared
    Y Combinator4 shared
    Rise of the Rest Seed Fund4 shared
    Precursor Ventures3 shared
    Uncork Capital3 shared
    Sound Ventures3 shared
    F-Prime Capital3 shared
    SoftBank Vision Fund3 shared
    Lux Capital3 shared
    Slow Ventures3 shared
    Emergence Capital3 shared
    GSV Ventures3 shared
    SWaN & Legend Venture Partners3 shared
    CRV3 shared
    Root Ventures2 shared
    Toyota Ventures2 shared
    Tencent Investment2 shared
    Dolby Family Ventures2 shared
    GV2 shared
    SV Angel2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026