Overview

What they do
Maven Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technical founders building software to improve the lives of millions of consumers. The firm highlights portfolio companies such as Perplexity, The Bot Company, and xAI, reflecting a focus on consumer-facing and AI-enabled technology products. It positions itself as a partner to bold founders with a vision worth fighting for and aims to help them build products that can change the world.
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What they look for
Maven Ventures invests in technical founders developing consumer-focused software and AI-driven products that can impact millions of users.
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Stage
Seed, Series A
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Sectors
AI, Climate, Consumer, Fintech, Healthcare
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Based
Palo Alto, US
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Sources

2026-08-28mavenventures.comWe have highly-concentrated strategy, with a small team of investors building and supporting a…
2026-08-28mavenventures.comOur Thesis We invest in seed stage software startups tapping into new consumer behavior and…
2026-08-28mavenventures.comCruise is building the leading highway autopilot technology.
2026-08-28mavenventures.comJim Scheinman Founding Managing Partner

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The 17 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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