ABOUT MAVEN VENTURES
Our Vision
To meaningfully improve consumers’ lives at scale by building valuable enterprises that achieve top 10% venture returns.
Why Maven
Maven | \’mā-vən\ | (noun): a trusted expert, a mentor, one who seeks to pass on knowledge to others so that they may succeed.
Maven Ventures invests in software startups that millions of consumers use everyday to make their lives better. We make $750K-$1M Seed investments in founders with a “vision worth fighting for” and the potential to build billion-dollar businesses. Our team identifies future consumer trends — we’ve already seen our investment predictions come to life in areas like self-driving cars, the proliferation of mobile, video communication, the future of retail, and digital health. Notable investments include: Zoom (IPO “ZM”), Cruise (acquired by GM), and Chariot (acquired by Ford).
As we only make 6 to 8 new startup investments each year, we focus on each one, rolling up our sleeves to teach founding teams how to achieve product/market fit, hone their consumer messaging, reach millions of customers with viral marketing, and set them up for success
We Aspire to Be:
- Experts
- Helpful
- Easy to work with
- Honest
- Encouraging
Maven Ventures focuses on helping consumer startups achieve massive scale, which we define as millions of happy customers who love the product and need to use it every day. If you want to build a lasting, billion-dollar consumer brand that will change the world in a positive way and delight millions of customers, then we would love to hear from you. Here’s what comes from partnering with Maven:
- Up to $1,000,000 in Seed funding and consideration for follow-on investing.
- Access to the Maven team: attend regular meetings with the Maven team for access to their expertise and support in the following areas:
- Consumer growth techniques and customer acquisition
- Marketing, messaging and PR
- Product/market fit
- Recruiting and hiring
- CEO coaching
- Exclusive mentor events: free, VIP access to the Hypergrowth Retreat and other events with the Maven mentor network.
- Professional services: benefit from special Maven connections and introductions to leading tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Get access to Maven’s vetted list of service professionals to help with PR, messaging, recruiting, technology services, and more.
- Fundraising advice: we advise and guide founders on all elements of fundraising. Instead of a demo day, we introduce you directly to relevant Maven limited partners and our network of trusted co-investors to close your Seed and subsequent rounds.
Maven founded and hosts the Hypergrowth Retreat, bringing together portfolio companies, promising consumer startups, and the top minds in consumer growth for an immersive day of learning and networking. Retreat speakers know how to take a startup from growth to hypergrowth to billion dollar exit and share practical tips and tactics about consumer growth hacking, viral marketing, and network effects. Presenters at past retreats include growth experts from Google, Uber, Sequoia Capital, Facebook, Dropbox, and many more; see what they had to say on our blog. To be the first to hear about our next Hypergrowth Retreat, sign up for updates here.
The best way to connect with us is through a mutual introduction or contacting us through [email protected], although each one of us is also accessible via LinkedIn and Twitter so feel free to reach out to us directly.
We blog, speak, and post on social media frequently about what we are looking for in the startups we fund. Follow us, get to know us, and we encourage you to research the companies in our portfolio as well as what we’ve shared publicly on our investment thesis in our blog.