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Decade$60M Maven Fund IV: Fresh Capital to Lead the Next DecadeMaven’s latest fund will continue a successful track record of investing in tech companies addressing emerging consumer 

trendsSara DeshpandeApr 16, 2024Investing in Medeloop: AI and the Future of Clinical ResearchInvesting in Medeloop: AI and the Future of Clinical ResearchMaven Ventures joins General

Catalyst to invest in Medeloop, a Stanford-founded AI startup improving the clinical research process.Sara DeshpandeOct 5, 2023Empowering Homeowners to Reach Financial Independence with Our

Investment in House NumbersEmpowering Homeowners to Reach Financial Independence with Our Investment in House NumbersToday we are thrilled to announce our investment in House Numbers’ $3.75M

pre-seed financing! House Numbers launched to help homeowners…Rob RavJul 25, 2023What is a Vision Worth Fighting For?What is a Vision Worth Fighting For?I speak with hundreds of aspiring

consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of fundraising materials and pitches each year. From all this…Jim ScheinmanJul 15, 2022Five Reasons Why Zoom is the Next Big Platform to Launch

Billion-Dollar StartupsFive Reasons Why Zoom is the Next Big Platform to Launch Billion-Dollar StartupsZoom Apps officially launched today!Jim ScheinmanJul 21, 2021Retail Investing 3.0Retail

Investing 3.0A New Era of Consumer Investing PlatformsJay Drain Jr.Apr 22, 2021Powering Generosity Through Our Investment in PledgePowering Generosity Through Our Investment in PledgeWith

Pledge, every Zoom call, Clubhouse chat, Shopify store, and virtual event can become a fundraising opportunity for non-profits.Sara DeshpandeMar 17, 2021Announcing our Investment in Luma to

Enable CreatorsAnnouncing our Investment in Luma to Enable CreatorsWe’re very excited to co-lead Luma’s Seed round alongside Venrock, and are thrilled to have a great group of co-investor

VCs and early…Jim ScheinmanDec 7, 2020Hope after the Coronavirus Pandemic: Are These 10 New Consumer Behaviors Here To Stay?Hope after the Coronavirus Pandemic: Are These 10 New Consumer

Behaviors Here To Stay?Due to the danger of the global spread of the Coronavirus, we’re all feeling under siege, trapped, and no longer free to do what we want…Jim ScheinmanMar 27, 2020Where

did Zoom come from?Where did Zoom come from?I suspect that after all the press Zoom is getting for their successful IPO, if you’ve never been invited to “Zoom,” you’re probably…Jim

ScheinmanApr 18, 2019Four Levers to Optimize your Funding RoundFour Levers to Optimize your Funding RoundToo many founders optimize their fundraising based on a single metric: valuation. Of

course, I understand where this comes from, and the…Sara DeshpandeFeb 5, 2019Bold Prediction: Consumers Will Become Comfortable with Fully Driverless Cars and Get More Access…Bold Predictio

n: Consumers Will Become Comfortable with Fully Driverless Cars and Get More Access…In 2019 we will see the first driver-free autonomous vehicles (“AV”) open to the general public without a

human operator in the car. In…Jim ScheinmanJan 14, 2019Getting Investor Attention: Seven Steps to a Verbal Pitch that WorksThere’s a lot of great information available about investor

presentations, pitch decks, and the fundraising process. But many entrepreneurs…Sara DeshpandeApr 4, 2018How to Achieve Startup Hypergrowth, According to the ExpertsHow to Achieve Startup

Hypergrowth, According to the ExpertsWe hosted Maven Ventures’ 2nd annual Hypergrowth Retreat last month to connect early stage founders from our portfolio and community to the…Rob RavNov

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