DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Maven Ventures
Maven Ventures
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $220M
Importance
29
moderate
Active deployment
15
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
7
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 631 EMERSON ST, Palo Alto, CA, 94301adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650-218-2244adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.MAVENVENTURES.COM
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 6 (6 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $221Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 650-218-2244adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
4 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, healthcare, consumer, space, logistics
- Stages
- seed, series a, series b
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
pre seed 100%
Stage at first entry
pre seed 100%
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate 100%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 4
Funds and vehicles
6 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven Ventures Fund IV, L.P. | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $57.6M Mar 28, 2024 | 70 | $55.1M of $70.0M | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Maven Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P. | Opportunity fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $31.4M Mar 28, 2024 | 33 | $0 of $35.0M | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Maven Ventures Fund III, L.P. | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $73.5M Mar 28, 2024 | 100 | $65.0M of $65.0M | Sep 25, 2019 |
| Maven Ventures Fund II, L.P. | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $52.5M Mar 28, 2024 | 59 | $0 of $20.0M | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Maven Ventures Growth Labs Fund I, L.P. | Growth fund | 2013 form d first sale | Harvest | $4.4M Mar 28, 2024 | 31 | $7.0M of $7.0M | Feb 26, 2015 |
| Maven Ventures Growth Labs Parallel Fund I-A, L.P. | Growth fund | 2013 form d first sale | Harvest | $325,741 Mar 28, 2024 | 3 | $200,000 of $5.0M | Mar 20, 2014 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
6 current, 0 departed
Sara Deshpande
General partnerGeneral Partner
Jim Scheinman
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Mar 1, 2013
Jim Scheinman
Managing partnerFounding Managing Partner
Robert Ravanshenas
PartnerPartner
Annaka West
Platform and operationsHead of Finance
Investments on record
4 edges, 4 companies, 1 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenka | Pre-seed · Pre-seed | lead | Alexander Essle (confirmed) | unknown | unknown | Sep 17, 2026 | Fact Press release wires (Business Wire, PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire public RSS) |
| Warmly Secured $11M in Series A Funding | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Raises $6.2M Seed led by Flyover (Austin, TX) | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| woola_must_vaike.png | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
8 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Gami Capital 1 shared · one time · we led 1Amplify Partners 1 shared · one timeFlyover Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeMK Capital Company 1 shared · one timeFuture Ventures 1 shared · one timeJibe Ventures Select Gpgp LLC 1 shared · one timeRitual Capital Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeParade Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Mar 30, 2023Maven Ventures Fund IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $47,527,881Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Fund IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2022Maven Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $37,271,038Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Opportunity Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 19, 2019Maven Ventures Fund III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $44,600,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Fund III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 26, 2016Maven Ventures Fund II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $6,020,816Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Fund II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 23, 2013Maven Ventures first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 23, 2013Maven Ventures Growth Labs Parallel Fund I-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $222,222Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Growth Labs Parallel Fund I-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 23, 2013Maven Ventures Growth Labs Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Maven Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,027,778Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactMaven Ventures Growth Labs Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $220M
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources