Mike Maples, Jr (@m2jr) — Twitter Score 302 out of 1000

Mike Maples, Jr is a seed-stage venture capitalist who co-founded Floodgate, a firm known for backing outlier founders at the earliest stages. Mike Maples, Jr's Twitter Score is 302 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,067 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Mike Maples, Jr co-founded Floodgate and also co-founded Motive Communications, and previously worked at Tivoli Systems as Director of Product Marketing. Before focusing on venture capital, he was involved as a founder and operating executive at back-to-back startup IPOs, including at Tivoli Systems and Motive. His investment track record spans companies such as Twitter, Twitch, Okta, Applied Intuition, Clover Health, Outreach, Chegg, and Demandforce. Mike Maples, Jr is also affiliated with Pattern Breakers, a bestselling book exploring how the most consequential founders identify and act on inflections others miss.

Mike Maples, Jr's work at Floodgate extends into the crypto space, with portfolio companies including Messari, Skale Labs, and StarkWare. Mike Maples, Jr has been mentioned by 431 accounts, with 1,142 total mentions. Mike Maples, Jr's account has published 5,221 posts and has 114,861 followers as of October 2026.

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The accounts that follow Mike Maples, Jr include 1,407 founders, 447 angel investors, 179 influencers and 101 VCs, among them Balaji, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, Sam Altman and Laura Shin.