Mike Maples, Jr (@m2jr) — Twitter Score 307 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 307 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,033 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 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 430 accounts, with 1,140 total mentions. Mike Maples, Jr's account has published 5,155 posts and has 112,751 followers as of August 2026.

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The accounts that follow Mike Maples, Jr include 1,391 founders, 446 angel investors, 179 influencers and 102 VCs, among them Balaji, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, Sam Altman and Laura Shin.