Maven is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs consumer software and emerging consumer technology startups, founded by Jim Scheinman. Maven's Twitter Score is 9.4 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #98,057 among 486,621 tracked accounts.
Maven was founded by Jim Scheinman, with Sara Deshpande joining as its first employee. The firm focuses on seed-stage software startups built around emerging consumer behavior, typically committing an initial investment of $1 million per company with the option to participate in follow-on rounds. Since its founding, Maven has backed roughly 50 companies and reports four IPOs, ten acquisitions, and seven unicorns across that portfolio.
Maven closed its Fund III in 2019 as an oversubscribed $65 million seed-stage fund centered on consumer trends. The firm subsequently announced Fund IV at $60 million, which brought total assets under management to $200 million across more than 60 investments. Per TechCrunch, the Fund IV strategy places particular emphasis on consumer AI. The investing team includes Sara Deshpande as General Partner and Robert Ravanshenas as Partner.
Maven has maintained a presence in the crypto and blockchain space through select portfolio positions. Its active holdings include CoinList, backed since 2021, which provides access to new crypto tokens ahead of broader exchange listings, as well as Codigo, also backed since 2021, focused on accelerating blockchain development and security. Maven also lists Pantera Capital, backed since 2022 and described by the firm as the first U.S. institutional asset manager focused exclusively on blockchain technology, among its active investments. Maven's portfolio includes AltspaceVR, Luma and Please.
Maven has accumulated 4,690 followers as of September 2026 on the platform and has published 5,228 posts. The account has been mentioned by 36 accounts, totaling 339 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Maven include 54 founders, 20 angel investors, 6 influencers and 10 VCs. Among them are Andrew Chen, VCs Congratulating Themselves, Shaan Puri, Marc Weinstein, Josh Elman and Vladimir Novakovski.