Floodgate

Virginia

Floodgate, formerly Maples Investment, is a venture capital firm specializing in micro-cap investments in start-ups. The firm seeks to invest in technology related sectors, typically injecting between $150,000 and $1 million. Floodgate's specific industries of interest include hardware, software, small business, enterprise, Internet, B2B and consumer markets. The firm prefers to invest in companies located in either the San Francisco Bay Area or in Austin, Texas. It prefers to invest alongside other experienced private investors or top-tier venture firms.

Founded:2006

Firm Location:Virginia • San Francisco, California • Palo Alto, California • New York City

Investor Firms That Co-Invest with Floodgate

NFX Mucker Capital Silicon Valley Connect Sherpalo Ventures Javelin Venture Partners Webb Investment Network K9 Ventures Shasta Ventures Binary Capital Lightbank Austin Ventures Transmedia Capital MHS Capital Pipeline Capital Partners Social Leverage Broadway Angels Founder Collective Vast Ventures Reach Capital Brand Foundry Ventures Altair Capital Management AME Cloud Ventures Western Technology Investment Saga Bam Ventures ‎GreatPoint Ventures Sound Ventures Kapor Capital Harrison Metal Hardware Club Yes VC Red Swan Ventures CRV RRE Ventures Hack VC DCM Ventures NewCo E14 Fund Craft Ventures Baseline Ventures Kalei Ventures Catapult Capital ACME Capital Silverton Partners Something new Owl Capital aCrew Capital Angel investor 8-Bit Capital National Science Foundation Tribeca Venture Partners TenOneTen Ventures Quotidian Ventures Theory Forge Ventures Next Coast Ventures Schox Venture Capital Cloud Apps Capital Partners DST Global QED Investors Elsewhere Partners Trinity Ventures Ignition Partners Lead Edge Capital Zeev Ventures Fyrfly Venture Partners Nyca Partners Bedrock Capital Lobby Capital Earl Grey Capital Andreessen Horowitz Khosla Ventures General Catalyst Google Ventures Founders Fund SV Angel Initialized Capital NextView Ventures Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC SQN Venture Partners Countdown Capital Radical Ventures Various Banana Capital Index Ventures Nexus Venture Partners TQ Ventures Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund City Light Capital Costanoa Ventures Cowboy Ventures DNX Ventures Gradient Ventures Greylock Kleiner Perkins Sequoia Capital Shrug Capital True Ventures Ulu Ventures AperiamVentures Uncork Capital Unusual Ventures Ballistic Ventures Chamaeleon Vibe Capital Curated Moving Capital On Deck Owl Ventures Forerunner Ventures Infinity Ventures Maveron Ballast Point Ventures 8VC August Capital Bain Capital Ventures First Round Capital Goodwater Capital Norwest Venture Partners Ravelin Capital Lux Capital Abstract Ventures Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)IVP Benchmark Battery Ventures Plug & Play Ventures Long Journey Ventures Smash Capital 355 Capital Version One Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Polaris Partners Liquid 2 Ventures Slow Ventures Zetta Venture Partners Trust Fund Felicis Ventures HOF Capital Awesome People Ventures GV (Google Ventures)Eclipse Ventures SoftBank Investment Advisers Susa Ventures UpHonest Capital Tribe Capital Bling Capital B Capital Group Streamlined Ventures Y Combinator Afore Capital Mayfield Fund WorkOS Standard Capital Gil Capital / Gil & Co Greylock Partners Self-employed iCiDIGITAL The Founders Fund Sm4rt Predictive Systems Skio The Raine Group Physical Intelligence Zeno Partners MoneyTap OpenAI Anthropic Stride.VC Deep33 SafeGraph The Permanent Legacy Foundation PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE Biowear Freedom Financial Network AppOnboard Uber Strata Capital Partners The Battery Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout O'Reilly Media Accumulator Carbon Health Wheelhouse Partners Bullish Inc.Lux Research Accel-KKR Dance Klaradal Hopscotch Labs 1528 Webster 2U Frontier Medicines GSV Acceleration Notability Partners LLC

Floodgate Team

Photo of Iris Choi, Partner at Floodgate

Floodgate·Partner

Sweet spot: $2.6M

Range: $100K - $5.0M

Investors in Palo Alto (CA)

Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)

to see your intro paths to Iris

Photo of Arjun Chopra, Partner at Floodgate

Floodgate·Partner

Sweet spot: $2.5M

Range: $500K - $5.0M

Investors in Global, Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Palo Alto (CA)

Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)

to see your intro paths to Arjun

Photo of Jay Kennedy, Floodgate

Sweet spot: $2.6M

Range: $100K - $5.0M

Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)

Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A)

to see your intro paths to Jay

Photo of Mike Maples, Partner at Floodgate

Floodgate·Partner

Sweet spot: $2.6M

Range: $100K - $5.0M

Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Palo Alto (CA)

Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Series B), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Developer Tools (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed)

to see your intro paths to Mike

Photo of Ann Miura Ko, Partner at Floodgate

Floodgate·Partner

Sweet spot: $2.5M

Range: $500K - $5.0M

Investors in Global, Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in San Jose (CA), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in Boston / New England, Investors in Seattle (WA), Investors in Provo (UT), Investors in Salt Lake City (UT), Investors in Austin (TX), Investors in Palo Alto (CA)

Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Seattle / Portland (Other Lists), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Colorado / Utah (Other Lists), Investors in Future of Work (Seed), Investors in Austin (Other Lists), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Creator/Passion Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)

to see your intro paths to Ann

Photo of Avi Muller, Investor at Floodgate

Floodgate·Investor

Sweet spot: $20K

Range: $20K - $20K

Investors in New York City

Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series B), Investors in Retail (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series B), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Retail (Series A), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in Retail (Series B), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Retail (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series A), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Retail (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series B), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Retail (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B)

to see your intro paths to Avi

Photo of Leeor Mushin, Senior Associate at Floodgate

Floodgate·Senior Associate

Sweet spot: $2.6M

Range: $100K - $5.0M

Investors in Palo Alto (CA)

Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A)

to see your intro paths to Leeor

Photo of Alexander Phan, Floodgate

Sweet spot: $1.5M

Range: $100K - $5.0M

Investors in Virginia

Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series B), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B)

to see your intro paths to Alexander