Investing Profile

Jim Scheinman(548)

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Founding Managing Partner at Maven Ventures
jimscheinman.comLos Altos, California
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Current Investing Position
Maven Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$750K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$880K
Investments On Record
38

Jim Scheinman is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jim Scheinman's Investments On Record (20)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
xAI
Series BMay 2024$6B
$6B
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), minju lee (11), Mo El-Bibany, Mattia Astori, Adeel Hussain, Siddharth Singhal
The Bot Company
SeedMay 2024$150M
$150M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), John Collison
Perplexity
Series CApr 2024$63M
$670M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Joshua Müller (DTCP), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Yann LeCun, Peter Sonsini, Guillermo Rauch, Jeff Bezos, Shane Neman, Balaji Srinivasan, Tobias Lutke, Stanley Druckenmiller, Dylan Field, Amjad Masad, Bob Muglia
Warmly
Series AOct 2023$11M
SeedJul 2021$2M
$21M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Orson Stadler (Mustard Seed), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels), Mike Vernal
Daybreak Health
Series BAug 2023$13M
SeedFeb 2021$2M
$25M
Co-investors: Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Robert Ravanshenas (Maven Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration)
Spinach AI
SeedAug 2022$3M
$6M
Co-investors: Liron Petrushka, Yoni Assia
Gametime
Series CMay 2022$30M
$39M
Co-investors: Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Vivek Ranadive (Bow Capital), Brian Spaly (Brand Foundry Ventures), Tirto Adji, Aaron Levie, Jared Simon, Sam Shank
Fathom
SeedJan 2022$5M
$60M
Co-investors: Galym Imanbayev (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), David Murray-Hundley (Pario Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social, Inc.), Mujtaba Wani (GSV Ventures), Milad Alucozai (BoxOne Ventures), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Shaan Puri (Shaan's All Access Fund), Martin Alexander Gershon (Endeavor Venture Funds), Simon Chan (FirstHand Alliance), Mark McLaughlin (Alkeon Capital), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Ted Serbinski, Vishal Rao, Adam Michalski, Aaron King, Viral Bajaria, Chris Fanini, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Kyle Vogt, Bill Tai, Jason Hunt, Vikas Gupta, Jay Jamison

most interested in

Consumer Mobile Software, Consumer Health, Autonomous Cars and Truck technology, esports, Consumer VR

not interested in

saas, big data, enterprise

Jim Scheinman's Experience

Founding Managing Partner Maven Ventures2013 - Present
Entrepreneur in Residence Charles River Ventures2007 - 2008
Head of Business Development, Marketing and Sales (First Employee) Bebo2005 - 2007
Vice President, Business Development & Sales Birthdayalarm2005 - 2006
Head of Business & Corporate Development Friendster2003 - 2005
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing AgileTV2001 - 2001
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Marketing NBCi (NBC Internet)1998 - 2001
Associate, Attorney DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary1995 - 1998

Jim Scheinman's Education

UC Davis School of Law, King Hall JD Corporate Law
Duke University BS Neuropsychobiology