Investing Profile

Jim Scheinman(548)

VCInvestorAngel
Founding Managing Partner at Maven Ventures
jimscheinman.comLos Altos, California
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127 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 124 other investors on Signal.

Networks Jim is a member of
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Self-Employed Network
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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
$31B
Co-investors: Siddharth Singhal (trilitech), Jay Zaveri (Natural Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), minju lee (11), Mattia Astori, Adeel Hussain, Erick Tseng
The Bot Company
SeedMay 2024$150M
$150M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Sunny Dhillon (Kyber Knight Capital)
Perplexity
Series CApr 2024$63M
$1.3B
Co-investors: Somesh Dash (IVP), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Peter Sonsini, Jeff Bezos, Mattia Astori, Balaji Srinivasan
Warmly
Series AOct 2023$11M
SeedJul 2021$2M
$21M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), James Currier (NFX), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Chris Moreno (Xeal)
Daybreak Health
Series BAug 2023$13M
SeedFeb 2021$2M
$25M
Co-investors: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures)
Spinach AI
SeedAug 2022$3M
$6M
Co-investors: Liron Petrushka
Gametime
Series CMay 2022$30M
$43M
Co-investors: Andrew Braccia (Accel), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Sam Shank (Nuitée)
Fathom
SeedJan 2022$5M
$60M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Martin Alexander Gershon (Endeavor Venture Funds), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Vikas Gupta (Wonder Workshop), Bill Tai (Treasure Data), Ted Serbinski, 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
Investor and Advisor Zoom Video Communications2011 - Present
Investor and Advisor Zoom2011 - Present
Vice President, Business Development & Sales Self-EmployedPresent
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Self-EmployedPresent
Vice President, Business Development & Sales IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Founding Managing Partner Maven2013 - 2024
First investor and advisor Epic for Kids2013 - 2021
Investor and advisor Embark Trucks2016 - 2021
Investor and advisor Embark Trucks (acquired by Applied Intuition)2016 - 2021
Board Observer & Investor Cruise2014 - 2016
Board Observer & Investor Cruise Automation, Inc.2014 - 2016
Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Tango2011 - 2015
Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Check Inc. (now Mint Bills)2009 - 2013
Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Credit Karma2009 - 2013
Angel Investor & Mentor Capitalist Maven2008 - 2013
Angel Investor & Mentor Capitalist Maven Ventures2008 - 2013
Investor and Advisor Katango2011 - 2011
Investor & Advisor Social Gold/Jambool2008 - 2010
Investor & Advisor Jambool, Inc.2008 - 2010
Entrepreneur in Residence Charles River Ventures2007 - 2008
Entrepreneur in Residence CRV2007 - 2008
Head of Business Development, Marketing and Sales (First Employee) Bebo2005 - 2007
Vice President, Business Development & Sales Birthdayalarm2005 - 2006
Vice President, Business Development & Sales Self-employed2005 - 2006
Vice President, Business Development & Sales AgileTV2005 - 2006
Vice President, Business Development & Sales Top-Patents2005 - 2006
Vice President, Business Development & Sales NewCo2005 - 2006
Head of Business & Corporate Development Friendster2003 - 2005
Head of Business & Corporate Development Friendster, Inc.2003 - 2005
Head of Business & Corporate Development Razer Malaysia2003 - 2005
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing AgileTV2001 - 2001
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Self-employed2001 - 2001
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Top-Patents2001 - 2001
Consultant, Business Development & Marketing NewCo2001 - 2001
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Marketing NBCi (NBC Internet)1998 - 2001
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Marketing Nippon Paint Automotive Americas1998 - 2001
Associate, Attorney DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary1995 - 1998
Associate, Attorney DLA Piper1995 - 1998

Jim Scheinman's Education

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