Investing Profile

Jim Scheinman(548)

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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
$37B
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Faraz Fatemi (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Siddharth Singhal (trilitech), Jay Zaveri (Natural Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), minju lee (11), Adeel Hussain, Mattia Astori, Erick Tseng
The Bot Company
SeedMay 2024$150M
$150M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Sunny Dhillon (Kyber Knight Capital), Patrick Collison, John Collison
Perplexity
Series CApr 2024$63M
$1.3B
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Somesh Dash (IVP), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Peter Sonsini, Mattia Astori, Jeff Bezos, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan
Warmly
Series AOct 2023$11M
SeedJul 2021$2M
$21M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), James Currier (NFX), Mike Vernal (Sequoia Capital), Orson Stadler (Mustard Seed), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Ben Orthlieb (Linkedin), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Chris Moreno (Xeal)
Daybreak Health
Series BAug 2023$13M
SeedFeb 2021$2M
$25M
Co-investors: Deena Shakir (GV (Google Ventures)), Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Robert Ravanshenas (Maven Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration)
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), Vivek Ranadive (Bow Capital), Brian Spaly (Brand Foundry Ventures), Sam Shank (Nuitée), Tirto Adji, Aaron Levie
Fathom
SeedJan 2022$5M
$60M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Galym Imanbayev (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Martin Alexander Gershon (Endeavor Venture Funds), Simon Chan (FirstHand Alliance), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Mujtaba Wani (GSV Ventures), Milad Alucozai (Entrepreneur First), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Shaan Puri (Shaan's All Access Fund), Jason Hunt (Pepper Financial), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Vikas Gupta (Wonder Workshop), Bill Tai (Treasure Data), Jay Jamison, Ted Serbinski

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