Investing Profile

Jim Scheinman(548)

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Founding Managing Partner at Maven Ventures

jimscheinman.comLos Altos, California

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Networks Jim is a member of

NewCo Network

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NewCo Network

1600 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents 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

Jim Scheinman's Investments On Record (20)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
xAI	Series BMay 2024$6B	$17B
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Faraz Fatemi (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Siddharth Singhal (trilitech), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), minju lee (Various Companies), Mattia Astori, Adeel Hussain
The Bot Company	SeedMay 2024$150M	$150M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Sunny Dhillon (Signia Venture Partners), John Collison, Patrick Collison
Perplexity	Series CApr 2024$63M	$1.3B
Co-investors: Shravan Narayen (IVP), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Somesh Dash (IVP), Talia Goldberg (Bessemer Venture Partners), Yann LeCun (AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Joshua Müller (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Stanley Druckenmiller (Quantum Wave Fund), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Amjad Masad, Bob Muglia, Peter Sonsini, Tobias Lutke, Guillermo Rauch, Jeff Bezos, Balaji Srinivasan, Shane Neman, Mattia Astori, Dylan Field
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 (Blue Moon), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Chris Moreno (Engage Ventures)
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	$43M
Co-investors: Andrew Braccia (Accel-KKR), Vivek Ranadive (Bow Capital), Brian Spaly (Brand Foundry Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Jared Simon (Unknown Ventures), Sam Shank (a16z speedrun), Aaron Levie, Tirto Adji
Fathom	SeedJan 2022$5M	$60M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Galym Imanbayev (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Vikas Gupta (Wonder Workshop), Jay Jamison (Quick Base), Bill Tai (Treasure Data), Vishal Rao (How Old Is Vishal?), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Mark McLaughlin (Alkeon Capital), Will Kohler (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Martin Alexander Gershon (Endeavor Venture Funds), Simon Chan (Firsthand.vc), David Murray-Hundley (Space Tech Ventures), Adam Michalski (PNC), Aaron King (Cocoon Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Viral Bajaria (6sense), Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social, Inc.), 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 (Angel investor), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Ted Serbinski, Chris Fanini, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear

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 Zoom2011 - Present

Investor and Advisor Zoom Video Communications2011 - Present

Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Mint BillsPresent

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Vice President, Business Development & Sales IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Self-EmployedPresent

Vice President, Business Development & Sales Self-EmployedPresent

Founding Managing Partner Maven2013 - 2024

First investor and advisor Epic for Kids2013 - 2021

Investor and advisor Embark Trucks (acquired by Applied Intuition)2016 - 2021

Investor and advisor Embark Trucks2016 - 2021

Board Observer & Investor Cruise Automation, Inc.2014 - 2016

Board Observer & Investor Cruise2014 - 2016

Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Tango2011 - 2015

Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Credit Karma2009 - 2013

Investor & Advisor and formerly COO Check Inc. (now Mint Bills)2009 - 2013

Angel Investor & Mentor Capitalist Maven Ventures2008 - 2013

Angel Investor & Mentor Capitalist Maven2008 - 2013

Investor and Advisor Katango2011 - 2011

Investor & Advisor Jambool, Inc.2008 - 2010

Investor & Advisor Social Gold/Jambool2008 - 2010

Entrepreneur in Residence CRV2007 - 2008

Entrepreneur in Residence Charles River Ventures2007 - 2008

Head of Business Development, Marketing and Sales (First Employee) Bebo2005 - 2007

Vice President, Business Development & Sales NewCo2005 - 2006

Vice President, Business Development & Sales Top-Patents2005 - 2006

Vice President, Business Development & Sales AgileTV2005 - 2006

Vice President, Business Development & Sales Self-employed2005 - 2006

Vice President, Business Development & Sales Birthdayalarm2005 - 2006

Head of Business & Corporate Development Razer Malaysia2003 - 2005

Head of Business & Corporate Development Friendster, Inc.2003 - 2005

Head of Business & Corporate Development Friendster2003 - 2005

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing NewCo2001 - 2001

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Top-Patents2001 - 2001

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing Self-employed2001 - 2001

Consultant, Business Development & Marketing AgileTV2001 - 2001

Senior Vice President, Business Development & Marketing Nippon Paint Automotive Americas1998 - 2001

Senior Vice President, Business Development & Marketing NBCi (NBC Internet)1998 - 2001

Associate, Attorney DLA Piper1995 - 1998

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

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