Investing Profile

Sara Thomas Deshpande(2)

VCInvestor

Partner at Maven Ventures

mavenventures.com/team/San Francisco, California

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Sara Thomas Deshpande's investing connections

2 Investors

Connected to Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Jai Choi (Tekton Ventures).

Networks Sara is a member of

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

298 CONNECTIONS

Deloitte Consulting Network

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Deloitte Consulting Network

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Endeavor Network

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Current Investing Position

Maven Ventures General Partner

Investment Range

$750K - $1.5M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

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Sara Thomas Deshpande's Investments On Record (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Medeloop	Series ANov 2024$16M SeedSep 2023$8M	$24M
Co-investors: Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Magaly Charbonneau (iNovia Capital)
The Bot Company	SeedMay 2024$150M	$150M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), John Collison, Patrick Collison, Elad Gil
Perplexity	Series CApr 2024$63M	$670M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Joshua Müller (DTCP), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Elad Gil, Amjad Masad, Tobias Lutke, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Sonsini, Dylan Field, Jeff Bezos, Yann LeCun, Bob Muglia, Guillermo Rauch, Balaji Srinivasan, Shane Neman
Daybreak Health	Series BAug 2023$13M Series AMar 2022$10M SeedFeb 2021$2M	$25M
Co-investors: Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Robert Ravanshenas (Maven Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures)
Nest Genomics (YC W22)	SeedJan 2023$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Karen Page (B Capital Group), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Anne Wojcicki
twine	Series UnknownJul 2022	$3M
Co-investors: April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Clint Chao (Moment Ventures)
Kinside	Series AJun 2022$12M SeedDec 2019$3M	$16M
Co-investors: Alda Dennis (Initialized Capital), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures ), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Joanna Drake Earl (Magnify Ventures), Ted Serbinski
Gametime	Series CMay 2022$30M Series AMay 2015$9M	$39M
Co-investors: Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Vivek Ranadive (Bow Capital), Brian Spaly (Brand Foundry Ventures), Tirto Adji, Sam Shank, Aaron Levie, Jared Simon