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Sara Thomas Deshpande(2)

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Partner at Maven Ventures
mavenventures.com/team/San Francisco, California
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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
294 CONNECTIONS
Deloitte Consulting Network
28 CONNECTIONS
Deloitte Consulting Network
28 CONNECTIONS
Endeavor Network
16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Maven Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$750K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
6

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Sara Thomas Deshpande's Investments On Record (4)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Kinside
Series AJun 2022$12M
SeedDec 2019$3M
$16M
Co-investors: Alda Dennis (Initialized Capital), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures Group), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures Group), Ed Roman (Hack VC), Joanna Drake Earl (Magnify Ventures), Ted Serbinski
Hello Heart
Series DMay 2022$70M
Seed RoundN/A
$140M
Co-investors: Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Ashley Carroll (Social Capital), Somesh Dash (IVP), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), John Malloy (BlueRun Ventures), Jonathan Ebinger (BlueRun Ventures), Noam Bardin
Wildtype
Series BFeb 2022$100M
$120M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), John Melas-Kyriazi, Leonardo DiCaprio
Pledge
SeedMar 2021$3M
$22M
Co-investors: Clay Dumas (Lowercarbon Capital), Robert Jäckle (Visionaries Club), Robert Lacher (La Famiglia), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Randi Zuckerberg (Offline Ventures), Bill Tai

Sara Thomas Deshpande's Experience

Partner Maven Ventures2016 - Present
Principal Maven Ventures2015 - 2016
Senior Associate Maven Ventures2014 - 2015
Founder Independent Consultant2013 - 2014
Director of Entrepreneur Services The Idea Village2012 - 2013
Manager Deloitte Consulting2009 - 2012
Business Associate The Idea Village2009 - 2009
eMBA Intern Endeavor2008 - 2008
Summer Associate Deloitte Consulting2008 - 2008

Sara Thomas Deshpande's Education

Xavier University BSBA Finance, Spanish
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA