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Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund)

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 21 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
21 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$200M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other
HQ
Palo Alto, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-28

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$200M

Portfolio

21+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Maven’s Deep Tech Fund invests in transformative early-stage technologies, particularly leveraging AI and robotics for significant market impacts.

How Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund) invests

Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other.

Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund) typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $200M in assets under management.

Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund) has backed 21 companies in our records, including Hearth Labs, BotBuilt, Perplexity.

Partners & Team

RR

Robert Ravanshenas

Investment Partner

AW

Annaka West

Finance Director

SD

Sara Deshpande

General Partner

JS

Jim Scheinman

Founding Managing Partner

AI
robotics
deep tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
AI / ML
Other

Portfolio Companies (21)

Other

HE

Hearth Labs

AI
BO

BotBuilt

Robotics
PE

Perplexity

TH

The Bot Company

SP

SpaceX

XA

xAI

ZO

Zoom

EM

Embark

HE

Hello Heart

CR

Cruise

How to pitch Maven Ventures (Maven Deep Tech Fund)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Robert Ravanshenas, Investment Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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