Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Jim Scheinman is the Founding Managing Partner of Maven Ventures (www.mavenventures.com), the leading seed venture fund for emerging consumer software startups propelled by network effects and hypergrowth.

Jim has achieved 4 ‘unicorn’-level successes over the past 20 years as a founder, executive, and investor. His top performers include Cruise ($1B sale to GM), Bebo ($850M sale to AOL), Tango ($1B+ valuation), and NBCi ($6B IPO), plus several other exits including the recent acquisition of Check by Intuit for $360M. Jim is one of the leading growth experts in Silicon Valley, a TED speaker, and a frequent presenter and judge at many startup conferences and events. Jim has a BS in Neuropsychology from Duke University and earned a JD at the University of California Davis School of Law. Jim has startup in his blood. He’s been a serial entrepreneur dating back to his high school and college days.