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Websitemaveron.com
Blogmaveron.com/blog
Twitter@maveron
Phone206-288-1700
Emailinfo@maveron.com
Employees
Founded1/98
DescriptionConsumer-only VC Firm

Funds

Total$780M
Maveron IV, 4/08 $240M
Maveron III, 11/04 $200M
Maveron II, 3/00 $340M

Offices

Seattle
411 First Avenue South, Suite 600
Seattle, WA, 98104
USA
San Francisco
463 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94133
USA

People

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Maveron

Maveron is a venture capital firm that exclusively invests in consumer companies. Founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, the firm has offices in Seattle and San Francisco. Representative Maveron investments include Altius Education, eBay, Capella Education, General Assembly, Julep, Shutterfly, Trupanion and zulily. Maveron’s name was coined from the words “maverick” and “vision.”

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Panna 5/13Venture Round$1.35M14
Madison Color 4/13Series A$4M2
Decide.com 3/13Series C$8M3
Julep 2/13Series B$10.3M4
PayNearMe 1/13Series D$10M4
Tred 1/13Angel$1.7M8
Red Tricycle 11/12Series A$1.5M8
General Assembly 10/12Series B$10M1
Vaunte 8/12Seed2
SAY Media 7/12Venture Round$27M8
Lemon 6/12Series A$8M5
CircleUp 4/12Seed$1.5M2
Trupanion 12/11Venture Round$9M2
General Assembly 9/11Series A$4.25M2
peerTransfer 8/11Series A$7.5M4
KidZui 8/11Venture Round$2M3
Gigi Hill 6/11Series A$3M1
Decide.com 4/11Series B$6M4
Groupon 2/11Venture Round$16.2M3
Altius Education 11/10Series B$18.6M3
PayNearMe 11/10Venture Round$16M4
zulily 8/10Series B$6M3
Course Hero 7/10Seed$1.5M6
TheWrap 4/10Series B$2M1
Latimer Education 4/10Venture Round$1.25M1
KidZui 3/10Series C$4M5
PayNearMe 3/10Series B$3.3M5
Livemocha 12/09Series B$8M2
zulily 12/09Series A$4.6M1
Altius Education 9/09Series A$8M2
TheWrap 1/09Series A$1M1
GoodBelly 8/08Venture Round$16M1
CitizenHawk 5/08Venture Round$3M1
Mozes 5/08Series B$11.5M3
Adeze 4/08Series C$2.5M2
Renkoo 2/08Series B$6M2
Livemocha 1/08Series A$6M1
SAY Media 9/07Series D$15M5
KidZui 7/07Seed$5M1
OnRequest Images 4/07Series C$17M3
Internet REIT 3/07Series B$38M2
AuctionPay 9/06Series B$5.5M2
SAY Media 9/06Series C$12M3
Adeze 6/06Series B$3M1
Internet REIT 5/06Series A$20M2
GameLogic 2/06Series B$18.6M3
OnRequest Images 9/05Series B$8M2
JobFlash 12/03Series B$5M3
Drugstore.com 4/01Venture Round$63M3

Videos

Sources

  1. Seattle P-I (blog.seattlepi.com) [edit]
  2. New Maveron VC fund captures $200 million (seattletimes.com) [edit]
  3. Maveron raises $340M VC fund (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  4. Panna, A Video-Based Cooking “Magazine” For iOS, Raises $1.35 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Madison Color Raises $4 Million Series A Funding to Reinvent Home Hair Color Market (businesswire.com) [edit]
  6. Decide.com Raises $8M Series C For Its Price Predictions Engine; Will Expand To More Categories, Improve Data Mining & Mobile Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Julep Beauty Raises $10.3M From Andreessen Horowitz And Maveron To Disrupt The $160B Cosmetics Industry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. PayNearMe Raises $10 Million Series D; Launches Self-Serve Platform To Allow Any Business To Accept Remote Cash Payments (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Tred Gets $1.7M To Be An Uber For Car Test Drives (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Red Tricycle Raises $1.5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  11. Technology Education Startup General Assembly Raises $10 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Citation Needed [add]
  13. Say Media Says Yes To $27M, Will Build Out Publishing Platform, Buy More Assets (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Lemon Raises $8M to Make Physical Wallets a Thing of the Past (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
  15. Backed With $1.5M, CircleUp Aims To Be The AngelList For Consumer And Retail Startups (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Trupanion Raises $9M (finsmes.com) [edit]
  17. Startup Incubator General Assembly Raises $4.25 Million And Eyes Retail Space Abroad (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  18. PeerTransfer Raises $7.5 Million From Spark, Accel, And Maveron For Simple Payment Solution For Students (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. KidZui Launches ZUI.com, An ‘Internet Experience For Kids’, Raises $2 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  20. Gigi Hill Raises Series A Funding Led by Maveron to Grow Direct Sales Business (businesswire.com) [edit]
  21. Consumer Electronics Shopping Service Decide Raises $6 Million Pre-Launch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Groupon Files SEC Form For Another $16.2 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. Altius Education Raises $18.6M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  24. PayNearMe Closes $16M Round of Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  25. Zulily, A Private-Sale Shopping Site For Moms, Raises $6 Million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  26. Citation Needed [add]
  27. TheWrap Raises $2 Million in Second Round, From Maveron, Others (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  28. Northwest Innovation (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
  29. Browser-For-Kids Maker KidZui Scores $4M, Deals With Best Buy, DreamWorks (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. Virtual Goods' Payment Firm Kwedit Raises $3.3M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  31. Livemocha Bags Another $8 Million From August Capital, Maveron (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  32. Northwest Innovation, SEC (nwinnovation.com) [edit]
  33. Altius lands $8M to launch accredited online colleges (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  34. TheWrap Raises $2 Million in Second Round, From Maveron, Others (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  35. GoodBelly Raises $16 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  36. CitizenHawk Raises $3 Million To Target Cybersquatters (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. Mozes Raises $11.5 Million for SMS-Based Communities (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  38. iBloks, Maker Of Ad-Creation Tool, Spots $2.5M Third Round (adeze.com) [edit]
  39. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  40. pehub.com [edit]
  41. techcrunch.com [edit]
  42. Kid-Friendly Net Firm Kidzui Launches With $8 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  43. EDGAR [edit]
  44. Domain Landlord Internet REIT Takes $38M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  45. Auctionpay Closes $5.5 Million Series B Financing. (goliath.ecnext.com) [edit]
  46. gigaom.com [edit]
  47. EDGAR [edit]
  48. Internet REIT nets big names (houston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  49. Bain Capital Ventures Leads $18 Million GameLogic Funding (gamelogic.com) [edit]
  50. OnRequest Images Raises $8 Million In Second Round: Starbucks Enters The Stock Photo Industry (stockphototalk.com) [edit]
  51. Hourly Worker Market Maker JobFlash Appoints Bill McKenna as CEO (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  52. Cash infusion, 2Q results spark Drugstore.com shares (marketwatch.com) [edit]
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