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Mayfield Fund

Mayfield Fund, based in California, backs generalist startups from Pre-Seed to Series B, mostly leading rounds with checks from $500k to $10 million, including Lyft and HashiCorp.

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Entry stagePre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Check size$500K to $10M
Leads roundsYes
FocusGeneralist
Latest fund$250M (AI Start) (2023)
Investing team7 peopleNo activity since Sep

Who you would pitch at Mayfield Fund

7 people on the investing team, 7 of them partners who can make the call. Partners are listed first.

Navin Chaddha
Navin ChaddhaManaging PartnerHe is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
Tejas Maniar
Tejas ManiarPartnerFocus: enterprise investments and firm-wide strategy.
Arvind GuptaPartnerFocus: planetary health.
Patrick SalyerPartnerHe previously served as the CEO of Gigya before it was acquired by SAP.
Rajeev BatraPartnerHe currently serves as a partner at Mayfield, focusing on Cloud and SaaS investments.
Rishi GargPartnerHe previously held corporate and business development roles at Twitter and Square.
Ursheet ParikhPartnerHe previously co-founded StorSimple and held roles at Cisco, Microsoft, and Deloitte Consulting.

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Writes $500K to $10M checks. Its smallest check is larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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No recent activity since September 2026. Quiet does not mean closed.

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Before you pitch

Ownership target7-10%
How to reach them[email protected]

Notable investments

LyftHashiCorpPoshmarkOutreachRancher (SUSE)Mammoth BiosciencesMarketo (Adobe)

In their words

HomepageMayfield is an early-stage VC investing $3 billion in AI companies, with 70% of investments made at inception. 120 IPOs and 225+ M&As.www.mayfield.com
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On these lists

Seed investors in United States2836Series A investors in United States1790Pre-seed investors in United States1561Seed investors in California699Series B investors in United States563Series A investors in California480Pre-seed investors in California434Series B investors in California233

Questions

What stage does Mayfield Fund invest in?

Mayfield Fund reports entry at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How much does Mayfield Fund invest?

Mayfield Fund reports checks of $500K to $10M.

Does Mayfield Fund lead rounds?

Yes. Mayfield Fund says it can lead.

Who are the partners at Mayfield Fund?

Navin Chaddha (Managing Partner), Tejas Maniar (Partner), Arvind Gupta (Partner), Patrick Salyer (Partner), Rajeev Batra (Partner), Rishi Garg (Partner).

Is Mayfield Fund active right now?

No recent activity since September 2026.

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