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Mara Chaben

Mara Chaben

Principal atHawke VenturesCalifornia
Hawke Ventures websiteFirm profile

Mara Chaben is a Principal at Hawke Ventures. She began her career at Summit, co-founded and sold ZenStop, and volunteers at Imerman Angels.

What Mara can write

Writes checks of$25K to $100K
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Hawke Ventures writes $25K to $100K checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Hawke Ventures.

Career

  1. Summit · community building
  2. ZenStop
  3. Hawke Ventures · Principal
    Now
  4. ZenStop · Co-founder

Companies founded

ZenStop

Focus

b2b employee wellbeingcommerce techmarketing techadtechearly stage

Education

University of Michigan

Before you pitch

Hawke Ventures does not invest inAnything outside of ecommerce enablement, martech and adtech. We are heavily focused on any tech in a brand's tech stack so it can have overlap with fintech, logistics, supply chain, etc.

Also at Hawke Ventures

Erik Huberman
Erik HubermanGeneral Partner (also Co-founder & CEO, Hawke Media)

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Helen MinCo-Founder & Partner, Phenomenal Ventures
Sophia AmorusoFounder & Managing Partner, Trust Fund

Alert me when Hawke Ventures is active

One email when Mara's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

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Raising a pre-seed or seed round? We write $1M to $5M first checks and help founders with distribution. A partner reads every deck.

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Questions

Who is Mara Chaben?

Mara Chaben is a Principal at Hawke Ventures. She began her career at Summit, co-founded and sold ZenStop, and volunteers at Imerman Angels.

How much does Mara Chaben invest?

Mara Chaben invests through Hawke Ventures, which writes checks of $25K to $100K at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Mara Chaben?

A warm intro from a founder Hawke Ventures backed works best.

What did Mara Chaben do before Hawke Ventures?

community building at Summit; ZenStop; Co-founder at ZenStop.

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