About Max Ventures
Max Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Apr 2025, Max Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 62 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Consumer and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it led the $10M Series A round of along with Equal Ventures.
Overall, Max Ventures portfolio has seen 3 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 14 acquisitions including key companies like Coupang, K Health and Zoomcar. A lot of funds co-invest with Max Ventures, with names like FJ Labs sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Max Ventures has team of 4 people including 4 partners.
Key Metrics
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A &
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
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Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
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Max Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Max Ventures has invested in 62 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in and most recent follow-on round was in Vori Health.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

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Max Ventures' Investments by Stage
Max Ventures has made 40 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.45M, 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $30.8M and 1 investment in Series D stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 40 |
Series A | 10 |
Series D | 1 |
Max Ventures' Investments by Sector
Max Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Retail, Enterprise Applications, High Tech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 51 Tech companies, 32 Consumer (B2C) companies, 23 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 19 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Consumer | 18 |
Retail | 16 |
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
High Tech | 12 |
HealthTech | 9 |
Others | 45 |
Max Ventures' Investments by Geography
Max Ventures has made most investments in United States (45), followed by Sweden where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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United States | 45 |
Sweden | 2 |
India | 1 |
Liechtenstein | 1 |
South Korea | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Max Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Max Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 09, 2025 | - | Series A | $10M | ||
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Series B | $53M | ||
Jun 25, 2024 | United States | Series A | $120M | [+13] | |
Jun 25, 2024 | United States | Series B | $31M | [+3] | |
Feb 20, 2024 | United States | Seed | $4M |
Unicorns in Max Ventures' Portfolio
Here is a list of unicorns in Max Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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72 | Cloud-based loan life cycle management solution for construction loans | 2014 | Nashville | Series D | bkvscrh | ||
65 | Online platform offering multi category grocery products | 2014 | San Francisco | Series G | utukthc | ||
73 | AI-based platform providing access to clinicians | 2016 | New York City | Series F | ideyutk |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Max Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Max Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Max Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Max Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 20, 2024 | Mar 20, 2018 | Seed | $4M | |
Apr 23, 2024 | 2015 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Oct 05, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Aug 18, 2023 | Aug 23, 2013 | Seed | $1.1M | |
Apr 21, 2023 | 2014 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Team profile of Max Ventures
Max Ventures has a team of 4 membersÌýincluding 4 PartnersÌýlocated in United States. Max Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Max Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Chicago | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Max Ventures
Over the past 12 years, 451 investors have co-invested in Max Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Max Ventures:ÌýPrimary Venture Partner, Lerer Hippeau and 37 others have invested in rounds before Max Ventures. There are 2 companies where Primary Venture Partner has invested before Max Ventures and 2 companies where Lerer Hippeau has invested before Max Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Max Ventures:Ìý64 investors entered a company along with Max Ventures. These include investors like FJ Labs (5 companies).
- Invested after Max Ventures:ÌýA total of 348 investors have invested in Max Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Lerer Hippeau (6 companies), MaxVIL (6 companies) and Basset Investment Group (6 companies).

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