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Maven

Austin, US · Founded 2020 · 362 employees on LinkedIn · 23 known investors

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Maven provides cohort-based online courses and lightning lessons on investing, hiring, and business management topics, primarily for tech leaders and emerging investors.

Founders & leadership

Maven was founded in 2020 by Gagan Biyani.

GBGagan Biyani
Gagan BiyaniCEO and Co-FounderGagan Biyani is co-founder and CEO of Maven, which operates a marketplace for live online courses focused on investing, hiring, and business management topics for tech leaders and emerging investors.
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Andrew ChenNamed on SEC filing
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Brandon BoehmeFounder
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Shreyans BhansaliFounder
WAWasi Ahmed
Wasi AhmedFounder
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Wes KaoCo-founder of Maven

Investors · 23

University Growth FundreportedAtlanta

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$24.7M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2018–2021

▶$20.4MraisedJun 2021 · 19 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Andrew ChenDirector
  • Gagan BiyaniExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$20.5M
Amount sold
$20.4M
First sale
May 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2020
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$4.3MraisedNov 2020 · 46 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Gagan BiyaniExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$4.4M
Amount sold
$4.3M
First sale
Oct 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2020
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Maven operates an online education platform at maven.com built around live, instructor-led formats rather than self-paced video libraries. Its catalog is organized into three product types: multi-week cohort-based courses (typically 2 to 10 weeks), one-day workshops of roughly three to six hours described as hands-on sprints, and free "Lightning Lessons" — short interactive sessions of about 30 to 60 minutes offered live or on demand.

Course subject areas are grouped by function and topic, including AI, product, engineering, design, marketing, leadership and founders, with recurring themes such as agentic AI, Claude Code, AI evaluations, product sense, vibe coding, executive presence, storytelling, AI transformation and strategy. Representative offerings include AI evaluation training for engineers and product managers, agentic AI certifications and bootcamps, high-performance computing training, product-sense and PM interview programs, executive communication courses, UX and design-system workshops, and an equity compensation master class. Maven also packages free multi-session series, such as "The Full Stack Career" and "The AI-Native L&D Leader."

Instruction is delivered by named external experts whose credentials are highlighted on the site, including practitioners from or formerly at Airbnb, GitHub, Google, Meta, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Amazon Alexa, Uber and Samsung, as well as university instructors and independent consultants.

Business model

Maven functions as a marketplace connecting independent expert instructors with professional learners, hosting their paid cohort-based courses and workshops alongside free live lessons that serve as an entry point to the paid catalog [0][1].

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Market position

Maven positions itself around live instruction from working practitioners, with a catalog heavily weighted toward current AI and agentic-AI skills for product, engineering and leadership roles [0][1].

Technology

The platform hosts scheduled live cohort programs, one-day workshops and live or recorded lightning lessons, with catalog browsing organized by discipline and topic [0][1].

Go-to-market

Maven markets through its expert instructors' credibility and topical course discovery on its site, using free Lightning Lessons and free multi-part series as top-of-funnel offerings that lead into paid courses and workshops [0][1].

Working professionals seeking career and skills development, particularly product managers, engineers, designers, marketers, founders, managers and executives, as well as learning-and-development leaders responsible for company upskilling programs [0][1].

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 2026362

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Maven went on to found or lead other companies.

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▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Maven do?
Maven is an online learning marketplace offering cohort-based courses, one-day workshops and free live lessons taught by industry practitioners.
Who founded Maven?
Maven was founded by Gagan Biyani in 2020.
Who are Maven's investors?
Maven's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Backstage Capital, Chapter One, First Round Capital, LAUNCH, Long Journey Ventures, M13, Oak HC/FT and 15 more.
How much funding has Maven raised?
Maven has disclosed $24.7M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.
Where is Maven headquartered?
Maven is headquartered in Austin, US.