San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Maple VC focuses on writing the first check for founders at the earliest stages, emphasizing conviction-driven investing before broader market attention. The firm sources deals through communities that connect it to strong founders across all sectors and geographies. It applies a proprietary Maple Investment Framework, combining a Talent Framework and an Investment Framework, to assess opportunities. The team consists of former early operators at companies including Uber, DigitalOcean, and Shopify, and maintains ties to the Canadian startup ecosystem while operating across North America.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Maple VC went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 51 of 59 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×30SaaS ×22Fintech ×12Enterprise Software ×8Consumer ×6Marketing Tech ×6Sales Tech ×6Developer Tools ×5
HQs:United States×9Canada×3Israel×1South Korea×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 21 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×63 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Carnegie Mellon University ×3McGill University ×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 15 dated
Daylight offers Managed Agentic Security Services (MASS), combining AI agents with senior security experts to run security operations including managed detection and response, threat hunting, and phishing investigation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareTel Aviv, IL
Hagai Shapira(Co-founder)inEldad Rudich(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCraft VenturesBain Capital VenturesVintage Investment PartnersEv3 Ventures LlcLerer HippeauM13
Parallelz is building a computing architecture and platform that converts existing native mobile apps into native-web apps without code modifications or SDKs, allowing them to run in a browser without installs or app stores.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsGaming
Co-investorsGlobal Founders CapitalGarage CapitalPlay VenturesTwo Small Fish Ventures
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)inYasir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlack FlagBrave CapitalCrosscut VenturesDash VC+24 more
Accrue is a fintech company providing a branded stored-value wallet platform that lets brands manage payments and refunds, reward customer loyalty, and reduce reliance on traditional payment processors.
E-commerceFintechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsBoxGroupFour Acres CapitalGood FriendsHabitat PartnersRed Sea VenturesTiger Global Management
San Francisco, US
Ken Chong(Founder)
Co-investorsReshapeBase10 PartnersTet Ventures
Alloy River partners with established finance and accounting firms, moving them onto an AI-native software platform that automates manual bookkeeping, reporting, and billing so teams can serve more clients without adding headcount.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Argus Systems provides tools for collecting, curating, and annotating sensor data to accelerate robotics and physical AI training workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Lisa Yan(Founder)in
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersFlex Capital Partners
ARTERNAL is a CRM and operations platform designed for art galleries, auction houses, and art advisories.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Sean Green(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsOlive Tree Capital
AutoLeap is auto repair shop management software that includes tools for collecting, viewing, and responding to Google reviews, sending automated review requests via email or SMS, and analyzing customer feedback.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMobility & TransportationRetail TechSaaSSales Tech
Steve(Co-founder)Rameez(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersThreshold VenturesBain Capital Ventures
Beatdapp offers a "Trust and Safety OS" that unifies identity, security, content, and engagement integrity for digital platforms, using AI-driven detection to combat fraud.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSocial
Morgan Hayduk(Founder)inPouria Assadipour(Founder)inAndrew BateyArpan DeolMorgan HaydukPouria Assadipour
Co-investors500 GlobalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Panache VenturesSaltagen VenturesBlockchain Founders FundHike Ventures
Bench IQ is an AI-powered service that analyzes judges' rulings to help attorneys understand judicial reasoning beyond the small fraction of decisions issued as written opinions.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jimoh Ovbiagele(Founder)
Co-investorsMVP Ventures
Co-investorsChampion Hill Ventures
Blockus provides a platform and developer tools (SDKs, APIs, multi-chain wallet and bridging support, gasless transactions) that let game studios add on-chain features, onboard players with KYC/AML compliance, and mint in-game NFTs and tokens.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGamingSanta Monica, US
Jess Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupEterna CapitalAltos Ventures
breadd.ai is a sales prospecting tool for freight brokers that finds niche shippers matching a broker's lane, commodity, and equipment, provides verified decision-maker contacts, and drafts personalized outreach notes in the broker's voice.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSales Tech
Calico is an AI-powered platform that automates product design, costing, and execution workflows for apparel manufacturers and brands.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Kathleen C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsEntrada VenturesMighty CapitalSerena Ventures
Calico provides intelligent software systems for apparel brands' product teams, helping them manage product development, specs, and manufacturing across a network of vetted factories.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Khalid Khatib(Founder)inKathleen C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsGold House VenturesHyphen Capital
ChargeLab provides back-end software for managing EV chargers, letting charging networks, fleets, and solution providers connect and monitor any OCPP-compatible charger, apply dynamic power management, and use AI-based fault detection.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS
Zak Lefevre(Cofounder)Zak L.(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Expansion Venture CapitalKing River CapitalNotation CapitalRoot Ventures Manager, Llc+1 more
Charlie Labs builds "daemons" — always-on AI processes defined in Markdown files that work proactively across tools like Slack, Linear, and GitHub to handle recurring maintenance work such as PR review, issue labeling, dependency updates, and documentation upkeep.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of Work
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesGeneral Partnership
Clay provides a data enrichment and workflow platform that combines first-party, intent, and third-party data from 100+ sources to help sales and growth teams identify and reach target customers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Kareem Amin(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmbush Capitalboldstart venturesCapitalGFirst Round CapitalFrontline Ventures+6 more
Compound Foods develops alternative coffee and cocoa ingredients made from upcycled, climate-resilient sources to address supply chain volatility and environmental impact of traditional coffee and cocoa production.
Climate TechFoodTech
Maricel Saenz(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplifica CapitalCollaborative FundFemale FoundersJuniperMagma PartnersOne Way Ventures+6 more
Daylight builds a distributed energy network that allows homes to generate, store, and share power locally, while providing financing and grid operations services for the electrified home market.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesCrucible CapitalEv3 Ventures LlcLattice Capitala16z crypto+5 more
Investment Manager is an AI-powered platform that converts property management reports into structured investment data for real estate portfolio management, enabling investors to validate, analyze, and gain insights from asset performance across their holdings.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSeoul, KR
Insong Kim(Founder)
Co-investorsChamaeleonFlybridge Capital PartnersHan River PartnersMetaPropMetaProp VenturesNFX
Fey built financial software focused on investing tools with an emphasis on clarity and design.
Fintech
Tap is a mobile app that helps people find public water stations offering clean, free drinking water.
ConsumerTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsHinge CapitalNextView Ventures
FINNY is a growth platform that identifies and targets financial prospects for advisors through data aggregation and automated outreach, enabling personalized client acquisition at scale.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Eden Ovadia(Founder)inTheodore Janson(Founder)inVictoria Toli(Founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalVenrockY Combinator
FINNY is an AI-driven growth and prospecting platform for financial advisors, aggregating data points to identify and target prospects within an advisor's niche and automate personalized outreach.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Eden Ovadia(CEO & Co-founder)Victoria Toli(President & Co-founder)Theodore Janson(CTO & Co-founder)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioRestive Ventures
Guap is a mobile app that converts physical cash into digital dollars without requiring a bank account or paperwork.
ConsumerFintech
Inference.ai builds an integrated AI stack spanning applications, model routing, GPU compute, and education tools.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsFusion
Integral is a crypto accounting and financial management platform built for web3 businesses, handling bookkeeping, treasury, tax compliance, and auditing for cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other digital assets.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Gui Laliberte(Founder)Gui Laliberté
Co-investorsFranklin TempletonCoinbase VenturesElectric CapitalRecall CapitalAlso CapitalArray Ventures Management Llc+7 more
Interlock provides an evidence layer that verifies AI decision workflows against a company's own rules and generates the documentation insurance underwriters require to cover AI-related risk.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTech
Internet Backyard builds financial infrastructure for the compute economy, modeling data center capacity (racks, regions, SKUs, workloads) as tradeable units that can be priced, billed, financed, insured, and hedged.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintech
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesCrucible CapitalOperator Collective
LayerZero builds decentralized infrastructure for interoperability across blockchains and asset issuance, enabling applications and chains to connect liquidity and extend reach across ecosystems.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Bryan Pellegrino(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAndromeda CapitalBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin Ventures+24 more
Mash provides AI knowledge agents built for B2B revenue teams, connecting a company's own data across tools to answer product, technical, and sales questions with verifiable sources.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsSpacecadet VenturesStrategic Cyber VenturesWhitecap Venture Partners
Naya is an AI-and-human platform for developing physical products, combining workflow management, AI-driven manufacturing cost estimation, and sustainability impact analysis in one workspace.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsDnx VenturesLoftyInc Capital
Neo Financial offers a robo-advisory investment platform called Neo Invest, powered by OneVest, that combines algorithmic portfolio management with human portfolio manager expertise.
CybersecurityFintechCanada, CA
Shlomi Salem(Founder)Andrew Chau(Founder)inKris Read(Founder)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalBreyer CapitalEvolution VenturesHarvest Venture PartnersPlaza VenturesValar Ventures Llc+3 more
Patch provides AI-native software and market data to help enterprises navigate environmental markets and scale climate action programs.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Grunfeld(Founder)inBrennan Spellacy(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCoatue ManagementContraryEnergize Capital+3 more
Co-investorsGolden Opportunities Fund
Playbook is a digital asset management tool for organizing, understanding, and sharing creative files.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Jessica Ko(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesFounders FundHyphen Capital
Rentahuman operates a marketplace that connects AI agents with human contractors to perform physical-world tasks.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConsumerFuture of WorkHR TechSan Francisco, US
Alexander Liteplo(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
ResQ provides an AI-powered platform for the service economy, connecting facilities with trade vendors to manage work orders and vendor communications.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesGolden Venture PartnersGolden VenturesHomebrewInovia CapitalRSE Ventures
Ritual sells traceable dietary supplements direct to consumers, including a magnesium bisglycinate chelate product marketed for sleep, calm, and muscle recovery.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersRivet VenturesUpfront VenturesGingerbread Capital
Sivo enables fintechs and platforms to access affordable credit by financing and trading predictable payment streams from real-world cash flows such as gig economy payouts, digital commerce transactions, invoices, and subscriptions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechVancouver, CA
Kate Hiscox(Founder)inDani Conejo Rico(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorEmles Venture PartnersFlucas VenturesImmeasurable
Sonibel Instruments makes a compact, torch-mounted acoustic sensor that captures the sound of the weld arc and uses machine learning to detect defects such as porosity, lack of penetration, lack of fusion, and slag inclusions in real time.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardware
Hooman(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomChampion Hill Ventures
Stadium Live is a gamified social sports platform aimed at younger sports and culture fans, combining sports content with interactive social and reward features.
ConsumerSocialSports Tech
Co-investors6th Man VenturesIntonation VenturesOriginsPosition VenturesAlumni VenturesBreakout Capital+2 more
Marco Zappacosta(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsCapitalGDraper AssociatesFounders Circle CapitalG SquaredJavelin Venture PartnersLong Journey Ventures+2 more
Titus offers a payments tool built for businesses involved in real estate transactions, letting agents and home sellers pay at closing or via card.
FintechPropTechSaaS
tmrw is a peer-to-peer payments app that lets users send and receive dollars with friends and see friends' activity.
ConsumerFintechSocial
Co-investorsBrad Mills
Underflow builds Aurora, an AI agent that reads incoming insurance submission emails, extracts data from ACORD forms, identifies missing information, and follows up with brokers automatically to produce quote-ready submissions.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Wilson Lau(Founder)
WayTrade operates a technology platform for trading low-carbon feedstocks such as used cooking oil (UCO), connecting fuel producers, aggregators, and feedstock suppliers across a global network.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsClimacticConstruct CapitalMaC Venture CapitalOperator StackInsight Partners
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Beatdapp · edmsauce.com · Aug 18, 2026
Integral · kalkinemedia.com · Aug 13, 2026
Daylight · wvmetronews.com · Jul 19, 2026
Daylight · wvmetronews.com · Jul 19, 2026
Argus · funderintel.com · Jul 16, 2026
Clay · syracuse.com · Jul 8, 2026
Sonibel Instruments · bctechnology.com · Jun 8, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Maple VC made?
- Maple VC has 38 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Maple VC invest at?
- Maple VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Maple VC's typical check size?
- Maple VC typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
- What sectors does Maple VC focus on?
- Maple VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Maple VC located?
- Maple VC is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Maple VC lead rounds?
- Maple VC typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Maple VC co-invest with?
- Maple VC most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Abstract Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, among 126 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAndre Charoo - Venture Capitalist - Maple VC - Afternoon "T" Episode 76
TTT Studios · Andre Charoo
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