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Mayfield Fund — 2018 Investments

10 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Teslatesla.cominNASDAQ: TSLANov 2018

Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery storage and solar products, and develops autonomous driving software.

Palo Alto, US

Elon Musk(Founder)inJeffrey B Straubel(Co-founder; CTO until 2019, Director since 2023)Martin Eberhard(Founder)inMarc Tarpenning(Founder)inJerome M Guillen(Executive Officer)inDeepak Ahuja(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsCapital Q® Ventures Inc.DBL PartnersDraper AssociatesFuture VenturesInfinite CapitalKluz Ventures+17 more

Alignablealignable.comJul 2018

Boston, US

Eric Groves(Founder)inVenkat Krishnamurthy(Founder)

BoardBob Chicoski(Director)Rajeev Batra(Director)in

Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalNextView VenturesSaturn Partners

Nebula Genomicsnebula.orgAug 2018

Nebula Genomics offers whole genome sequencing, providing consumers with health, trait, ancestry, and oral microbiome reports based on 100% of their DNA.

BiotechConsumerDigital Health

George Church(Founder)in

Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalHemi Ventures, LlcHikma VenturesWindham Capital PartnersARCH Venture PartnersFenbushi Capital+2 more

Projectorprojector.comJan 2018Acquired

Smart notification platform for sending notifications people love; acquired by Medium.

Co-investorsHomebrewMantis CapitalUpfront VenturesBaseline VenturesFreestyle CapitalSV Angel+1 more

Skilljarskilljar.cominSeries A · Mar 2018 · $16M

Skilljar provides a customer education platform that helps companies teach users how to adopt and effectively use software products.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeattle, US

Sandi(Co-founder)Jason(Co-founder)

Co-investorsTechstarsTrilogy Equity PartnersInsight PartnersShasta Ventures

Skydeckskydeck.vcJan 2018

Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is the venture fund investing in every startup admitted to UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator.

Berkeley, US

Co-investorsAVA AngelsSierra VenturesSequoia Capital

Stämmstamm.bioin𝕏Pre-Seed · Jul 2018

Stämm is a biomanufacturing company founded in 2016 that builds the Bioprocessor, a continuous, bubble-free bioreactor using single-use 3D-printed cartridges for producing monoclonal antibodies, biosimilars, and cell and gene therapies.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsAIR CapitalDraper AssociatesDraper CygnusGRIDXSOSVVarana

Upwardsupwards.comSep 2018

Upwards operates a technology-driven marketplace that connects families with childcare providers and partners with government entities to offer subsidized care.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Jessica Chang(CEO)Jesse(Co-founder)Matt(Co-founder)Jesse Forrest(CTO)Matt Reilly(CPO)

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonAmplify.LAEqual VenturesField VenturesFikaHalogen Ventures Management Company Llc+6 more

Upwardsupwards.inin𝕏Sep 2018

Upwards offers instant personal loans of up to ₹5 lakh through a fully digital, paperless application process with EMI repayment over 6 to 24 months.

ConsumerFintech

Co-investorsIndia QuotientShunwei Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Zipongo

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.