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Mike Maples Jr

Co-founding Partner at Floodgate

Palo Alto, CA

About

Mike Maples Jr co-founded Floodgate with Ann Miura-Ko and helped establish seed investing as its own category, writing early checks into Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, and Okta. A former software executive at Tivoli Systems and Motive, he co-wrote Pattern Breakers on why startups that break with the past succeed, and hosts the Pattern Breakers podcast.

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Books by Mike Maples Jr

Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future
PublicAffairs, 2024

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Mike Maples Jr

Floodgate Founding Partner, Mike Maples Jr: The Best Founders Live in the Future - YouTube

Giant Ventures

[Video Edition] Ep 129: Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate - YouTube

Austin Next

Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate - YouTube

Austin Next

Is venture capital luck or skill? - Mike Maples Jr, Founding Partner at Floodgate - YouTube

Austin Next

Colleagues at Floodgate

Ann Miura-Ko
Co-founding Partner at Floodgate