# Max Ventures

> Max Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and E-Commerce. See 123 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 123
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Sep 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/max-ventures/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/maxventuresvc
- Website: http://www.maxventures.vc/

Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$6.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $109k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 19 | 15% |
| Health Care | 18 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 7% |

139 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 51 | 41% |
| Series A | 23 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 9% |
| Series B | 10 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 64 | 52% |
| Sweden | 7 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sophie Stenbeck | Co-Founder and General Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-stenbeck-de4c |
| Ryan Darnell | Founding Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-darnell |
| Sophie Stenbeck | Co-Founder and General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-stenbeck |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cast Insights | Cast Insights is an AI-powered platform that turns global spoken content—TV, radio, podcasts, livestreams—into structured, searchable real-time intelligence for investors, policy teams, strategists, and newsrooms. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Sunbound | Sunbound is the leading tech-enabled finance platform built exclusively for senior care.Sunbound helps senior living operators get paid digitally, upfront and more each month. We provide payments, AR assistance and financing tools to operators to ensure they improve cash flow, optimize working capital and maximize revenue - all while improvingthe family payment experience.Founded in 2021, Sunbound is backed by Fika Ventures, Bling Capital, Live Oak Bank, Liquid2 Ventures, Max Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Ride Ventures, Mu Ventures and Not Boring Ventures along with leading startup, financial and real estate company executives. |  | Series A | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| UnityAI | UnityAI uses AI to enhance the management of hospital beds, optimize resource allocation, and elevate the quality of patient care. | $15M | Series A | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Equal Parts | Equal Parts builds next-generation insurance agency. Equal Parts deploy AI tools to ingest data and provide insights that can assist with cross-selling and upselling. | $27.9M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Freedom | Freedom is a software development company that provides HR automation based on artificial intelligence. |  | Seed | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Barnwell Bio | Barnwell Bio analyzes waste streams for insights into animal health and farm management. | $6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon is an AI-powered platform automating commercial real estate loan servicing workflows using validation and intelligence tool. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| Belidor | Belidor Helps preconstruction teams win more bids with AI bid leveling and bid management tools. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 27, 2025 |  |
| Previvor Edge | Previvor Edge is an clinical and comprehensive program for cancer prevention and early detection. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Stiller's Soda | Stiller's Soda is a food and beverage company that produces and sells soda products. |  | Seed | Sep 26, 2025 |  |

10 of 123 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lerer Hippeau](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lerer-ventures) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [AlleyCorp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alleycorp) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Charge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charge-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Max Ventures invest in?

Max Ventures invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 123 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Max Ventures's check size?

Max Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6.3M at Seed, $109k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$28M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Max Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Max Ventures?

Public channels for Max Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Max Ventures?

The team at Max Ventures includes Sophie Stenbeck (Co-Founder and General Partner), Ryan Darnell (Founding Partner) and Sophie Stenbeck (Co-Founder and General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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