# James Scheinman

> James Scheinman is a seed investor at Maven Ventures backing Software and Information Technology. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc)
- Location: Los Altos Hills, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jscheinman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jimscheinman
- Website: https://x.com/jimscheinman
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jimscheinman

James Scheinman is a seed investor at Maven Ventures in Los Altos Hills focused on Software and Information Technology. James Scheinman is based out of Los Altos Hills, California, and is the Founding Managing Partner of Maven Ventures. James previously worked at Tango as an advisor. James Scheinman attended Duke University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 14% |
| SaaS | 3 | 11% |
| Robotics | 2 | 7% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 36% |
| Series A | 7 | 25% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Series C | 4 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 54% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| xAI | XAI is an AI company that develops a platform to accelerate human scientific discovery. The company primarily focuses on developing advanced AI systems that are truthful, competent, and maximally beneficial for all of humanity. Its mission is to understand the true nature of the universe. | $6B | Series B | May 26, 2024 |  |
| The Bot Company | The Bot Company a household robot startup. | $150M | Seed | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Perplexity | Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence. | $62.7M | Series C | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Warmly | Warmly is the first autonomous revenue orchestration platform purpose built for SMB sized revenue teams. The platform orchestrates metadata from sales enablement tools, B2B intent, and enrichment tools to identify, track, and connect with website visitors who are ready to convert. By automatically aggregating data and integrating insights fromvarious platforms, Warmly orchestrates the most effective next step to drive qualified conversations for the sales team. | $11M | Series A | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Daybreak Health | The Daybreak Health startup uses a mobile app to connect teens to teen-specialized therapists. Daybreak Health specializes in providing online counseling services, especially for teens, helping to stabilize their mental fitness. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $13M | Series B | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Spinach AI | Backed by Y Combinator, Zoom and Atlassian, Spinach AI is the system of record for conversation data, transforming unstructured dialogue into a structured data asset leveraged across the enterprise by people, agents and LLMs. We enable the Record-by-Default Enterprise! | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Gametime | Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater. It makes finding the perfect live experience remarkably fast and easy. They curate an epic list of the most amazing possibilities in the city has to offer. Once the client selects their event it will examine over 10,000 potential seats and present them withthe 50 best values to select.Each curated seat option includes a panoramic high-resolution photo so their client can experience the actual view from their section. Navigate to the seat map to see price versus the location comparisons with true-to-life, full-color venue maps. Gametime delivers the tickets directly to the client's phone. Now they are offering sports, concerts, and theater events across the United States and Canada. | $30M | Series C | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Fathom | An audiovisual recording service that integrates with both Zoom and Google Calendar. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Docket | Docket is a meeting-focused workspace designed for collaborative agenda creation, decision documentation, and action item tracking. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. | $3M | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 |  |
| Zippin | Zippin has developed the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. Our patent-pending approach uses AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to create the best consumer experience: banishing checkout lines and self-scanners for good, and letting shoppers zip inand out with their purchases. Zippin’s platform leverages product and shopper tracking through overhead cameras, as well as smart shelf sensors, for the highest level of accuracy even in crowded stores. Founded by industry veterans from Amazon and SRI with deep backgrounds in retail technology, AI and computer vision, Zippin is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised venture funding from Maven Ventures, Core Ventures Group, Pear Ventures, Expansion VC, and Montage Ventures. For more information, visit www.getzippin.com. | $30M | Series B | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Maven Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Maven is a seed stage venture firm investing in tech companies addressing emerging consumer behavior and trends. The Maven team identifies and backs bold founders with a vision worth fighting for, then helps founders unlock their potential to change the world, building iconic brands like Zoom and Cruise. Maven maintains a concentrated investmentstrategy, making only 6-8 core investments each year. 16% of Maven companies have achieved an exit or valuation at $500M or more, 10x industry average.

3 contacts available at Maven Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Scheinman | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-scheinmen |
| Robert Ravanshenas | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-ravanshenas |
| Sara Deshpande | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara-deshpande |

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## FAQ

### What does James Scheinman invest in?

James Scheinman invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Scheinman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Scheinman closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 28 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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