# Maxine Koven

> Maxine Koven is a seed investor at LDR Ventures (Los Angeles) backing Internet and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LDR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ldr-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-kozler-koven-7573633/
- Website: https://ldrventures.com

Maxine Koven is a seed investor at LDR Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Internet and Software. Maxine is the Co-Managing Director of LDR Ventures with a background in entertainment, intellectual property, licensing, branding and marketing. These experiences enable her to invest in, advise and mentor founders at the angel and seed stages to grow their businesses from the proof of concept stage to full use of their capitalization. Maxine isspearheading events to teach more women how to invest at the Angel and seed level in order to empower them and correct the funding disparity of venture capital that goes to Female and Minority Founders.Maxi is the Creator and Executive Producer of TheBizFix Podcast, which presents entrepreneur's journeys as they're happening at the intersection of Meaning and Money.Advising and Mentoring Includes: Parity Partners, SheWorx and Newsette

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The.com | The.com is building the reusable web, making it simple to create, remix, and launch websites while getting paid and earning credit for your work. This is a fundamental shift in web creation towards a more ownable and composable web. | $4.4M | Seed | Jan 27, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Toy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VSC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vsc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About LDR Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

LDR is a VC firm based in Los Angeles investing In Female & Minority Founders, Consumer Product, Food, E-Comm, Marketplaces & Legal Tech. Our investment amounts range from $100K to $500K at the Seed Stage and Series A rounds.We take a hands-on approach by applying our team's significant operating experience with a passion forbusiness development, the capital and strategic contacts to build success.

3 contacts available at LDR Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Koven | Co Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-koven |
| James Scharpf | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-scharpf |
| Maxine Koven | Co Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxine-koven |

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## FAQ

### What does Maxine Koven invest in?

Maxine Koven invests primarily in Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Maxine Koven last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maxine Koven closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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