Mayfield Fund

What is Mayfield Fund?

Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm established in 1969 with a focus on seed, early-stage, later-stage, and growth investments. Their approach emphasizes not only the potential for solid business performance but also contributions to people, society, and the planet.

They invest across the United States, Europe, India, and China, and are headquartered at 2484 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California.

Mayfield Fund's investment portfolio spans a multitude of sectors including software, IT, biotech, business solutions, fintech, hardware, energy, entertainment, cleantech, AI, cloud services, developer tools, material science, medical devices, robotics, real estate, healthcare, life sciences, mobile technology, mobility, nanotechnology, oncology, consumer interests, and women-focused initiatives.

Their investments range from $2 million to $87.5 million, with a sweet spot around $6.5 million.

Mayfield Fund's expertise lies in supporting a company's growth from early and seed stages all the way to Series A and beyond. The firm invests in enterprise solutions such as SaaS, infrastructure, developer operations, semiconductors, networking, and security.

In the consumer sector, they cover eCommerce, marketplaces, health and wellness, financial services, networks and communities, productivity, and device-as-a-service. In the engineering biology field, their interest includes synthetic biology, therapeutics, medical devices, sustainable materials, and foods.

Mayfield Fund's investments are characterized by their interest in nurturing firms that address the intersection of technological innovation and societal improvement.

What they say:

We invest in: - enterprise. SaaS, infra, dev ops, semi, networking, security - consumer: eCommerce (subscription), marketplaces, health and wellness, financial services, networks & communities, productivity, device-as-a-service - engineering bio: synthetic bio, therapeutics, med devices, sustainable materials and foods - products and services that are not only good potential businesses, but are also good for people, society and planet.