The hidden pattern behind the best founding teams — and why the archetype most investors overlook is the one that matters most.
A 3-minute quiz based on our Talent Framework. Find out if you're an Inventor, a Builder, or an Operator.
Founders confuse vision with dream. They're not the same thing — and confusing them is one of the major ways founders end up lost.
Not certainty. Conviction. On building Maple, and welcoming John Edgar and Jane Lee as Partners.
FINNY has closed a landmark Series A with Venrock leading a $15M round at a $150M post-money valuation. We wrote the first check.
Clay crossed $100M ARR, just two years after passing $1M. Before the $5B valuation — Kareem walked in with a conviction and we wrote the check.
We invested first in 2021. Today, Fey was acquired by Wealthsimple — a strong outcome for a team that built beautifully.
BenchIQ has announced a $5.3M funding round co-led by Battery Ventures and Inovia Capital. Jimoh is reshaping the practice of law.
The playbook from
inside the room.
Partners at Maple — alongside a bench of operators who were among the first 25 at companies like Stripe, Figma, and Slack — sharing the playbooks they wish they'd had at the earliest stages. Tactical, honest, and earned.