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We invest where people live, work, spend, find joy, stay healthy, and everything in between.

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Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm funding the brand upstarts, the disruptors, the slayers of the consumer old guard. We target companies at their earliest stages and are obsessed with helping extraordinary founders build consumer companies that directly engage, evangelize, and enchant customers. We invest where people live, work, spend, find joy, stay healthy, and everywhere in between. We are searching for the next big brands in social, fintech, healthtech, ecommerce, education, and beyond. We've had the distinct pleasure to back some incredible companies - Zulily, Allbirds, Trupanion, Everlane, General Assembly, eBay, August Home, Imperfect Produce, and many more. The Maveron team lives in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City. We invest everywhere in the U.S. We believe that diversity is an asset, and we have a team that comes from all walks of life. Our values are our north star: Unapologetically non-normal, 'ships over 'actions, Profit + Purpose, and Win the Right Way. Learn more about Maveron at www.maveron.com

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Exciting opportunity to help us work on our investment theses and shape the future of consumer research function at Maveron!

Consumer Investor at Maveron
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We’re super excited to be hiring a new Research Associate to join our growing team at Maveron! As students of consumer behavior, we’re constantly pushing ourselves to learn about new sectors and emerging technologies that have the potential to shape the future of consumer brands. As the first member of the Research team, you will work directly with the Investment team and play a crucial role in the research, insights, investment theses, trend analysis, internal reports, and thought leadership at the firm. If you (or a friend of yours) is interested and wants to learn more about the role and apply, you can find the application link below:https://lnkd.in/eAUmCCyY
Maveron Research Associate — 2024 medium.com
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Co-Founder & Partner at Maveron LLC
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Maveron was started 26 years ago to invest in and support disruptive companies that integrate into consumers’ lives. Today, we’re excited to celebrate two of our portfolio companies—Cumulus Coffee and Allbirds—for being named among TIME's Best Inventions of 2024.Cumulus Coffee, featured in the Food & Drink category, introduced the first-ever at-home cold brew machine, setting a new standard for cold coffee drinkers seeking convenience without compromise.Allbirds received recognition in the Sustainability category for their M0.0nshot Zero shoe, a groundbreaking product that achieves zero greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing. This honor reflects Allbirds’ relentless drive for sustainable innovation and their vision for a future where eco-conscious products are the norm. Congratulations to both teams on this well-deserved recognition of their creativity, ingenuity, and impact!
200 Best Inventions of 2024 time.com
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As Amherst College professor Uktu Balaban writes about his course Discourses on Toil, “Sundays are not necessarily sunnier than Mondays. Nevertheless, most people prefer Sundays to Mondays.” This sentiment speaks to a universal truth—our culture’s relationship to labor governs how we orient ourselves. And this relationship is changing. As our society interrogates the distinction between “work” and “life,” it challenges the possibilities of what labor can and should be. Today, more than 70 million Americans work independently, nearly doubling since 2017. This shift, accelerated by the pandemic, introduced new modes of labor that normalized remote work and digitally-mediated interactions, which has reshaped how we work across space and time. Society’s relationship to labor has fundamentally changed as a result. Individuals now have more agency over their schedule, pay, and career paths, as they are no longer beholden to a single employer. However, in exchange for increased agency, many workers give up access to employer-sponsored protections, like access to healthcare and insurance coverage. They are often forced to secure benefits on their own, typically resulting in high costs, inadequate coverage, and a poor overall experience. In an age where autonomy over time, labor, and income is more accessible than ever, we believe this empowerment should extend to the protections that safeguard workers’ lives and livelihoods. At Maveron, we believe there’s a critical need for platforms that increase access to these protections for 1099 workers by providing fair, transparent, cost-effective insurance and benefits. This vision is best embodied in a next-generation union. Traditionally, unions have empowered workers by negotiating better wages, benefits, and working conditions; in the model we envision, platforms could go beyond collective bargaining by leveraging economies of scale, data, and risk-adjusted underwriting to offer health insurance, retirement savings, and opportunities for training and upskilling.Simran Suri and I have spent the past 2 months ideating on this and have put together a thesis based on our learnings. For those who share our vision (or vehemently disagree!), we would love to hear from you.
Building a Next-Generation Union maveron.medium.com
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Senior Associate at Maveron | Advisor at A-Level Capital
1mo
The pandemic forever changed consumer behavior and preferences. Shopping shifted from in-person and brick-and-mortar to e-commerce and on-demand. Spending shifted from travel and socializing to home renovations and wellness. For many of us, work shifted from cubicles and conference rooms to our homes. And for 20% of Americans, their careers shifted from W2 to 1099 as they sought out more flexibility and higher pay. Today, 1099 workers aren’t only Instacart shoppers and Uber drivers, but landscapers, ultrasound techs, contractors, substitute teachers and more. Each represents an end consumer that is making their own decisions about schedule, pay and overall career, rather than relying on their employer. Hunter Lampson and I spent the last 2 months trying to better understand the 1099 worker experience. We found that, while independence from employers is largely a positive, it also leaves over 70 million 1099 workers and their dependents without any insurance coverage. These workers must navigate obtaining insurance and benefits on their own, through the open exchange or through direct-to-consumer insurance companies and brokers. More often than not, this resulted in high costs, suboptimal coverage and an overall negative experience. At Maveron, we’re actively looking to meet with teams increasing access to fair, transparent, cost-effective insurance and benefits for 1099 workers through a next-generation union. Unions empower workers in strength through numbers, leading to higher wages, better benefits and safer workplaces. We believe there’s an opportunity to build economies of scale within the 1099 workforce to do the same, starting with health insurance and other forms of protection like workers’ compensation and expanding into additional benefits like retirement savings and workforce development. We also believe there’s an opportunity for technology to amplify the collective voice through data-driven job placement, insurance underwriting and upskilling programs. Workers have been empowered to take charge of how they work, when they work and what they earn with a 1099 classification — that same empowerment should apply to their protections. You can read more about our POV on product feature set, pricing and GTM strategy, as well as our full thesis deck, below. If you are building in this space, we'd love to hear from you $https://lnkd.in/eV\_PkSke$
Building a Next-Generation Union maveron.medium.com
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700+ applications to attend 200+ accommodated 10 consumer AI founder pitches Themes that stood out: 🧠 mental health 📖 learning 🔧 productivity Key advice given: - Focus on distribution/acquisition - Trust is key - Unique LLM doesn’t necessarily win in consumer, UI/UX is crucial Happy #SFTechWeek! Sara Thomas Deshpande Maven Ventures Maveron Rocky Yu
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I’ll be using my DAF on #DAFDay — will you join me? Thursday, October 10th (10/10), marks the first-ever giving day dedicated to Donor Advised Funds. With millions of people using DAFs and $230 billion already set aside for charity, DAF Day offers the perfect opportunity to maximize our impact together. Anyone can open a DAF for free at many different providers, making it easy to get involved and give back. I look forward to supporting Seattle Children's, The Nature Conservancy, Brothers for Life - Achim La'Chaim, and A Wider Bridge on 10/10! Join the movement and don’t miss out on DAF Day! Sign up for reminders here: https://lnkd.in/g7eFVzJG
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Partner at Maveron LLC
1mo
Emily is just getting started. Excited to see her recognized by Fortune. Much more to come!
As online shopping booms, so too has the problem of merchandise returns that end up in landfills or get sold in bulk for pennies on the dollar. bit.ly/4e8Av9HIt’s a market failure that’s presented opportunity for some entrepreneurs. Among them: Emily Hosie, the founder and CEO of Rebelstork, a Toronto-based startup that seeks to help the environment and consumer brands, while building a meaningful business of its own in the process. The four-year-old company, which works with retailers like Target and brands like BabyBjörn, has raised $18 million to expand its operations from backers including the investments funds of Serena Williams and Jay-Z. Read more here: bit.ly/4e8Av9H
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Partner at Maveron LLC
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Digital health startups need network effects. Payors, providers and software companies like United, HCA, Amazon and Epic Systems are brutal in extracting every dollar of potential economic value. If something is easy to replicate they will do so. So given the lack of investment outcomes in health tech, the question really becomes: Where should our industry look to invest? It’s really quite simple in concept but difficult to accomplish - you need to be a pioneer in an emerging area and design a product that benefits from a virtuous data flywheel and scale advantages See my blog post 👇🏻https://lnkd.in/grP367iv
Why digital health startups need "network effects" secondopinion.media

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