Jim Scheinman

Athlete, Business leader, Connector, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Jewish, Parent, Philanthropist, Startup, Technologist

Jim Scheinman is the founding managing partner of Maven Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley consumer early-seed venture fund. He's the guy that came up with the name Zoom as a very early investor in the company. Maven invests in the best technical visionary founders with a 'vision worth fighting for, and spots game-changing trends such as video communication, self-driving cars, virtual reality, and novel marketplaces. As a founder and investor for over 25 years, Jim has been fortunate to achieve 5 unicorn exits including Zoom & Cruise. He holds a BS in neuropsychology from Duke University & a JD from the University of California Davis King Hall School of Law.

understanding the human condition, creating efficiencies in life, great new technologies and products, working with great entrepreneurs to build successful companies that improve the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers, & my family.

it's a statistical miracle that any one of us is born into this world, let's not waste our time here

ai, AI Robots, consumer, digital health, Entrepreneurship and Startup Management, investing, judaism, Mobile, Social Media, startups, VC

In 2012, on the TED U stage, I had the honor of speaking about living your passion and the founder of Yosemite, Galen Clark. It was a personal thrill to have gotten up the nerve to step up onto the TED stage and accomplish a bucket list item :)

writing, making movies, parenting, cooking, coaching AYSO soccer