Lyft Founders - Gamechangers

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We believe that enduring companies are changing the way we live, work and play.

Poshmark - Gamechanger

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We believe that enduring companies are changing the way we live, work and play.

We have partnered at the earliest stages with iconic consumer entrepreneurs over our 50 year history, starting with Atari in 1970 to Lyft, Poshmark, and SolarCity today. We back consumer entrepreneurs that invent and reinvent massive industries with empathy, vision, and a keen focus on improving the lives of millions.

Gamechangers

Get inspired by the journeys of entrepreneurs whose companies have become daily habits and uplifted consumers.

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News | Jan 6 2023

Naver Completes Acquisition of Poshmark

News | Consumer

News | Oct 3 2022

Naver to Acquire Poshmark

Consumer | News

News | Sep 14 2022

Founding Voices: Prioritizing Fit Over Skills

Consumer

News | Sep 14 2022

Founding Voices: Why Founders Should Prioritize Their Own ...

Consumer

News | Aug 17 2022

Highbeam Inks $7M to Shine Light on e-Commerce ...

News | Consumer

News | Aug 11 2022

Oliver Space Announces $36M in New Funding

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | Dec 15 2021

Partnering with Swimply to Pioneer a New Era ...

Consumer | News

Entrepreneur Journey | Aug 24 2021

KiwiCo: Doing Well While Doing Good

Consumer | Gamechangers

Podcast | Aug 6 2021

Habits, Influences, and Life Lessons | Outlier Academy

Consumer

Podcast | Aug 3 2021

Building a People First Culture | Outlier Academy

Consumer | Company Building

Article | Jun 25 2021

Psychedelic VR Meditation Startup Tripp Raises $11 Million ...

Consumer | News

News | May 27 2021

Home Furnishing Company Oliver Space Raises $13M Series ...

News | Consumer

Video | May 27 2021

Collision: Building the Zone of Trust

Consumer | Company Building

Podcast | Mar 16 2021

Building a Double Bottom Line Business with Grove ...

Consumer | Company Building | Conscious Capital

Viewpoint | Feb 10 2021

Welcoming Quilt to the Mayfield Family

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | Jan 14 2021

Gosh(Posh), It’s been a Ten Year Journey to ...

Consumer | News

Article | Dec 10 2020

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Grove Collaborative ...

Consumer

Article | Dec 10 2020

Unicorn Grove Collaborative Raises $125M

Consumer | News

Entrepreneur Journey | Oct 15 2020

India’s Largest Matrimony Marketplace Shows How Company Building ...

Consumer | Gamechangers

Viewpoint | Jul 23 2020

Social Media 2.0: Rehumanizing Communication

Conscious Capital | Consumer

Viewpoint | May 28 2020

The Zoomconomy as Preview to the MultiVerse

Consumer

Viewpoint | Apr 4 2020

Why Trusted Commerce Platforms Will Redefine Key Categories ...

Consumer

Viewpoint | Oct 30 2019

Rishi Shares Insight Into Oliver Space Investment

Consumer | News

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Lyft Co-founder John Zimmer: ...

Consumer | Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra: ...

Consumer | Company Building

Article | Sep 10 2019

Grove Collaborative Reaches $1B Valuation with $150M Series ...

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | May 22 2019

Welcoming Projector to Mayfield

Consumer | News

News | Mar 29 2019

Congrats to Logan, John and the Entire Lyft ...

Consumer

Video | Feb 21 2019

Serena Williams Joins Poshmark’s Board of Directors

Consumer | News

Article | Oct 17 2018

Couchbase and Poshmark Land on Forbes Next-Billion Dollar ...

News | Enterprise | Consumer

Article | May 22 2018

Lyft Named to CNBC 2018 Disruptor 50 list

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | Apr 30 2018

Tim Chang Shares Mayfield View on Nextgen Ecommerce

Consumer

Viewpoint | Mar 16 2018

Navin Chaddha Shares Insights about Lyft and more ...

Consumer | Company Building

Viewpoint | Feb 14 2018

State of Fintech: 5 Key Challenges That the ...

Consumer

Entrepreneur Journey | Feb 2 2018

Improving Planetary Health with Lyndon and Peter Rive ...

Consumer | Company Building | Gamechangers

Article | Jan 17 2018

Grove Raises $35 Million Series C to Grow ...

News | Consumer

Article | Jan 16 2018

A Greener Future: Lyft’s 2018 Impact Report

Conscious Capital | Consumer

Article | Dec 5 2017

Mayfield leads $9 Million Round in Earny Consumer ...

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | Dec 4 2017

A Decade-Long Union with Matrimony.com Illustrates our Belief ...

Consumer | News

Video | Nov 15 2017

Mayfield’s Chaddha Says ‘Sky Is the Limit’ for ...

Consumer

Viewpoint | Nov 14 2017

Navin Chaddha on Poshmark’s $87.5 Million Financing

Consumer | News

Video | Sep 25 2017

Navin Chaddha Shares Entrepreneur Insights at Bloomberg Sooner ...

Consumer

Article | Jul 26 2017

A People-First View of Investing in Innovation

Enterprise | Consumer | Human & Planetary Health

Article | Jul 14 2017

Navin Chaddha Shares A People-First View of Investing ...

Consumer

Viewpoint | Apr 25 2017

Tim Chang on Industry Predictions

Enterprise | Consumer

Entrepreneur Journey | Mar 20 2017

Transportation Will Change; Core Values Won’t at Lyft

Consumer | Gamechangers

Entrepreneur Journey | Mar 20 2017

Putting Fashion in the Palm of Your Hand

Consumer | Gamechangers

Viewpoint | Feb 23 2017

It’s Called Virtual “Reality” for a Reason

Enterprise | Consumer

Viewpoint | Feb 23 2017

Turning Great Companies into True Franchises

Consumer | Company Building

Podcast | Jan 8 2017

Listen to Mayfield’s Rishi Garg on The Twenty ...

Consumer

Viewpoint | Nov 22 2016

Why Now, More Than Ever, We Need a ...

Conscious Capital | Consumer

Viewpoint | Oct 10 2016

Introducing Our Newest Partner Rishi Garg

Consumer | News

Viewpoint | Oct 16 2015

Welcome to the Wellness Revolution

Consumer

Article | Sep 24 2015

Lyft founders Named to Fortune 40 Under 40

News | Consumer

Viewpoint | Mar 17 2015

Lyft Pioneers the Ridesharing Movement

Consumer

Viewpoint | Oct 31 2014

Changing The Rules Of E-Commerce

Consumer

Viewpoint | Apr 12 2014

A Wearables Startup Playbook

Consumer | Company Building

Viewpoint | Dec 12 2013

5 myths about the marketplace that mobile strategies ...

Consumer

Viewpoint | Jun 30 2013

A ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ approach to venture capital

Enterprise | Consumer

Viewpoint | May 5 2013

Embracing a Mobile-First Mentality for a Brave, New ...

Enterprise | Consumer

Viewpoint | Sep 22 2012

Our View on Marketplaces

Consumer

Viewpoint | Apr 27 2012

Non-gamers, here’s why you should care about games

Consumer

Viewpoint | Apr 15 2012

We Are Our Scores: The Aspirational Self

Consumer

Viewpoint | Mar 31 2012

The ‘So What’ Of The Quantified Self

Consumer

Viewpoint | Mar 28 2012

Going Green: Investing In Consumer Focused Energy Tech

Consumer

Viewpoint | Mar 24 2012

All The World’s A Game

Consumer

Investments

Lyft logo

NASDAQ: LYFT | Partnered Early

NASDAQ: POSH / Acquired by NAVER | Partnered at Inception

NASDAQ: SCTY / Acquired by Tesla | Partnered Early

Acquired by Infogrames

Acquired by Intel | Partnered at Inception

HighBeam Logo

Partnered at Inception

KiwiCo logo

Partnered at Inception

IPO India: MATRIMONY.NS | Partnered Early

Partnered at Inception

Acquired by LinkedIn | Partnered at Inception

Former NASDAQ: QUNR

Swimply logo

Partnered Early

Tripp logo

Partnered at Inception

Consumer Team

Tim Chang

Tim Chang

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Tim Chang

Tim Chang

Tim focuses on consumer investments. Tim’s venture capital experience includes leading investments at Norwest Venture Partners and Gabriel Venture Partners. His operational experience includes working in product management and engineering across Asia for Gateway, Inc., and General Motors. Tim holds an MBA with honors from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering/System Engineering from the University of Michigan. Tim is an accomplished musician, a reformed biohacker, and passionate about Body/Mind/Spirit wellness. He serves on the non-profit boards of Reimagine Death, and Gray Area Arts.

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Rishi Garg

Rishi Garg

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Rishi Garg

Rishi Garg

Rishi focuses on consumer investments, after a career helping build many great consumer platforms.

As Global VP of Corporate Development and Strategy at Twitter, Rishi executed its most active M&A program, including the acquisitions of Periscope, TellApart, Niche, Zipdial, and others, greatly expanding Twitter’s technology and product platform.

As an early executive at Square, Rishi was the first Head of Corporate Development and earlier, served as Head of Strategic Partnerships, working across the company on a wide range of M&A and business development projects during the company’s hyper growth phase.

Earlier, Rishi co-founded FanSnap, a leading venture-backed live event ticket search company acquired by Nextag. He also served in impactful Business Development roles at Google and MTV Networks. Rishi has been a personal investor and advisor to several companies including Opendoor, Netsil/Nutanix, and others.

A fan and sometimes practitioner of the improvisational arts, Rishi serves on the Board of Trustees of SF Jazz, and his passions include improv theater, food, independent film, Stanford sports, and economic policy.

Rishi received his MS in Industrial Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University, and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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Navin Chaddha

Navin Chaddha

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