For more than 55 years, we’ve partnered with founders from their first idea through the long arc of building iconic companies. Our track record – 120 IPOs and 225+ acquisitions – reflects a simple belief: great companies built by people first.
Everything we do is guided by a set of operating principles and values we call The Mayfield Way, which has six core tenets:
We’re former founders and operators turned investors who show up every day to uplift founders. We bring the conviction, safety net, and force multipliers founders need to move faster, take bigger swings, and build breakthrough companies. That’s why founders return to build with us again for the second, third, and fourth time.
Vision
We invest in and champion founders building the future of AI
Mission
To build a lasting early-stage venture firm that founders trust and come back to, by putting people first and learning every day
Beliefs
During the last decade’s bull market, mega funds moved at breakneck speed into multi-stage investments. We stayed true to our North Star, partnering with early-stage founders starting at inception with focus, discipline, and conviction.
Nurturing early-stage companies is a craft that we have honed at Mayfield. We are roll-up-our-sleeves board members who help with leadership, strategy, product iteration, go-to-market, and follow-on financings. Our founders have access to the entire team, not just their board members. Our Founder Amplification team works alongside founders on their business development, marketing, talent, and strategy.
Our investors are domain experts who focus on specific practice areas, but our culture is built on collaboration and continuous learning. Every potential investment is thoroughly evaluated by at least two investing partners. This leverages complementary skills and creates a team that can partner on advising the company later if it becomes a portfolio investment.
We’ve backed founders across the PC, Internet, mobile, social, and cloud waves. Now we’re investing in founders building the future of AI – the 100x Collaborative Intelligence era. We’re at the beginning of a transformative shift that will reshape how humans work, live, and play.
We believe that with privilege comes responsibility. We have a long tradition of philanthropy through which we support organizations that support education, expand opportunities for underrepresented communities, and address food insecurity. Since 2020, we have expanded this work to pioneer a conversation around Conscious Capital: leading with empathy and investing in businesses for a better world. We pledge 1% of our management fee and carry every year, which can amount to millions of dollars, to support this effort.
Philanthropy is a core part of Mayfield’s DNA. We have pledged 1% of our management fee and carry every year, which can amount to millions of dollars, to causes that support education, diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and food security. Through our Access for All Program, we have affiliated with leading community organizations to address systemic barriers to opportunity. Starting 2020, we also expanded this work to pioneer a conversation around Conscious Capital, to lead with empathy and build business for a better world rather than for business as usual.
