Navin Chaddha

Managing Partner
AI, ENTERPRISE, SEMICONDUCTORS

“I partner with entrepreneurs who want to change the way people work, live, and play. I believe that company building is a marathon, not a sprint, and that crisis can be an opportunity for the bold.”

Navin leads Mayfield as Managing Partner. Under his leadership, Mayfield has raised eight U.S. funds and guided over 80 companies to positive outcomes. He has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and has ranked on the Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Tech Investors sixteen times, including being named in the Top Five in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Navin’s investments have created over $120 billion in equity value and over 40,000 jobs.

During his venture capital career, Navin has invested in over 60 companies, of which 18 have gone public and 27 have been acquired. Navin was one of the earliest Silicon Valley investors to leverage the promise of tech in India. He is Vice Chair of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund and advisor to Neythri.org.

Navin is an active philanthropist who supports education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and food scarcity groups.
As an entrepreneur, Navin has co-founded or led three startups including VXtreme: a streaming media platform, acquired by Microsoft to become Windows Media; Rivio/CPA.com: a SaaS provider for small businesses, and iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ:IBEM): a streaming media content delivery network. Navin holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B.Tech degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, where he was honored with the distinguished IIT Alumni Award.

Education

IIT DELHI

Distinguished Alumni

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Founder

VXTREME

Acquired by Microsoft

RIVIO/CPA.COM
IBEAM BROADCASTING

NASDAQ: IBEM

Recognition

FORBES

The Midas List

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Young Global Leader

Interests

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
BOLLYWOOD
CRICKET

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SolarCity
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Acquired by Qualcomm | Partnered at Inception
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IPO India: TEJASNET.NS | Partnered Early
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News & Insights

E Book
06.2024
AI: A 100x Force Transforming Our Lives

Welcome to the golden age of AI. We're living through a sea change in how we use software to navigate our world.

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Blog
06.2024
Reflections on My Midas Journey

A testament to entrepreneurs building enduring companies.

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Blog
05.2024
How Hard Can It Be? Lessons from Jensen Huang

How Hard Can It Be (to lead a company for 31 years, pioneer new waves every decade, and still be a humble leader and friend of founders).

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Blog
04.2024
Embrace the Future: Meet Your AI Teammates

AI may not be coming for your job anytime soon, but it surely is coming to work alongside you.

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Blog
03.2024
What My Sports Movie Heroes Have Taught Me About Teamwork and Life

Learnings from Kapil Dev.

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Blog
03.2024
Cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS): The Rise of Digital Assistants & Co-Workers

In business, digital assistants are going beyond content creation and code generation to fundamentally transform essential enterprise workflows.

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Blog
02.2024
Announcing the 2024 Mayfield Farmlink FIELD Fellows

Student leaders dedicated to an 8-month, action-driven pipeline that educates, immerses, and enables changemakers to create an impact across different segments of the food system.

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Blog
02.2024
Learnings from Leaders: Satya Nadella/Microsoft

GenAI, learnings from leadership, and shared experiences.

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Blog
02.2024
World Economic Forum: How AI Can Usher In an Economy That Puts People First

It’s hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have on every aspect of business and the economy.

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Blog
01.2024
The Rise of the AI Cognitive Plumbing Layer

As AI shifts from early adoption to widespread enterprise use, the importance of the “plumbing layer” is resurgent.

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Blog
01.2024
Partnering with Sema4.ai to Accelerate the Agent Economy

Building an intelligent agent platform that uses semantics and reasoning to transform how knowledge workers collaborate with AI.

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01.2024
Top 10 Takeaways From Davos

AI, quantum, and evolving fund models.

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Video
01.2024
“No Rain, No Flowers: Funding Start-ups” Lessons From Davos

At the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Annual Meeting, Managing Partner Navin Chaddha spoke on the “No Rain, No Flowers: Funding Start-ups” panel.

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Blog
01.2024
Navin Chaddha Shares His Career Journey on the DealMakers Podcast

In a recent DealMakers podcast episode, hosted by Alejandro Cremades, Managing Partner Navin Chaddha, a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, shared his journey from the vibrant streets of Delhi to the heart of Silicon Valley.

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Blog
11.2023
Partnering with Young Changemakers at Farmlink to Address Hunger

Earlier this month, the Farmlink and Mayfield teams came together for a special community event in celebration of the inaugural Farmlink FIELD Fellows program.

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Blog
11.2023
An Investor and Practitioner’s Perspective on Gen AI
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Blog
09.2023
What AI Will (& Won’t) Do: AI Predictions Dinner Takeaways
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Blog
09.2023
Accelerating GenAI Adoption Through a Data Operations Cloud
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Blog
09.2023
Generative AI – From Big Vision to Practical Execution
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Blog
08.2023
5 Questions Investors Should be Asking Inception-stage Generative AI Founders | TechCrunch+
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Founder Stories
08.2023
Founding Voices: The Road is Longer Than You Think
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Blog, Mayfield News
07.2023
Announcing The $250 Million Mayfield AI Start Seed Fund
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Founder Stories
07.2023
Founding Voices: Embracing Serendipity
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Blog
06.2024
GenAI in the Developer Landscape
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Blog
06.2023
Silicon Catalyst – Fireside Chat with Navin Chaddha
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Founder Stories
06.2023
Founding Voices: Make Your Case to Transform the Status Quo
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Blog
06.2023
The Golden Age of Semiconductor Innovation Continues
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Blog
06.2023
10 questions early-stage founders should be asking investors
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Founder Stories
04.2023
Founding Voices: Project Your Principles to Attract Your Community
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Founder Stories
02.2023
Founding Voices: Know When to Listen to Your Gut
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Founder Stories
12.2022
Taking the Heat: How Frore Systems’ New Cooling Chip Unleashes Your Device’s Power
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Blog
12.2022
Working with Mayfield: Trust, Radical Candor, and a Gentle Guiding Hand
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Founder Stories
11.2022
Founding Voices: Through Thick and Thin
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Blog
11.2022
Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC | TechCrunch Disrupt
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Founder Stories
11.2022
Founding Voices: Know the Story Behind the Product
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Founder Stories
10.2022
Founding Voices: Get Out of Your Own Way
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Founder Stories
09.2022
Founding Voices: Prioritizing Fit Over Skills
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Founder Stories
09.2022
Founding Voices: Culture Starts at the Top
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Founder Stories
09.2022
Founding Voices: Why Founders Should Prioritize Their Own Needs
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Blog
07.2022
The Optimist’s Playbook
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Blog
06.2022
Introducing the 2022 Mayfield Access for All Summer Fellows
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Blog
05.2022
Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha: I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now | TechCrunch
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Blog
04.2022
Is the Office Dead? The Emergence of the Hybrid Working Model
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Blog
03.2022
Survival Tips for Startup Founders Living Through their First Market Correction
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Blog
10.2021
The Transition to Enterprise Multi-Cloud Is Upon us
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Portfolio Viewpoint
10.2022
Saving Billions of Lives with Next Generation CRISPR Company Mammoth
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Blog
08.2021
What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital?
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Founder Stories
07.2021
How Mission & Values Set the Foundation for Couchbase’s Success
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Blog
07.2021
Mindfulness & Leadership with Nutanix & DevRev Founder Dheeraj Pandey
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Blog
06.2021
Introducing the 2021 Mayfield Summer Fellows
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Blog
06.2021
Vulnerability & Growing as a Leader with Outreach Founder Manny Medina
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Video
05.2021
Collision: Building the Zone of Trust
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Video
05.2021
Navin Shares Lessons Learned from his Journey at TiEcon
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Blog
05.2021
Navin Chaddha Shares 4 Crucial Steps to Take When Seeking First Round Funding
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Video
04.2021
How HashiCorp Works: Building and Scaling a Remote Company
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Founder Stories
03.2021
How Volterra Dreamed Big, Then Focused Its Way to 300% Growth
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Founder Stories
03.2021
How the NUVIA Dream Team Built a New Age Silicon Company
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Blog
03.2021
Insights From Partnering With Six Breakout Infrapreneurs
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Blog
02.2021
Conscious Leadership in the Post-2020 Era
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Blog
01.2021
Working with Mayfield: One Mark of a Great Founding Investor: Knowing What Not to Ask
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Blog
09.2023
Helping Entrepreneurs Achieve Their Dreams
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Video
01.2021
Open Core Summit 2020 Keynote: HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet & Mayfield MD Navin Chaddha
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