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Navin Chaddha

Navin Chaddha

VC

Managing Partner, Mayfield

Managing partner backing AI and enterprise from inception

Menlo Park, CA$500K–$15M checks3 notable investments
Pre-SeedSeedSeries ASeries B+
LinkedIn𝕏@NavinChaddhaMayfield
AIEnterprise SaaSInfrastructureDeep Tech

Background

Navin Chaddha is Managing Partner at Mayfield and a three-time founder who grew up in India and left his Stanford PhD to build companies. He founded VXtreme (acquired by Microsoft), iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ: IBEM), and Rivio (merged with CPA.com). He has been named to the Forbes Midas List 18 times including top-5 in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, with investments creating over $120B in equity value.

Investment Thesis

Invests in AI, enterprise, and semiconductors from inception stage; champions the Collaborative Intelligence era with AI Teammates as a core thesis.

Investment Focus

Stages

Pre-SeedSeedSeries ASeries B+

Typical check: $500K–$15M

Sectors

AIEnterprise SaaSInfrastructureDeep Tech

Based in: Menlo Park, CA (North America)

Notable Investments

HashiCorp

Cloud infrastructure automation, NASDAQ: HCP

Lyft

Ride-sharing platform, NASDAQ: LYFT

Poshmark

Social commerce marketplace, acquired by Naver

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Last updated: Jun 11, 2026