# Mike Maples, Founding Partner at Floodgate

> Mike Maples, Founding Partner at Floodgate. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Palo Alto, US · Partner

# Mike Maples

Founding Partner at [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 11 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 11 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Floodgate
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Floodgate** VC firm · US **9** cheques in 12 months **328** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Swivel, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Poquito, Inc.** Director since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **OutboundEngine, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raising **CBG Holdings, Inc.** Director since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **KANJOYA, INC** Director on 2 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Stipple Inc.** Director since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raising **30 SECOND SOFTWARE, INC.** Director on 2 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raising **EXPERIENCE PROJECT INC** Director since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raising **LiquidSpace, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **PixelFish, Inc.** Director since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **30 SECOND SOFTWARE INC** Director since 2010

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Floodgate

- [**Ann Miura-Ko** Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ann-miura-ko)
- [**Arjun Chopra** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arjun-chopra)
- [**Iris Choi** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/iris-choi)
- [**Lisa Del Ben** Director of Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lisa-del-ben)
- [**Lori Hoover-Simotas** Coo/cfo *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lori-hoover-simotas)
- [**Ryan Walsh** Founder and CEO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ryan-walsh-3)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 2 Sept 2025 · 3h 3m Meta–Scale AI Deal Tensions, Ken Griffin’s Next-Gen Finance Empire | Arielle Zuckerberg, Mike Maples, Andrea Hernández, Farooq Malik & Charles Yoo-Naut With [Arielle Zuckerberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/arielle-zuckerberg)[Charles Yoo-Naut](https://millionrounds.com/person/charles-yoo-naut)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) About this episode (00:35) - Cracks Form in Meta's Acquisition of Scale AI (23:40) - Tesla's Master Plan 4 (36:08) - Ken Griffin Builds Next-Gen Financial Powerhouse (01:07:45) - Advanced AI Blows Up Startup Bills (01:20:36) - Podcast Gold Rush Rocks Media Industry (01:26:54) - Timeline Reactions… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 28 Apr 2025 · 1h 6m 480. The OG Seed Investor, Mike Maples Jr., on Spotting Inflection Points, Living in the Future, and Why the Best Form of Competition Is No Competition (Mike Maples) With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) About this episode Mike Maples of Floodgate joins Nick to discuss The OG Seed Investor, Mike Maples Jr., on Spotting Inflection Points, Living in the Future, and Why the Best Form of Competition Is No Competition. In this episode we cover: The Evolution of Seed Investing Identifying Exceptional Founders The Role of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 6 Jan 2025 · 1h 10m 20VC: How To Do a 10x Seed Fund in 2025 | Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups an Founders | Lessons from Losing Billions Missing Airbnb and Pinterest & Investing Lessons from Charlie Munger with Mike Maples @ Floodgate With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Case Studies](https://millionrounds.com/person/case-studies-consilia-investments) About this episode Mike Maples is one of the OG seed investors of the last two decades. As a co-founding Partner at Floodgate, Mike has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade. Some of Mike's investments include Twitter, Twitch.tv, Clover Health, Okta, Outreach, Chegg, Demandforce, and Applied… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) · 10 Oct 2024 · 55 min E59: Mike Maples Jr. on Disruptive Investing With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) About this episode Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate, sits down with David Weisburd to discuss Mike’s new book “Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future”. This is a masterclass on early-stage venture investing. Mike shares his views on identifying ideas and founders that led to his early… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 1 Oct 2024 · 49 min Finding Pattern Breakers & Winners from Seed to Growth with Mike Maples and Jai Das With [Jai Das](https://millionrounds.com/person/jai-das)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) About this episode With a few dozen software exits under his belt (including Box, Square, Mulesoft & JFrog), nobody knows enterprise investing like Sapphire Ventures’ President + PartnerJai Das. Likewise, Floodgate co-founder + Partner Mike Maples Jr. is often credited with pioneering seed investing as we know it,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 16 Sept 2024 · 1h 17m Mike Maples Jr. - Identifying Startup Pattern Breakers (EP.406) With [Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) About this episode Mike Maples Jr. is a partner at Floodgate, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2006 with Anne Miuro-Ko. He has been on the Forbes Midas list eight times in the last decade and backed Twitter, Lyft, Twitch, Okta, and many others in their earliest stages. Attempting to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Mike Maples in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 1 Jul 2026 · 1h 14m Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307 Mentions [Ben Lerer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-lerer)[Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[Aileen Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/aileen-lee)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) About this episode This Week In Startups is made possible by: CLA - www.claconnect.com/withyou Northwest Registered Agent - www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Agree.com - www.agree.com Today's show: Forget the triple-triple-double-double-double; the new bar for startups hoping to raise venture capital has… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 25 Dec 2025 · 6 min Investor Stories 449: Exceptional Founders Up Close: Listening Over Posturing, Integrity Over Ease, and Deliberate Execution from Day One (Hsieh, Delk, Maples Jr.) Mentions [Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl)[Cypress Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cypress-growth-capital)[Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Vince Hsieh of Cypress Growth Capital Ryan Delk of Primer Mike Maples Jr. of Floodgate We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The host of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 4 Dec 2025 · 6 min Investor Stories 444. The Biggest Misses in VC: Passing on Airbnb, Overlooking Skype, and Arriving Hours After Postman Closed (Maples, Okike, Mohapatra) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Hemant Mohapatra](https://millionrounds.com/person/hemant-mohapatra)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples)[Nnamdi Okike](https://millionrounds.com/person/nnamdi-okike) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mike Maples Jr. of Floodgate Nnamdi Okike of 645 Ventures Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed India Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 13 Oct 2025 · 7 min Investor Stories 433. The Art of Sensing Greatness, From Analytical to Intuitive Investing, and the Case for Industry Outsiders (Hsieh, Hilaly, Maples) Mentions [Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital)[Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures)[Cypress Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cypress-growth-capital)[Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Aaref Hilaly](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaref-hilaly)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) About this episode n this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Vince Hsieh of Cypress Growth Capital Aaref Hilaly of Bain Capital Ventures Mike Maples of Floodgate We asked guests to describe the biggest change to their investment philosophy over the course of their career… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 6 Mar 2025 · 60 min What makes (or breaks) executive hires | A deep dive with Eeke de Milliano (Head of Global Product at Stripe) Mentions [Claire Hughes Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claire-hughes-johnson)[John Collison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-collison)[Patrick Collison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/patrick-collison)[Mike Maples](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-maples) About this episode Eeke de Milliano is the Head of Global Product at Stripe, helping drive innovation and success in the company's product line. Before this role, she was Head of Product at Retool and co-founded Constellate. Eeke previously spent 6 years as Product Lead at Stripe, working with the company during… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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