Menlo Park, US · Partner
Navin Chaddha
Managing Partner at Mayfield Fund
Latest rounds
- Formation Data SystemsRound · $20MDec 2016
BacksBig Data & AnalyticsCloud
The firm
Mayfield FundVC firm · US29cheques in 12 months509all time9ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $20M
- Active
- 2016
- Formation Data SystemsRound$20MJoined · +14 investors
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundMFC SelectMEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE ISSUERsince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundMFA SelectMEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE ISSUERsince 2025
- SEC Form D · Company raisingRetym, Inc.Directorsince 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAuradine, Inc.Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNuVia, Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundMF Leaders H-EMEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE ISSUERsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingHashiCorp, Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundMayfield FundMEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THE ISSUERon 12 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBRIGHTER INC.Directoron 2 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingArcadia Data Inc.Directorsince 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCLOUDVELOX, INC.Directorsince 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMEDICAL & DENTAL COMMERCE CORP.Directorsince 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCLOUDVELOCITY, INC.Directoron 2 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAPPCELERATOR, INC.Directoron 2 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raisingElastica, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raisingMIMOSA SYSTEMS INCDirectoron 2 filings · since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCPower, Inc.Directorsince 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raisingGigya, Inc.Directoron 7 filings · since 2009
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
Hear them before you pitch them
The 18x Midas Lister Betting $3B on AI (and calling most of it fake) | Navin Chaddha, Mayfield
WithNavin Chaddha
MentionsSatya Nadella
About this episode
Navin Chaddha is the Managing Partner at Mayfield. He’s made the Forbes Midas List 18 times, and thinks a lot of the AI revenue everyone's chasing right now is fake. Mayfield is a 56-year-old firm that backs founders at the paper-and-pencil stage. They’re investing $3 billion into AI, but Navin… More on the show's page
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499. A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups (Navin Chaddha)
WithNavin Chaddha
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Navin Chaddha of Mayfield joins Nick to discuss A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups. In this episode we cover: Challenges in Early Internet Video Lessons from Interacting with Tech… More on the show's page
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The Trillion-Dollar AI Hardware Opportunity (Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner at Mayfield)
WithNavin Chaddha
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Navin Chaddha has spent three decades at the forefront of innovation, first as a founder, and now as managing partner at Mayfield, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms. A 17-time member of Forbes’ Midas List, Navin has guided generations of entrepreneurs through waves of technological… More on the show's page
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17x Midas List VC Navin Chaddha on The 100x AI Opportunity
WithNavin Chaddha
About this episode
Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner of Mayfield, has guided more than 80 companies to positive outcomes. During his venture capital career, Navin has invested in over 60 companies, of which 18 have gone public and 27 have been acquired. Creating $120B+ in equity value and over 40,000 jobs . Navin has… More on the show's page
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Mayfield's Navin Chaddha on the $5 trillion AI services revolution
WithNavin Chaddha
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This week on StrictlyVC Download, Mayfield managing partner Navin Chaddha joins Connie Loizos at our event in Menlo Park to break down why the $5 trillion services sector is ready for AI disruption. Navin, an early investor in Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, explains why the next wave of winners in…
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Episode 1 | Building Trust with Your Inception Investor with guest Navin Chaddha (Managing Partner, Mayfield)
WithNavin Chaddha
About this episode
In the first episode of Fund/Build/Scale, Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha spoke about the need for founders to identify investors they can trust, how to pitch Mayfield's AI Start seed fund, and why he’s specifically looking for inception-stage entrepreneurs who have “half-baked” ideas. Our… More on the show's page
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Investor Stories 478: Visionary Founder Lessons from Poshmark, Centana, and EquipmentShare: Love, Listening, and Leadership (Chaddha, Byunn, Schlacks)
MentionsEric ByunnNavin Chaddha
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Navin Chaddha of Mayfield Eric Byunn of Centana Growth Willy Schlacks of EquipmentShare 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
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 472: Think Big, Stay Patient, Earn Access, Venture Advice from Foresite, Mayfield, and Blue Moon (Tananbaum, Chaddha, Orthlieb)
MentionsForesite CapitalBen OrthliebJim TananbaumNavin Chaddha
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jim Tananbaum of Foresite Capital Navin Chaddha of Mayfield Ben Orthlieb of Blue Moon We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The host… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 464: Anti Portfolio Confessions: Missing Twilio, Zoom, DocuSign, MongoDB, and Solana (Austin, Simpson, Chaddha)
MentionsAndreessen HorowitzArianna SimpsonEthan AustinNavin Chaddha
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ethan Austin of Outside VC Arianna Simpson of Andreessen Horowitz Navin Chaddha of Mayfield Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 461: Feast and Famine in Crypto, When to Take the Off Ramp, and Evaluating Founder Temperament (Simpson, Chaddha, Orthlieb)
MentionsAndreessen HorowitzArianna SimpsonBen OrthliebNavin Chaddha
About this episode
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Arianna Simpson of Andreessen Horowitz Navin Chaddha of Mayfield Ben Orthlieb of Blue Moon We discuss major conflicts that guests have faced and how they resolved them. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick… More on the show's page
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