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Mike Maples is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Floodgate, a firm that invests in early-stage startups. He has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times and has backed companies like Twitter, Okta, and Chegg.
Meet Mike Maples Jr., Ann Miura-Ko and the Floodgate Fund Team. Learn more about how they invest in seed and early-stage investments.
Specialties: Marketing, product management, venture capital · Experience: FLOODGATE · Education: Harvard Business School · Location: Palo Alto · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Mike Maples...
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Mike Maples, Jr. is a seed investor who backed Okta, Cruise Automation and Twitter. He is ranked #12 on the 2018 Midas List of top tech investors by Forbes.
Floodgate Fund is a venture capital firm based in the United States created by Mike Maples Jr. and Ann Miura-Ko. It was originally named Maples Investments, but was renamed Floodgate Fund in March 2010. It is focused on investments in technology companies in Silicon Valley.
His father, Mike Maples, Sr., was a successful IBM executive and a tough-minded role model who instilled tenacity in his sons. “When I was a kid, my dad once told me `It’s only over when you decide to quit.’” So Maples plowed ahead into his investing career.
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This episode showcases an interview with Mike Maples, Jr, the co-founder of Floodgate, from 2020. Mike's interview on @TurpentineVC from September 2023 is o...
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