MAPLE VC MANAGEMENT LLC

Thesis

Maple VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm's unique investment thesis is to back founders with "Canadian roots," regardless of their location or industry, aiming to be the first institutional check for these entrepreneurs. They focus on pre-seed and seed rounds, with occasional participation in Series A, and typically do not lead rounds but co-invest with top-tier firms. Their strategy is "founder-first," emphasizing minimal bureaucracy and swift decision-making. While sector-agnostic, they have strengths in Fintech/Payments, Developer Tools/Infrastructure, and Enterprise Software, with emerging interests in Biotech/Life Sciences, Climate/Clean Energy, Gaming (Web3), Legal/Regtech, and Proptech. Maple VC closed Fund II in November 2021 with $16.5 million and has a total gross asset value of $131.4 million across seven private funds as of March 2026. They typically invest between $500,000 and $1.5 million, with some sources indicating up to $2 million per deal.

Related lists

• Pre-seed Developer Tools investors
• Pre-seed Enterprise investors
• Pre-seed Fintech investors