Mayfield

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Mayfield is an early-stage technology investor focused on being the first institutional backer of AI founders, with most of its investments beginning at company inception.

Its AI investing reaches into the physical infrastructure needed for adoption as well as software. The firm’s Lumilens investment addresses optical connectivity between processors and computing systems, illustrating its interest in technical bottlenecks below the application layer.

Mayfield’s CXO of the Future community connects it with enterprise leaders. That commercial perspective complements its inception-stage work when founders need to understand the requirements of corporate buyers for a new technology.

Sources
Rounds participated in
17
Confirmed lead rounds
1
14 roles undisclosed
New companies
14
First participation on record · 3 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.5B
15 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A7
Seed3
Series C+3
Undisclosed2
Pre-seed1
1 more
Series B1

By primary sector

Hardware7
AI6
Enterprise software2
Cybersecurity1
Robotics1

By country

United States17

Rounds

17 in all activity
Numeral

AI-powered software that automates sales tax and VAT compliance for global businesses.

$100MSeries C
Participant
Hello Haven

A personal AI assistant that remembers a user's preferences and helps manage everyday tasks through app, text, email or phone conversations.

$15MPre-Seed
Lead
Hang Ten Systems

Combines AI agents and engineering services for enterprise software development and technology projects.

$53MAdditional seed funding
Participant
Velaura AI

Develops ultra-low-power silicon for AI data centers and Physical AI systems

$110MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Lumilens

Lumilens develops optical interconnects for connecting GPUs in AI data centers.

>$700MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Bespoke Labs

Builds environments and infrastructure for reliable AI agents

$40MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Hang Ten Systems

Combines AI agents and engineering services for enterprise software development and technology projects.

$32MSeed
Role not disclosed
Upscale AI

Provides open-standard AI networking infrastructure for ultra-low-latency training and inference

$190MSeries A+
Role not disclosed
AttoTude

Pioneers ASIC over Dielectric interconnect for high-bandwidth, energy-efficient AI infrastructure connectivity

$52MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Exaforce

AI-native SOC platform using a real-time knowledge graph and Exabots to detect and respond to threats

$125MSeries B
Role not disclosed
OpenLight

Builds silicon photonics chips and PDK tools for AI, telecom, and quantum computing markets

$50MSeries A1
Role not disclosed
Upscale AI

Provides open-standard AI networking infrastructure for ultra-low-latency training and inference

UndisclosedUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
NeuBird AI

Builds agentic AI for enterprise IT operations that automates incident detection and root cause analysis

$19.3MUndisclosed
Role not disclosed
Cognichip

Develops Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI) for semiconductor design

$60MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Rhoda AI

Builds robotic intelligence for real-world environments using video-predictive control

$450MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Kana

Builds agentic AI platform with customizable agents to automate marketing workflows audience targeting campaign optimization and data integration for marketers and media companies

$15MSeed
Role not disclosed
Upscale AI

Provides open-standard AI networking infrastructure for ultra-low-latency training and inference

$200MSeries A
Role not disclosed