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Maverick Ventures
Maverick Ventures is the venture capital arm of Maverick Capital, the hedge fund founded by Lee Ainslie in 1993.
Maverick Ventures
Maverick Ventures is the venture capital arm of Maverick Capital, the hedge fund founded by Lee Ainslie in 1993. The venture group operates from multiple US locations including Austin, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area, investing on behalf of the broader Maverick Capital platform. The firm publicly identifies its focus as partnering with entrepreneurs in the healthcare, software, and technology sectors. The firm’s strategy spans early-stage to growth investments, with confirmed activity in digital health, enterprise AI, and software infrastructure. In healthcare, Maverick Ventures co-led a $28 million Series B for Oula Health, a maternity care startup, in February 2024 (per the firm, February 2024). It also backed Nourish, a registered-dietitian platform, which raised a $35 million Series A in March 2024 (per the firm, March 2024). On the enterprise side, the firm has written publicly about its investments in MosaicML, an AI infrastructure company, and Volta Labs, a genomics software startup. The team invests across the United States, with portfolio companies headquartered on both coasts. The investment team includes Managing Director Ryan Isono, who joined in January 2025, and Principal Lexi Henkel, who joined in September 2023. Other named investors include Ambar Bhattacharyya, Jéssica Leão, David Singer, Prateesh Maheshwari, JooHo Yeo, and Matt Kinsella. The firm maintains at least five US office locations, including Austin, Manchester, Mountain View, New York, and Washington. In January 2025, the firm announced Ryan Isono as its newest Managing Director, signaling continued team expansion (per the firm, January 2025). The venture group sits alongside other Maverick Capital strategies; the parent hedge fund managed roughly $9 billion as of mid-2022, per press reports. The structural differentiator is the firm’s hedge-fund anchoring. Unlike standalone venture firms, Maverick Ventures draws on the research infrastructure, public-market insights, and capital base of Maverick Capital. This architecture gives the venture team exposure to deal flow that crosses public-private boundaries, particularly in sectors like healthcare IT and enterprise AI where the parent fund’s analysts have deep domain coverage. The model allows the venture group to act as a strategic extension of a large, liquid investment platform rather than a siloed early-stage investor.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital Arm
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Austin, Manchester, Mountain View, New York, Washington
Corporate office
Multiple locations including Austin, TX; New York, NY; and San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Additional offices
Austin · Manchester · New York · Washington
Principals
Ryan Isono
Managing Director
Ambar Bhattacharyya
Investor
Jéssica Leão
Investor
David Singer
Investor
Prateesh Maheshwari
Investor
Lexi Henkel
Principal
JooHo Yeo
Investor
Matt Kinsella
Investor
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How is Maverick Ventures related to Maverick Capital?
Maverick Ventures is the dedicated venture capital arm of Maverick Capital, the hedge fund founded by Lee Ainslie in 1993. The venture group invests on behalf of the broader Maverick Capital platform, drawing on the parent firm's research and capital base. The two share infrastructure and analytical resources, but the venture team operates with its own dedicated investment professionals.
Who runs investment decisions at Maverick Ventures?
The named investment team includes Managing Director Ryan Isono, who joined in January 2025, and Principal Lexi Henkel, who joined in September 2023. Additional investors include Ambar Bhattacharyya, Jéssica Leão, David Singer, Prateesh Maheshwari, JooHo Yeo, and Matt Kinsella. The firm does not publicly disclose a CIO or final decision-making structure.
What investment stages does Maverick Ventures target?
Maverick Ventures participates in early-stage through growth rounds. Publicly confirmed investments include Series A (Nourish, $35M, March 2024) and Series B (Oula Health, $28M, February 2024) rounds. The firm also invests in earlier-stage companies, as evidenced by its 2022 introduction of Volta Labs, a genomics software startup built out of MIT.
Which sectors does Maverick Ventures focus on?
The firm publicly states it partners with entrepreneurs in the healthcare, software, and technology sectors. Confirmed investments include digital health (Oula Health, Nourish, Centivo, Chapter), enterprise AI infrastructure (MosaicML), and genomics software (Volta Labs). The team has also published research on enterprise adoption of large language models.
Does Maverick Ventures co-invest alongside external VCs?
Yes. Publicly disclosed rounds show Maverick Ventures acting as a co-lead or participant alongside other venture firms. For example, the firm co-led Oula Health's $28M Series B with other institutional investors in February 2024. The firm's Medium posts frequently congratulate portfolio companies on rounds that include multiple VC participants.
Where does Maverick Ventures operate from?
The firm lists office locations in Austin, Manchester, Mountain View, New York, and Washington, all in the United States. This multi-city footprint reflects the distributed nature of the investment team, which includes professionals based in different US regions, consistent with the parent hedge fund's national presence.
What is Maverick Ventures's known posture on follow-on investments?
The firm does not publicly disclose a formal follow-on policy. Its Medium blog shows multi-year engagement with certain portfolio companies, but the depth of reserve allocation and follow-on decision-making framework is not publicly documented. Allocators should request fund-level data on reserves and recycling during diligence.
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