General Info
Navin Chaddha, Managing Director at Mayfield, focuses on making broad investments in the consumer and enterprise sectors. He invests in AI startups, and Mayfield recently announced a $250 million seed fund dedicated to AI. Navin Chaddha has backed 18 companies that went public, including Lyft and Poshmark. His investments range across software, enterprise infrastructure, networking systems, communications, Internet, and semiconductors. Navin leads Mayfield’s investments in India. He is known for a ‘people-first’ investment approach, emphasizing values alignment with founders. Navin Chaddha is also a proven serial entrepreneur, corporate executive, and venture investor. He advocates for cognitively diverse voices around the board table.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Country: India
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Found evidence Navin Chaddha led Mayfield’s investment in NeuBird with article dated June 26, 2024. The investment date (June 26, 2024) is 16 months before reference date – however additional sources (Mayfield announcements and coverage in Oct 2025) show Chaddha remained actively investing with mentions of AI seed fund and investments in 2025 such as Mayfield AI seed fund and portfolio activity; specifically Mayfield announced a $250M seed AI fund in 2025 and public mentions of investments in Oct 2025. There is public coverage of investments in 2025 indicating activity within last 6 months, thus classify as very-active.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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