Mayfield Fund
Mayfield is a multi-stage venture capital firm that provides equity funding and operational support to technology and deep‑tech companies. The firm invests across seed through growth stages, operates dedicated vehicles for sector-focused programs (example: a seed vehicle for generative AI), offers board and product-level guidance, and publishes sector playbooks and founder resources. Mayfield emphasizes hands‑on, founder‑focused support across areas including AI, enterprise software, semiconductors, healthcare, diagnostics, and hardware/wearables.
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small (1-50)
Mayfield Fund
Menlo Park, California, United States, North America
Portfolio
Initially a dental marketplace; pivoted to serve self‑insured employers and licensed SaaS to carriers; raised ~$54M and later merged with/was acquired by Cigna.
#Healthcare / Digital health / Dental marketplace
Develops CRISPR‑based detection methods for DNA/RNA diagnostics; holds an exclusive license from UC Berkeley.
#Diagnostics / Precision medicine / CRISPR-based diagnostics
Provides real‑time operational guidance for hospital environments.
#Healthcare operations / Hospital workflow software
Enables rapid single‑cell DNA mapping for clinicians and researchers.
#Genomics / Single‑cell DNA analysis
Built cloud‑integrated storage appliances; acquired by Microsoft in 2012 and integrated with Azure offerings.
#Cloud‑integrated storage / Enterprise infrastructure
Initially a dental marketplace; pivoted to serve self‑insured employers and licensed SaaS to carriers; raised ~$54M and later merged with/was acquired by Cigna.
#Healthcare / Digital health / Dental marketplace
Develops CRISPR‑based detection methods for DNA/RNA diagnostics; holds an exclusive license from UC Berkeley.
#Diagnostics / Precision medicine / CRISPR-based diagnostics
Provides real‑time operational guidance for hospital environments.
#Healthcare operations / Hospital workflow software
Enables rapid single‑cell DNA mapping for clinicians and researchers.
#Genomics / Single‑cell DNA analysis
Built cloud‑integrated storage appliances; acquired by Microsoft in 2012 and integrated with Azure offerings.
#Cloud‑integrated storage / Enterprise infrastructure