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Floodgate

Tier 1 Seed Fund · Seed · Pre-seed
A-

Excellent (A-) — Capital Conduct Grade

Floodgate (Mike Maples and Ann Miura-Ko) has built one of the most disciplined seed-fund track records in venture. Strong on 'Thunder Lizard' thesis (concentrated bets on prepared-mind founders). Term-sheet behavior consistently founder-favorable. Mike Maples' founder-relationship reputation is category-leading.

88
Composite / 100
/ Subscore Breakdown · 5 Dimensions

Where this grade comes from.

Term Sheet Honesty
A
Founder-Friendliness
A
Follow-On Discipline
B+
Exit Support
B+
Network Quality
A-
/ Public-Record Events

Key events & disclosures.

  • Founded 2010
  • Mike Maples + Ann Miura-Ko partners
  • Thunder Lizard thesis
  • Lyft, Twitter, Twitch seed investor

/ Best for

Pre-seed founders with category-defining ambitions seeking conviction-based seed partner.

/ Watch out for

Highly selective; ~10-15 companies per fund. Concentrated portfolio model.