Investor profile
Jay Clouse
Venture capital & Investor at Maven, Investor at Backstage Capital, Investor at Calm Company Fund
Jay Clouse is an Investor at Maven, whose known portfolio counts 19 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AnalyticsAudioAutomotiveCloud InfrastructureCollaborationCommunityContentCreator EconomyCryptoCustomer ServiceDataDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEdTechEnterprise SaaSFilmGamingGenerative AIInformation ServicesInsurTechLLMMachine LearningMarketplacesMessagingMusicNLPNo-Code/Low-CodeProductivitySpeechTV and RadioTest & MeasurementVideoWeb3
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at Maven, whose known portfolio counts 19 companies
- Fathom
- XAI
- Perplexity
- Maven Clinic
- Mind AI
- Cluster Protocol
- Lutra AI
- dKloud
- Ease Health
- Medeloop
- Tren Finance
- XSwap
- and 7 more
Investor at Backstage Capital, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Plural
- Community
- AudioMob
- Exer Labs
- Patientory
- Hello Alice
- BoldHue
- CreditRich AI
- EdLight
- Cloudnine Augmented Intelligence
Investor at Calm Company Fund, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Chaiz
- Economize
- Featured
- FixturFab
- HumanSquad
- Rotabull
- WPAI
- Wellio
- Wordcab
- ZipMessage
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Consumer, Education and FinTech, and focus areas Analytics, Audio, Automotive and Cloud Infrastructure fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at Maven cluster around Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Jay Clouse is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Arlan Hamilton
Managing Partner
Los Angeles, United States
Gagan Biyani
Co-Founder
Oakland, United States
Vivienne Heyhoe
Venture Catalyst
London, United Kingdom
Sara Thomas Deshpande
General Partner
San Francisco, United States
Robert Ravanshenas
Partner
Los Angeles, United States
John McIlwraith
Board Member
Cincinnati, United States
Tyler Tringas
General Partner
New York, United States
Brittany Davis Wilson
General Partner
New York City, United States
Kate Ryder
Founder & CEO
New York, United States
Ed Richardson
Investor
Atlanta, United States
Jully Alma Taveras
Investor
New York, United States
Morgan C.
Investor
United States
Christie Pitts
General Partner
United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Jay Clouse?
Jay Clouse is a venture capital investor based in Columbus, Ohio, United States, listed as Investor at Maven. The known portfolio of that firm counts 19 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Jay Clouse personally.
What does Jay Clouse invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, Education and FinTech; listed focus areas include Analytics, Audio, Automotive and Cloud Infrastructure. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Jay Clouse invest at?
Maven appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Jay Clouse is listed there as Investor. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Jay Clouse listed at?
Jay Clouse is listed as Investor at Maven. 13 other people in the database share a firm with Jay Clouse.
How do I contact Jay Clouse?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Jay Clouse. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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