Participated · Series A · Jul 2017

Maven operates a women’s health clinic and benefits platform sold to employers, providing clinical services and benefits around fertility, maternity, menopause and broader reproductive care. Its employer-paid benefits suite now covers 15 million people, five times the number covered since August 2021. The company reports a 96% client retention rate and its provider network offers more than 5,100 appointment slots per week. Maven has launched a Medicaid population this year, including a rollout with Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, and is investing in health-equity work targeting social determinants. CEO Kate Ryder said the company is prioritizing growth while introducing more rigor in budgeting and spending and hinted at building improved fertility and maternity benefit bundles and clinical outcomes. Maven operates a telehealth and benefits platform offering services across fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and broader family care, sold primarily to employers and payers. The company provides access to more than 2,000 doctors and specialists across over 250 subspecialties and offers care advocates to help members navigate resources. Maven has served over 10 million women and families; membership in its employer- and payer-sponsored clinical programs grew 400% year over year and the company reports near 100% client retention. The startup highlights provider diversity—about 40% of providers are BIPOC and they speak 30 languages—and accepts roughly 35% of provider applications. Founded in 2014, Maven has introduced white-labeling services and is broadening branding from women’s health toward family and child health while remaining deliberate about hiring and provider quality. Leadership positions the platform as a potential consolidator and navigator for point solutions across women's and family health as competition increases. Maven operates a high-tech, high-touch digital health platform for women and families, offering a virtual clinic that combines Care Advocates, on-demand access to a custom network of providers in 20+ specialties via video chat or messaging, and a provider community. Its programs cover every path to parenthood and family health needs, including egg freezing, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, pediatrics, adoption, surrogacy, return-to-work, breast milk shipping, and reimbursement management. The company sells custom programs to global employers to help attract and retain talent while improving employee health and economic outcomes. Maven plans to use new funding to support growth, deepen investment in core digital programs across fertility, maternity, return-to-work and pediatrics, and expand into adjacent areas. Founded in 2014 by CEO Katherine Ryder, the company is based in New York City. Financially, Maven has raised $88M to date, including the recent Series C. Maven offers a virtual clinic and benefits platform that connects employees to OB-GYNs, pediatricians, therapists, career coaches and other family-health resources including adoption, IVF and maternity care. The platform enables users to video chat or direct message healthcare practitioners through the Maven app. Maven partners with employers such as Snap and Bumble to provide access to its provider network as an employee benefit. The company says it aims to close resource and care gaps for working mothers and is expanding services to support that mission. As part of this expansion Maven has launched Maven Milk, a breastmilk shipping service intended to help working parents. Maven was founded by Kate Ryder, who created the company after working in venture and journalism and is herself a mother of two. Maven is a digital care platform for women and their families that connects patients to maternity and women's-health practitioners. It offers Maven Maternity, a family benefits platform deployed at companies including Snap Inc. and Protective Life Corporation, supporting conception through pregnancy, postpartum and the transition back to work. Patients can book video appointments or send messages to over 1,000 practitioners — OB-GYNs, midwives, therapists, nutritionists and more — and receive advice and prescriptions around the clock, including nights and weekends. Launched in 2015, the company has served nearly 100,000 patients through its network. Maven has raised over $15M in total funding and intends to use new proceeds to invest in personalization and content for each member's user experience and to build additional tools.