Max Ventures is an early-stage venture firm based in New York City with a global reach.

We are first-check investors who lead or co-lead rounds and primarily focus on digital health, SaaS, and digital commerce.

We’ve also co-founded 7 venture backed companies and believe our combination of investing and building make us the ideal day zero partners.

 
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Our Investments

We believe being active partners at the very beginning delivers outsized impact for our portfolio companies.

Our unique mix of investing and incubation enables us to be valuable partners for startups navigating the earliest stages of company building.

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OUR TEAM

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RYAN DARNELL,
Founding Partner

Ryan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Max Ventures. Ryan has spent the last decade in the NYC tech ecosystem as an active investor and company builder. He’s made 70+ seed investments across 3 funds and has also co-founded 6 VC-backed companies through Max Ventures. 

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SOPHIE STENBECK,
Co-Founder

Sophie has been an active investor for the last 15 years. She is a co-founding board member of the Swedish Queen’s World Childhood Foundation. Sophie is also the co-founder of Corro, a VC-backed e-commerce company for horse owners. She serves on the board of Penske Media Group and is a dedicated philanthropist.

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MATTHEW WEINBERG,
Partner

Matt joined Max Ventures in 2018 after serving several years as an Obama Administration White House appointee where he helped drive $6 billion in federal funding to early-stage technology startups and investment groups. Matt has led several key investments at Max and is the Co-founder of Elion Health.

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