Irving Hsu
Principal
Mayfield Fund
Mayfield principal investing in enterprise AI and infrastructure.
Bio
Professional summary
Navin Chaddha is Managing Partner at Mayfield, focused on AI, enterprise, and semiconductors. Mayfield's official profile says that under his leadership the firm has raised eight U.S. funds and guided over 80 companies to positive outcomes. It also states that he has invested in more than 60 companies, including 18 that went public and 29 that were acquired. Before and alongside venture investing, Navin had founder/operator experience at VXtreme, Rivio/CPA.com, and iBeam Broadcasting. His education includes an MS in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B.Tech in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
inference: early-stage and company-building oriented, based on Mayfield positioning and language about partnering with entrepreneurs over long company-building journeys
Sector
verified: AIverified: Enterpriseverified: Semiconductors
Thesis
AIEnterpriseSemiconductors
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
HashiCorpSecuritiLyftPoshmarkSolarCityNuviaAkamaiVolterraCloudGenixCloudSimplePortworxDevRevSambaNova
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Position the conversation around AI/enterprise infrastructure or semiconductor company-building, especially if the company has a long-term platform ambition and needs patient early capital.
Personalization hooks
- 1Founder/operator empathy from VXtreme, Rivio/CPA.com, and iBeam Broadcasting.
- 2Mayfield profile lists interests in the Golden State Warriors, Bollywood, and cricket.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Mayfield profile highlights continuing current investments in AI and semiconductor companies such as Akeana, Alif Semiconductor, Aurascape, Cognichip, and others.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Mayfield FundManaging PartnerPresent
- iBeam BroadcastingCo-founder/CEOPrior; NASDAQ: IBEM
- Rivio/CPA.comCo-founderPrior
- VXtremeCo-founderPrior; acquired by Microsoft (became Windows Media)
Education
- IIT DelhiB.Tech, Electrical Engineering
- Stanford UniversityMS, Electrical Engineering
Skills
AIenterprise investingsemiconductorsinception-stage investingcompany building
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