Mayfield

mayfield.com ↗Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionAug 31, 2026 · Aug 1, 2026

Mayfield is an early-stage technology investor focused on being the first institutional backer of AI founders, with most of its investments beginning at company inception.

Its AI investing reaches into the physical infrastructure needed for adoption as well as software. The firm’s Lumilens investment addresses optical connectivity between processors and computing systems, illustrating its interest in technical bottlenecks below the application layer.

Mayfield’s CXO of the Future community connects it with enterprise leaders. That commercial perspective complements its inception-stage work when founders need to understand the requirements of corporate buyers for a new technology.

Sources
Rounds participated in
2
Confirmed lead rounds
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2 roles undisclosed
New companies
2
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$110M
1 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A1
Series C+1

By primary sector

Hardware2

By country

United States2

Rounds

2 in this selection
Velaura AI

Develops ultra-low-power silicon for AI data centers and Physical AI systems

$110MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Lumilens

Lumilens develops optical interconnects for connecting GPUs in AI data centers.

>$700MSeries C
Role not disclosed