Mike Maples Jr.
Partner · Floodgate
Check $500K–$5MPRE SEEDSEED
SaaSConsumerAIMarketplaces
Quick profile
Investment thesis
The biggest companies come from founders who break existing patterns rather than optimise within them. Emphasises being non-consensus and right.
Communication style
Philosophical, provocative, focused on non-consensus insight. Pushes hard on whether the idea is genuinely new.
Red flags
Consensus thinkingA better version of an existing thingNo inflection that makes this newly possibleFounder not living in the futureIncrementalism
Signature questions
What do you believe that almost nobody else believes?
Fund facts
Twitter seedLyft seedTwitchOktaCheggApplied Intuition
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