# Navin Chaddha
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navin chaddha is an investor, serial entrepreneur and executive, who is managing partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield. He founded several companies including VXtreme, Rovio, and iBeam Broadcasting.
== Education and early life ==
Chaddha was born in India to an affluent family.
#16: AI Will Turn Every Business Into an AI Business (No Exceptions)
The world is changing fast — and there’s no going back.
In this episode, legendary Silicon Valley investor Navin Chaddha (Managing Partner at Mayfield) lays out a powerful prediction: “Every business will become an AI business — no exceptions.”
We dive into what that really means for founders, indu…
Mayfield's Navin Chaddha on the $5 trillion AI services revolution
This week on StrictlyVC Download, Mayfield managing partner Navin Chaddha joins Connie Loizos at our event in Menlo Park to break down why the $5 trillion services sector is ready for AI disruption. Navin, an early investor in Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, explains why the next wave of winners in …
What Makes Investors Bet on Founders Without Products?
Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures and Navin Chaddha of Mayfield will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco, focusing on how early-stage investors evaluate and fund founders before a product exists. They will outline the importance of founder narrative, adaptability, and mission-drive…
17x Midas List VC Navin Chaddha on The 100x AI Opportunity
Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner of Mayfield, has guided more than 80 companies to positive outcomes. During his venture capital career, Navin has invested in over 60 companies, of which 18 have gone public and 27 have been acquired. Creating $120B+ in equity value and over 40,000 jobs. Navin has be…
The Trillion-Dollar AI Hardware Opportunity (Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner at Mayfield)
Navin Chaddha has spent three decades at the forefront of innovation—first as a founder, and now as managing partner at Mayfield, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms. A 17-time member of Forbes’ Midas List, Navin has guided generations of entrepreneurs through waves of technological change…
The CodeBreaker Mindset™ Ft. Navin Chaddha, Mayfield Fund, Managing Partner
In this conversation, Navin Chadha, Managing Partner at Mayfield Fund, shares his journey from being a tech entrepreneur to a leading venture capitalist. He discusses the importance of investing in people, the strategies of the Mayfield Fund, and the impact of AI on investing. Navin emphasizes the …
Disney Invests $1B into OpenAI’s Sora, China’s AI Talent Wars, Oracle $10B Cash Burn | Dec 11, 2025
Co-Executive Editor Martin Peers talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Disney's $1 billion investment in OpenAI and the risks of licensing its characters for Sora videos. We also talk with Asia Correspondent Juro Osawa about Tencent poaching ByteDance AI talent and the heating China AI race, an…
Investor Stories 478: Visionary Founder Lessons from Poshmark, Centana, and EquipmentShare: Love, Listening, and Leadership (Chaddha, Byunn, Schlacks)
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
Navin Chaddha of Mayfield
Eric Byunn of Centana Growth
Willy Schlacks of EquipmentShare
We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special.
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The 18x Midas Lister Betting $3B on AI (and calling most of it fake) | Navin Chaddha, Mayfield
Navin Chaddha is the Managing Partner at Mayfield. He’s made the Forbes Midas List 18 times, and thinks a lot of the AI revenue everyone's chasing right now is fake.
Mayfield is a 56-year-old firm that backs founders at the paper-and-pencil stage. They’re investing $3 billion into AI, but Navin wa…
#50: Claude, AI Agents & the End of Traditional SaaS | Navin Chaddha
Navin Chaddha is the Managing Partner of Mayfield, one of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture capital firms with over $3B under management and more than 120 IPOs. A 17-time Forbes Midas List investor, Navin was an early backer of companies like Lyft, HashiCorp, Poshmark, SolarCity, and Nuvia, w…
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