Founder22Current founder
26th percentile
Investor80Current investor
91st percentile
Combined
Former HP Tech Ventures founding partner now leading seed-stage embodied AI fund
Credibility
this founder typical investor (50th pct)
Firm Standing · 84th percentile
- Publicly identified as an angel investor and venture capitalist with 20+ years of investing experience.
- Active GP and fund manager of Mavka Ventures, a seed-stage embodied AI fund launched in 2025.
- Active investor in Perplexity AI since 2024.
Relationship Matrix
Founder score
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Past founder of Keen Systems, which was acquired by Aleyant.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Current founder and Managing Partner of Mavka Capital, founded in 2023.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Keen Systems raised $925K from 500 Startups.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Keen Systems was acquired by Aleyant (undisclosed price, floors to +1).
- 72%Probability of being accurate (72%)Keen Systems was co-founded with at least one other co-founder.
Investor score
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Publicly identified as an angel investor and venture capitalist with 20+ years of investing experience.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Founding Partner at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of HP, leading global investments.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Active GP and fund manager of Mavka Ventures, a seed-stage embodied AI fund launched in 2025.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Partner at Drake Star, a recognized technology investment bank and advisory firm.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Mentor and investor at 500 Startups, a recognized early-stage venture fund.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Named investor in Rivian, which completed an IPO in 2021.
- 72%Probability of being accurate (72%)Active investor in Perplexity AI since 2024.
- 65%Probability of being accurate (65%)Active investor in Fitbod since 2017, a fitness app startup (undisclosed acquisition value).
What you likely need
You're at a pivotal moment building Mavka Ventures' track record in embodied AI, so the highest-leverage Festival events connect you with LPs, co-investors, and founders who validate your operator-banker thesis. Dinners and roundtables that let you road-test your public investment thesis and surface warm deal flow from your 500 Startups and CEED Valley networks will compound fastest right now. Events where you can be the most credible person in the room — not just a participant — are where you'll get the most signal and leave the most signal behind.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- fundraisingA dinner for family office and corporate LP representatives (anchored by HP Tech Ventures and Drake Star alumni) where emerging fund managers pitch differentiated theses — purpose-built for Vitaly to road-test Mavka Ventures' embodied AI and robotics story ahead of a first closeDefinitely
- positioningA roundtable of robotics and embodied AI founders, operators, and seed investors to pressure-test a live draft of Mavka Ventures' public thesis document — the kind of high-signal room that turns a TechCrunch-ready argument into inbound deal flowProbably
- introsA co-investment sourcing dinner for 500 Startups mentors and CEED Valley Ventures alumni actively writing seed checks, designed to surface warm deal flow and syndicate opportunities for Mavka Ventures' first fundProbably
- tacticalA happy hour for sub-$25M first-time AI fund managers comparing notes on Form D filing timelines, LP trust-building mechanics, and SEC EDGAR best practices — grounded in the real operational texture of running a seed vehicle like Mavka VenturesProbably
- positioningA dinner for founders who have completed exits — even modest ones like acquisitions — and are now advising or investing, where the Keen Systems acquisition story and the operator-turned-investor arc is the shared credential that gets you in the roomDefinitely
- positioningA closed roundtable for investors who backed breakout AI companies at seed before consensus (think early Perplexity-tier bets) to discuss pattern recognition, portfolio signaling strategy, and how to publicize conviction calls without overstating accessPossibly
- tacticalAn office hours session pairing Mavka Growth's GTM advisory offer with 6-8 post-seed founders actively looking for go-to-market support — structured so Vitaly's 'Accelerated Startup' book serves as the credibility artifact and the intake conversation doubles as pipeline qualificationDefinitely
- fundraisingA dinner connecting emerging fund managers with corporate venture arms and innovation leads from HP Tech Ventures-adjacent networks, focused on how operator-banker hybrid GPs structure LP relationships and differentiate from traditional VC for a first close