Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz founded Maveron in 1998 with the goal of building a firm that would be recognized as the premier financial and strategic partner to leading consumer-based businesses.

Maveron’s mission is to partner with entrepreneurs in the creation of extraordinary companies in order to generate outstanding financial returns. Current representative Maveron investments include fast-growing
consumer companies, such as Potbelly Sandwich Works, Pinkberry and LiveMocha. Monetized investments include eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Capella Education Company (NASDAQ:CPLA), Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY), Cranium (acquired by Hasbro NASDAQ:HAS), Qsent (acquired by TransUnion), Quellos (acquired by Blackrock (NASDAQ:BLK), Good Technology (acquired by Motorola NASDAQ:MOT) and lucy activewear (acquired by VF
Corporation NASDAQ:VFC).

Maveron has approximately $850 million under management and 23 active portfolio companies nationwide.
Maveron invests up to approximately $20 million in its portfolio companies and looks to partner with a small
number of new companies each year.