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Early stage VC firm | 65+ early stage investments & co-founded 7 venture backed companies since inception | We will lead/co-lead pre-seed & seed rounds

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

Congrats to @sanalabs on being acquired for $1.1 Billion by @Workday! @joelhellermark and @JonLexa have built an incredibly talented team, a product that is loved and has become indispensable for thousands of companies, and achieved incredible revenue growth as a result. It was a massive win for everyone involved.

@maxventuresvc was the first fund to invest in Sana in 2018 when Joel was 21 years old. It's been amazing to watch them build Sana over the past 7 years and we've invested in *every round* with high conviction (thank you for letting us continue to invest!).

Congrats to the entire Sana team! 😀

[Max Ventures @maxventuresvc]

@ryan_darnell_ @sanalabs @Workday @joelhellermark @JonLexa 🔥

[Joel Hellermark @joelhellermark]

Today marks a defining moment for Sana:

We’ve entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday.

Sana will continue to build Sana Agents and Sana Learn—only now, at an even faster pace and greater scale. I’ll continue to lead our incredible team.

Over the past months, we’ve had the privilege of getting to know Workday’s leadership. They are brilliant, kind, and hungry to win. I’m excited to build alongside Peter Bailis, Aneel Bhusri, Carl Eschenbach, Gerrit Kazmaier, and their nearly 20,000 Workmates.

Sana has always been about two things: creating a place where people can do their life’s work, and building products that accelerate how the world accesses knowledge. This partnership lets us stay true to that vision while massively expanding our impact.

When I founded Sana in 2016, I had just read Organizing Genius and early AI breakthroughs like AlphaGo had recently been released. I set out to build an AI research lab to change how people access knowledge. Joined by a group of pragmatic dreamers, we built a team, a culture, and tools that have reimagined how over a million people learn and work.

Thank you to everyone who believed in us—our customers, investors, and most importantly, Sanians.

This is a win for Europe, for beauty, for idealism, and for caring more.

Now, a new chapter begins. The infinite game continues. Let’s go make history.

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

I know my shitposting has suffered lately but I'm excited to share that I'm back in the arena!

Today we're launching Hello Patient out of stealth with our $6.3m seed round from 8VC, Bling Capital, and Max Ventures to bring gen AI phone agents to healthcare.

[Max Ventures @maxventuresvc]

@ryan_darnell_ @8vc 🔥🔥🔥

[Joel Hellermark @joelhellermark]

Today, we're announcing that @NEA is doubling down, bringing our total funding to over $130 million:

https://t.co/jr8w9L7dVF

Back in 2016, Sana was little more than a series of idealistic notes on my phone:

[Sana @sanalabs]

We're excited to announce that we have raised an additional $28m from @NEA and @WorkdayVentures, bringing our Series B to $62m.

Read the letter from our founder and CEO @joelhellermark here: https://t.co/zL2DwGJDR1

[Max Ventures @maxventuresvc]

Congrats to our "rising star" @mattjweinberg on this well deserved recognition in @BusinessInsider !

https://t.co/CLA9J5wR9x

[Tola Ebunlomo @tallahshea]

Hi Twitter, I’m a fourth year med student @EmoryMedicine and first year MBA @Columbia_Biz getting up to speed on value based care and hybrid health. I’m trying to understand where we’re at and what the way forward looks like... #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter #valuebasedcare #VBC

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

Congrats to @joelhellermark & @sanalabs team. They are building a truly special company out of Stockholm that is experiencing insane growth (required to raise a round like this rn). Very thankful to be a seed investor 😀🙌🇸🇪

https://t.co/NDk7TOWUig

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

We recently announced the launch of @ElionHQ - a company we incubated with @BobbyGuelich & @NEA

Elion aims to accelerate tech adoption across the entire health care industry - an initiative that will benefit everyone 😀💥

@mattjweinberg @LilHuang1
https://t.co/Q8CRynfigW

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

Congrats to CertifyOS team & @rathi_anshul on a $14.5m Series A led by @generalcatalyst

The team has deep domain knowledge & solving a very nuanced (& painful) problem in health care. We invested last fall & the execution (& growth) has been incredible

https://t.co/2XmmWPO7O2

[Sportico @Sportico]

EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL quarterback @cponder7 and former Under Armour North America president Jason LaRose are launching @ThePostTeam, a new private membership club that will create a team-like atmosphere and networking for athletes-turned-businesspersons.

[Christian Ponder @cponder7]

We are excited to announce that we have raised our Seed Round as we draw closer to @ThePostTeam's September launch. Thank you to @epjackson and @Sportico for the chance to tell our story.

https://t.co/A3qOmS26Cv

[Sebastian Cwilich @scwilich]

Excited for Tertulia's unveiling today and this next phase. So grateful to team including @robertlenne @CuzaLynda, early incubators John Ingram, @ryan_darnell_, and @jfrizk, and all our investors including our seed round leads @kevinryan and @susannahshipton from @alley_corp.

[Lisa Kennedy @LKennedy13]

With #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth ending, it’s been incredible to see the acceptance of new treatments that blend the best of pharma, human & digital solutions to help people. To that end, I’m thrilled to finally announce what we've been tirelessly working to build.

A thread…

[Andrew Bogle @bogle_andrew]

Did you see this, @PRButcher? "A Tennessee Twist on Ham for Easter Brunch: The Nashville butcher shop Porter Road provides national shipping for its feast"
@FloFab @nytfood @maxventuresvc

https://t.co/c32cgq1PBA

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

It’s been an incredible year for Max Ventures 🙏

We had our first 2 IPOs with Boxed and Coupang & hopefully there will be many more portcos on this screen in the next few years. Very thankful

Happy Holidays 🎅 🍻 💫🕺

[Max Ventures @maxventuresvc]

Toolio is building the next gen tech stack for retail and inventory planning. Congrats to the entire @toolioretail team💥💪🙌

[Ryan Darnell @ryan_darnell_]

I've known @daniyalzade & @berkatikoglu for almost 8 years and very happy to be a day zero investor in @toolioretail. The team works extremely hard and is building the next gen tech stack for retail & inventory planning. Nice work team 😀💪

[Max Ventures @maxventuresvc]

Congrats!!🔥🙌💪 Proud to be an early partner

[Anshul Ruparell @anshulruparell]

I'm excited to announce that @properlyhomes raised a $44M CAD Series B led by @merritthummer of @BainCapVC! https://t.co/xNVnrjgEQM