Jim Maynard

Jim Maynard is a co-founder of Napatree Capital, Jim has 30 years of experience in commercial banking and financial services including roles in senior management, sales and relationship management, and commercial and private client lending.

Jim is a former Managing Director for SVB Financial Group (Silicon Valley Bank; Nasdaq – SIVB). He was the Northeast Region Manager for SVB’s core commercial banking operation where he oversaw 190 New England and New York-based professionals engaged in the lending and commercial bank services for clients in emerging growth technology companies.

Jim joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1993 as the 13th employee in the SVB-Boston franchise. SVB currently employs 2,300 individuals worldwide and has a $16 billion market capitalization. In his 24 years at SVB in Boston, Jim served as Director of the SVB East Coast Venture Capital Advisory Board, managed SVB Private Equity Services for the Northeast region, and oversaw a commercial bank team with a loan portfolio of venture capital and private equity clients.

Jim sourced and oversaw commitments by SVB Capital and commitments by SVB Financial Group to venture capital funds. He was a member of the SVB Joint Leadership Committee which was comprised of the 80 most senior employees across SVB Financial Group.

Jim began his career with Fleet Financial Group in Providence as a commercial lender. He is on the Board of Directors of the Slater Technology Fund in Providence, the Ocean Community YMCA corporate board, and the finance committee for L&M Healthcare, a part of the Yale-New Haven Health System.