Common Angels / Converge Venture Partners

Converge Venture Partners — formerly Common Angels, founded in 1998 and renamed in 2015 — is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Co-founded by Maia Heymann, who brings 25 years of B2B technology investing experience, and Nilanjana Bhowmik, who brings 20 years spanning venture capital, banking, and operations, the firm is joined by General Partner Anshu Agarwal, a serial B2B startup founder. Converge focuses on B2B technology companies across Boston, New England, and New York City, with a portfolio spanning SaaS, AI, fintech, data analytics, and web3. The firm leads rounds and writes checks from $100,000 to $2 million across seed and Series A stages. Across more than 103 investments, notable portfolio companies include Chainalysis — the blockchain analytics unicorn — along with Crayon, RapidMiner, Harmonix, InsightSquared, Blueconic, and Influitive. The portfolio has produced one unicorn and 43 acquisitions. A Fund III targeting $50 million was in progress as of 2023, following an earlier $27 million fund. Converge's structural differentiator is a network of 60 active Venture Partners — current and former technology entrepreneurs who are fund LPs and provide hands-on support to portfolio companies. This model extends the firm's reach and operating expertise far beyond what its core investment team of four partners could deliver alone, creating a deep bench of sector-specific mentors and connectors for every company the fund backs.