UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 21, 2017

THEMAVEN, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE	1-12471	68-0232575
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5048 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA	98105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  775-600-2765

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction .2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Item 7.01 is a presentation that is being used by the management of theMaven, Inc. (the “Company") at investor conferences and at meetings describing the Company. The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Document Description
99.1	Investor presentation dated February 21, 2017

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	theMaven, Inc.
Date: February 21, 2017	By:	/s/ James C. Heckman
		James C. Heckman Chief Executive Officer

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