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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-005582
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180129
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180205
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180205

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			theMaven, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000894871
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841]
		IRS NUMBER:				680232575
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12471
		FILM NUMBER:		18572708

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5048 ROOSEVELT WAY NE
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		775-600-2765

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5048 ROOSEVELT WAY NE
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THEMAVEN, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20161209

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTEGRATED SURGICAL SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960725
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K<BR>
CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 29, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B><U>THEMAVEN,
INC.&nbsp;</U></B></FONT><BR>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">68-0232575</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT><BR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">98121</FONT></TD></TR>
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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction&nbsp;.2.
below):</P>

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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">On January 28, 2018, TheMaven, Inc.
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;TheMaven&rdquo;) appointed David Bailey as a member of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors,
effective as of January 29, 2018.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">As chief executive
officer of BTC Inc from 2015,&nbsp;David&nbsp;Bailey&nbsp;is an industry leader in the digital currency and blockchain space.
Through its subsidiaries, BTC Inc. is the publisher of the world&rsquo;s leading digital (Bitcoin Magazine, Distributed, and Let's
Talk Bitcoin Network) and print publications (Distributed Magazine and Bitcoin Magazine) dedicated to the cryptocurrency and blockchain
spaces, an internationally recognized conference series, a blockchain venture studio, a marketing firm and more. Mr. Bailey also
serves as CEO of yBitcoin Magazine since 2013; CEO of Bitcoin Magazine since 2014; CEO of The Distributed Ledger since 2015; and
Partner of 402 Digital since 2014.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Mr. Bailey&nbsp;is also a board member of Po.et, a shared, open, universal ledger designed to record
metadata and ownership information for digital creative assets. Mr. Bailey has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Finance and Economics
from the University of Alabama.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">A copy of the Company&rsquo;s press
release announcing Mr. Bailey&rsquo;s appointment is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tv484854_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="tv484854_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Press release dated February 1, 2018</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 52%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated:
    February 5, 2018</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Martin Heimbigner</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: Martin Heimbigner</FONT><BR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B>Maven Partners
with Blockchain-Based Media Platform Po.et to Empower Independent Publishers</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B><I>Po.et co-founder
David Bailey to join Maven&rsquo;s board and Maven CEO James Heckman will join Po.et board as part of strategic partnership</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maven
(ticker symbol: MVEN) announced today it is partnering with Po.et, a blockchain-based open universal ledger for digital creative
assets, to provide Maven&rsquo;s content creators protection from improper use of their content and ensure fair monetization.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #79A529; font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Po.et will provide
Maven publishers with the ability to timestamp and validate their content and digital assets in an unalterable system which will
automatically issue digital ownership certificates.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&ldquo;Partnering
with Po.et advances our strategy to provide Maven publishers with the greatest tools available to drive maximum monetization,
distribution, transparency and security,&rdquo; said Maven CEO James Heckman. &ldquo;Maven&rsquo;s vision and mission is perfectly
aligned with Po.et&rsquo;s. At the end of the day, we&rsquo;re working to empower and protect independent publishers.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Using cryptography,
Po.et gives both publishers and content creators the tools to automate the licensing process without relying on third parties.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">For Po.et, the strategic
partnership provides them with scale and the ability to receive and cryptographically sign data from Maven&rsquo;s thousands of
professional content creators serving 40 million users.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&ldquo;Maven is
a perfect partner for Po.et for many reasons,&rdquo; said David Bailey, co-founder of Po.et and chairman of the Po.et Foundation.
&ldquo;Maven&rsquo;s thousands of content creators and 40 million-plus audience gives us scale and the opportunity to explore
the potential of our technology in a big way. They have a world-class engineering team, which will make this technology integration
seamless, and are led by a leadership team that has found success in digital media over the last 30 years.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">As part of the partnership,
Bailey will join Maven&rsquo;s board and Heckman will join Po.et&rsquo;s board.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&ldquo;David is
a pioneer in the world-changing blockchain movement, and its an honor for us to work with him,&rdquo; said Maven Board Chairman
Josh Jacobs. &ldquo;A visionary in emerging technology, David will help Maven identify ways to empower and protect independent
publishers. His raw technical expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and innovative thinking make David&rsquo;s appointment a great
addition to Maven&rsquo;s board, and a huge win for the Maven coalition.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Bailey is also the
CEO of BTC Media, the first dedicated outlet for digital currency, and the publisher of Distributed, Bitcoin Magazine, and yBitcoin,
which will soon begin distributing content as part of Maven&rsquo;s independent publisher coalition.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Additionally, Heckman
will join Po.et&rsquo;s board of directors. &ldquo;Being a part of Po.et&rsquo;s board gives me the opportunity to contribute
to an organization that advocates on behalf of Maven publishers,&rdquo; Heckman added. &ldquo;It also gives the Maven coalition
a seat at the table with a forward-thinking organization whose mission is to help keep their livelihoods secure.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #499DD5; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B>About Maven</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Maven, Inc., (ticker symbol: MVEN)
is a coalition of Mavens, operating on a single digital publishing, advertising and distribution platform under a single brand.
Based in Seattle, Maven is publicly traded under the ticker symbol MVEN.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #499DD5; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black"><B>About Po.et</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Po.et &mdash; Proof
of Existence 2.0 is a Bitcoin blockchain protocol that establishes an open, universal and immutable ledger for managing the ownership,
attribution and licensing of creative digital assets. Po.et builds a bridge between creators and publishers and enables the discovery
of new content and verification, authenticity and authorization of generated content through a truly transparent and timestamped
system of attribution. Po.et is based in Singapore and the United States, with offices in Nashville and New York. For more information
about Po.et, please visit po.et.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="color: #434343; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Gretchen Bakamis,
206-715-6660</FONT></P>

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