Soraya  Darabi

Soraya Darabi

TMV (Trail Mix Ventures)

About

Role

General Partner

Type

Pre-Seed fund

Bio

Soraya is a founder of TMV, a venture firm investing in startups reimagining the future. TMV backs companies focused on ideas that will reshape industries or inspire new ones. Her investments include: Figs, Casper, Cityblock, Hungryroot, Kindbody, Parsley Health, Ridwell, Gimlet, Clockwise, Running Tide, Bulletin.

Soraya began her career as Manager of Social Media at The New York Times. She went on to co-found the application Foodspotting, named by Apple as an “App of the Year" (acquired by OpenTable). Soraya has been featured on the cover of Fast Company magazine's “100 Most Creative People in Business” issue and on the cover of Brand Week. She was named a Fortune Magazine "40 Under 40" (2015). She sat on the digital advisory board of GE, is a WEF "Young Global Leader," a 6-time mentor to TechStars New York - 3-times "Mentor of the Year." Soraya graduated magna cum lade from Georgetown University, completed the Global Leadership and Public Policy module at Harvard Kennedy School.

About Investments

Purposeful startups reimagining the future. See more here: www.tmv.vc

Investments

Stages

Pre-seed

Check Range

$1M-$5M

Geography

Global

Leads Rounds

Prefers to

Investment Highlights

Bulletin, Casper, Cityblock, Clockwise, Figs, Gimlet, Hungryroot, Kindbody, Parsley Health, Ridwell, Running Tide

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