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Soraya is a Founder and Managing Partner of TMV – a global early-stage venture firm with 200 million in AUM across TMV Funds I-III and TMV: Lifecycles. TMV backs innovation reshaping legacy industries. She built the firm to enable breakthrough entrepreneurs with the capital and go-to-market expertise required to reach a major inflection point of growth. 

Soraya has invested in over 100 startups in her career, including Anthropic, FIGS, Cityblock Health, Kindbody, Roon, Slingshot AI, Ridwell, Casper, Hungryroot, Clockwise, Scope3, Mavely, Yoke, Millie Clinic, Portcast, Bridge Money, Topline Pro, Tutored by Teachers, Fi, Freightify, Smalls, Gimlet Media at early rounds of financing. Pre-IPO, Cloudflare. 

She began her career at The New York Times, where she positioned the global news leader on social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, partnered with startups large and small, and established award-winning campaigns. She went on to co-found the application Foodspotting, named by Apple and Wired Magazine as an “App of the Year," later acquired by OpenTable, then Priceline. 

She graduated with high honors from Georgetown University and completed the Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century program at the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Soraya currently serves on the Board of Directors for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and lives in New York City with her family.

Speaking | Media | Awards: 

* Featured on the cover of Fast Company Magazine's "Most Creative People in Business" issue 
* Featured on the cover of Brand Week's "Digital Best" issue 
* Named an Inc. Magazine "30 Under 30" 
* Named a Fortune Magazine "40 Under 40" 
* Received Georgetown's "Investor of the Year" award (GEMA / GEA)
* Completed 7 years as a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader" 
* Multi-time speaker at The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland 
* Interviewed for the homepage of Morgan Stanley and for their podcast "Access and Opportunity" 
* Keynote speaker with The American Program Bureau
* A thrice-named “Mentor of the Year" for TechStars New York 
* Founder of "Transact Global," a global network for women emerging fund managers running in 18 countries 
* Named to the Time Magazine's list of "Top Venture Capital Firms" for TMV 
* Named to PEI's "Most Inspiring Women in Venture Capital"