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Natalya Bailey

Deep tech founder, investor, and executive

Palo Alto, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $150,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $125,000.00

Work Experience

  • Fractional Strategy, Finance, and Ops Executive

    2025

    https://www.matroid.com/careers/

2024

  • Co-Founder

    2024

    Squawk AI leverages GenAI to speed up aircraft problem diagnosis and repair.

  • Fractional Strategy, Finance, and Ops Executive

    2022

    Curated Innovation brings together leading technologists to invent solutions and develop patent strategies for enduring companies.

  • Investment Partner

    2018

    XFactor Ventures is looking for tenacious female founders and mixed-gender founding teams attacking billion-dollar market opportunities. We invest $150k into pre-seed or seed stage rounds and provide advice, mentorship, and connections to help our companies succeed. The XFactor investing partners are current successful operators, collectively raising over $500M in capital, hiring thousands of employees, but who are still in the trenches every day. If you're a female founder working on a big idea, let's connect!

2023 - 2024

  • Fractional Strategy, Finance, and Ops Executive

    2023 - 2024

    On-demand hydrogen

2023 - 2024

  • Fractional Strategy, Finance, and Ops Executive

    2023 - 2024

    MEMS equipment and devices

2012 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2012 - 2024

  • Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

    2020 - 2022

  • Founder, CEO, Chairman of the Board

    2012 - 2020

    Leading team working to make space accessible to micro satellite platforms via novel electric propulsion technology. • Creating, adapting, and communicating company vision and strategy; maintaining continuous alignment throughout organization and among stakeholders • Developing employees, championing company culture, and growing organization to 50+ employees; assembling and collaborating with boards of directors and advisors • Aligning technology and product strategy with government and commercial market opportunities • Representing company as aerospace thought leader and forging deep relationships with other leaders in industry • Overseeing and resourcing R&D for next-generation products through internal programs and partnerships • Partnered on funded programs with NASA, TAC, Lockheed, DoD, USAF, MIT, Boeing, York Space Systems, Astro Digital, NanoAvionics, as examples • Managed private fundraising efforts from top-tier venture capital funds such as Shasta Ventures, Boeing HorizonX, and Founders Fund • Co-developed ion beam technology, led technology transfer effort from MIT to industry

2015 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2023

    A 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to develop an entrepreneurial mindset among youth living in the Greater Boston area.

2022 - 2022

  • SVP and Head of Strategy

    2022 - 2022

    Bloom Energy's leading solid-oxide platform for the distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen production is changing the future of energy.

  • Software Developer

    2009 - 2011

    Built interfaces between EMR systems and Microsoft applications to improve physicians' workflows using Visual Basic.