Soraya Darabi
Founder & Managing Partner, tmv | Early-stage Investor in Health/Bio, AI & Automation, Logistics | NYC
New York, New York
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Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
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Investments
In-House Health
Total Funding: $4M
Tali AI
Total Funding:
Obviously AI
Total Funding: $8.8M
Topline Pro
Total Funding: $17M
Bridge Money
Total Funding: $8M
Millie
Total Funding: $4M
Ours
Total Funding: $5M
Plentina
Total Funding: $6.9M
Misfit Foods
Total Funding: $1M
Watson
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Work Experience
2016
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
2016
• Leads TMV, focusing on innovation across legacy industries. • Manages investments across TMV I, TMV II, TMV III, and TMV: Lifecycles • Nurtures early-stage startups with high growth potential as a board member and alongside the TMV GTM (Go to Market) team • Collaborates daily with founders and management teams to drive value creation through strategic guidance.
2018
Founder, Transact Global
2018
A membership for Emerging Fund Managers who share experience, research and counsel.
Member Board of Directors
2022
"People-powered advocacy. Positive change will not come from top-down solutions, it will come from a global community of change makers working together — doing what each of us can — to shape our shared future."
2018 - 2023
Member Of The Management Board
2018 - 2023
2019 - 2021
Host of the Business Schooled Podcast
2019 - 2021
Join business co-founder and investor Soraya Darabi as she hits the road to get schooled by eight entrepreneurs who’ve graduated from their early start-up days and hit new levels of success. Click below to listen. Listen here: https://www.synchrony.com/business-schooled2.html
2014 - 2019
Young Global Leader
2014 - 2019
The mission of the Forum of Young Global Leaders is to create a dynamic global community of exceptional people with the vision, courage and influence to drive positive change in the world. Young Global Leader member on behalf of The World Economic Forum. Three-time speaker at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on "The Future of Work," "New Frontiers of Innovation " & "Keeping Up with Consumers."
2016 - 2019
Member Board of Trustees
2016 - 2019
The Nature Conservancy addresses the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Its mission is to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends." Visit www.nature.org to learn more and donate.
2009 - 2012
Co-Founder
2009 - 2012
Foodspotting is a visual geo-local guide that lets you find dishes instead of just restaurants and makes finding good food easier by letting you see what's around you. It was an Apple and Wired App of the Year. In 2013 the company was acquired by Open Table.
2007 - 2009
Manager, Digital Partnerships Social-Media
2007 - 2009
As Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social-Media Marketing at The New York Times, Soraya successfully led the drive to market nytimes.com across multiple social-media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. In 2009, her New York Times multimedia Inauguration Day campaign on Facebook won first prize at the INMA Awards for excellence in marketing. Beta user of: twitter, foursquare, tumblr, facebook brands, YouTube partner channels, venmo, SoundCloud, square.