Zaina Orbai

Partner

2022

I partner with CEOs, Founders, Investors and Executives in rapidly changing businesses as a coach or advisor to help leaders unblock challenges and accelerate growth to achieve their goals. My clients span across all growth stages from Seed/Series A, pre-IPO to Fortune 1000 and lead in a wide range of industries such as VC-Backed Tech Companies, Non-Profit Foundations and US Olympic Committee & Teams. To connect and learn more, you can reach me at zaina@zainaorbai.com

Limited Partner

2021

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of operator LPs. OpCo brings together 200+ of tech’s most exceptional executives from diverse backgrounds to invest in and supercharge the next generation of enterprise tech.

Limited Partner

2021

A historic first fund with a mission to increase the diversity quotient in the venture capital ecosystem, the Neythri Futures Fund positions South Asian women front and center as key investors and stakeholders and offers an opportunity to amplify their influence and catalyze innovation.

Founding Member

2020

Chief is a network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

Advisor

2018 - 2023

PeopleTech Partners is an advisory and investment group comprised of business leaders focused on advancing People Technology. We accelerate the growth of people technology start-ups in the portfolio through GTM and product strategy support. PeopleTech Partners have brought 100+ new HR tech companies to market.

Chief People Officer

2019 - 2022

Scaled company from pre-IPO to Public company (NASDAQ: REAL) with over 3000 employees contributing to $1.5B GMV annually and growing.

Vice President, Global Head of People

2017 - 2018

Mapbox is a location data platform which provides building blocks to add location features like maps, search, and navigation into any experience you create. Let and built the foundational organizational talent & team structure to enable growth.

Vice President, Human Resources

2011 - 2017

Yelp connects people with great local businesses. Scaled the company from pre-IPO to Public company (NYSE: YELP), $80M to $1B in revenues, 600 to 4500 employees and expanded globally to 20+ countries worldwide.

Human Resources

2010 - 2011

Human Resources

2009 - 2010