Laura Ma
Business Operations, Monetization Product Partnerships at TikTok
Union City, California
Overview
Work Experience
Head of Strategy & Business Operations, Monetization Product Partnerships
2022 - Current
Startup Advisor & Angel Investor
2021
- Startup Advisor: HiLink (EdTech), Tenor (GTM Strategy to Asia, acquired by Google), AInvest (FinTech) - Active Venture Advisor & Scout: OCA Venture, UpHonest Venture, Hustle Fund - Active Mentor at Plug & Play, 1871, NewChip, First Track, and MentorCruise https://mentorcruise.com/mentor/laurama/ - Have helped several startups raise from seed round to series A and series B to series D
Member
2022
The Operators Guild is an independent, invitation-only group, home to the world’s top finance and operations (high growth and technology) leaders.
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BizOps and Strategic Finance Manager
2021 - 2022
Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and medical groups that elevates the patient experience.
Raised $419,361,000.00 from Memorial Hermann Foundation, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, Concord Health Partners and Section Partners.
Business Operations
2019 - 2021
Associate
2020 - 2020
Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.
Co-Founder
2017 - 2020
Build312 is a Chicago-based community for startups and entrepreneurs.
Senior Product Specialist
2017 - 2019
Quantitative Associate
2016 - 2017
Education
Master's degree
2014 - 2015
Bachelor
2010 - 2014