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Maia Bittner

Investment Partner at XFactor Ventures,

United States

Overview

Work Experience

  • Perpetual Fintech Intern

    2024 - Current

    Podcast host

  • Investment Partner

    2022

    Pre-Seed and Seed stage capital for companies founded by women. We support ambitious founders with the "X Factor" - the insight and drive to build the next billion-dollar company and are one of the most active funds investing in companies founded by women.

  • Member, Board of Trustees

    2020

  • Managing General Partner

    2017

    We are a group of Olin College alumni that believe in the strength of founders from Olin College. Our mission is to support and share in the creation and ongoing success of these Olin Startups. https://www.parcelb.vc/

  • miscellaneous

    2018

    Chime is the leading mobile financial services company, offering fee free access to your money, early access to your paycheck, and a host of other features to improve your financial fitness. Chime acquired Pinch in September 2018.

  • Sequoia Capital Scout

    2016 - 2022

    Seed stage investor through the Scouts program.

  • Cofounder

    2016 - 2018

    We're building financial inclusion and stability, starting with improving millennials' credit scores.

  • Cofounder & CTO

    2012 - 2016

    Rocksbox is the best way for women to try and purchase everyday jewelry that they love. Rocksbox was acquired by Signet, the largest seller of diamond jewelry in the world including retail storefront brands Zales and Jared, to expand their customer base to the "self-purchasing woman" I built the first version of Rocksbox's consumer-facing website and, much more extensively, our custom admin site used to manage all of our customers, shipments, products, coupons, gifts, subscriptions, etc. I built and managed the engineering and product team as CTO for two years. Team included in-house and remote engineers and designers. I acted as VP of Operations to design and build in-house fulfillment operation. My final title was VP of Customer Lifetime, responsible for online/offline customer experiences (measured through NPS), retention/churn rates, referral rates, customer research and customer service team.

  • Cofounder

    2011 - 2012

    Led front-end design and development for The Hikery. The Hikery enables users to join and create hike experiences within the Hikery network. The product generalizes the online/offline process of going hiking, facilitates the interactions involved with planning a hike and allows people to connect with new and existing friends while exploring new places.

  • Software Engineer

    2011 - 2012

    Built software to help clients quote and sell products using the web. Became an expert in XSL-T and quoting engines to transform XML documents into beautiful, printed proposals.

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