Maya Frai
Investor & Entrepreneur
Maya Frai
Investor & Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Advisor
2019 - Current
Support across product, GTM, strategy since founding.
Investor
2023
Village Global is a network-native VC firm with ~$500 million AUM, chaired by Reid Hoffman and backed by industry luminaries like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Investor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence
2022 - 2023
Joined the consumer team to lead sourcing and diligence, portfolio board observance across commerce, social, AI, and fintech. New investments included Scenery & Curated. Transitioned to lead a new incubation in consumer AI (recruited a technical team of four, led product development for launching our first MVP, and landed distribution partnerships).
Investor
2021 - 2022
Supported GPs Tom Hulme & M.G. Siegler on consumer investments.
Product Fellow
2020 - 2021
1 of 9 fellows chosen for product. https://fellows.kleinerperkins.com/meet-the-fellows/2020/product
Product Manager
2019 - 2021
Associate Product Manager across 3 teams: - (2021) Google Food: lead for internationalization (led launches in UK & JP), monetization (led first pilot), and consumer experiences on Search and Maps (led next gen food map, food aggregator price comparison). - (2020) YouTube: launched MLB live sports on YouTube (post-nationwide lockdown). Led product pivot to diversified content strategy across eSports, Tentpole Events, Movies & Shows. Led Direct Response ads pilot (projected $x-xxB 2025 ARR). Read more: maya-yael.com/youtube.html - (2019) Search: Developed 2 Explore features w/ coverage of over 300M+ queries/day. Read more: http://www.maya-yael.com/google.html
Product Design
2018 - 2018
Designed new Pages experiences (with News Feed, Local, and Instagram) for the millions of merchants managing their online business presence.
Product Manager
2017 - 2018
Led analysis & product strategy during pivot from one-time rentals to subscription-first model. Launched new style community feature during RTR Hack Week with the Platform team. Read more: http://www.maya-yael.com/rtr.html
Founder
2014 - 2016
First company I started in high school, D2C brand selling Brazilian swimwear in Miami. Broke even during our first year of business.