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Whatever happened to the class of W11? — YC a decade+ later.
Talks about Ycombinator, Early Stage Startup and Venture Capital
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Michael Ma
Founder of District
San Francisco, California
Overview
Michael Ma is the Founder of District and a Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures, with a background that includes founding successful startups, such as TalkBin, and investing in a diverse range of companies like Blockus and Neo.Tax. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has a strong track record in asset management, portfolio management, and entrepreneurship, positioning him as a key player in the San Francisco Bay Area startup ecosystem.
Work Experience
Founder
2024 - Current
* A membership community for founders, top operators, and investors. * a16z and Initialized back DAO * Pivoted from CreatorDAO
Founding Partner
2015
* Founding partner at Liquid 2 Ventures. * Seed fund focused on backing great founders. * Seed investors behind GitLab, Rappi, Applied Intuition, Apollo, Mercury, Nowports, etc (33 unicorns and counting) * Leading Incubation at Liquid 2 Ventures.
Liquid 2 Ventures champions exceptional founders to create pioneering companies through experience, community and capital.
Product Manager
2011 - 2013
* Product Manager for Google My Business mobile
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Founder, COO
2010 - 2011
* Acquired by Google Inc. (goo.gl/KLc6lT) * Y Combinator W2011 Company
Sr. Business Analyst
2009 - 2010
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2013 - 2015
W11
2011 - 2011
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2005 - 2009