Soraya Darabi

Co-Founder, General Partner

2016 - Current

We believe good people can create extraordinary outcomes. Notable early stage investments: FIGS, Casper, Cityblock Health, Hungryroot, Kindbody, Ridwell, Smalls, Scope3, Gimlet Media, Topline Pro, Clockwise, Parsley Health, Forta Health, Freightify – pre-IPO, Cloudflare.

Founder, Transact Global

2018

A membership for Emerging Fund Managers who share experience, research and counsel.

Member Board of Directors

2022

"People-powered advocacy. Positive change will not come from top-down solutions, it will come from a global community of change makers working together — doing what each of us can — to shape our shared future."

Member Of The Management Board

2018 - 2023

Host of the Business Schooled Podcast

2019 - 2021

Join business co-founder and investor Soraya Darabi as she hits the road to get schooled by eight entrepreneurs who’ve graduated from their early start-up days and hit new levels of success. Click below to listen. Listen here: https://www.synchrony.com/business-schooled2.html

Young Global Leader

2014 - 2019

The mission of the Forum of Young Global Leaders is to create a dynamic global community of exceptional people with the vision, courage and influence to drive positive change in the world. Young Global Leader member on behalf of The World Economic Forum. Three-time speaker at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on "The Future of Work," "New Frontiers of Innovation " & "Keeping Up with Consumers."

Board Member - New York Board of Trustees

2016 - 2019

The Nature Conservancy addresses the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Its mission is to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends." Visit www.nature.org to learn more and donate.

Co-Founder

2009 - 2012

Foodspotting is a visual geo-local guide that lets you find dishes instead of just restaurants and makes finding good food easier by letting you see what's around you. It was an Apple and Wired App of the Year. In 2013 the company was acquired by Open Table.

Manager, Digital Partnerships Social-Media

2007 - 2009

As Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social-Media Marketing at The New York Times, Soraya successfully led the drive to market nytimes.com across multiple social-media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. In 2009, her New York Times multimedia Inauguration Day campaign on Facebook won first prize at the INMA Awards for excellence in marketing. Beta user of: twitter, foursquare, tumblr, facebook brands, YouTube partner channels, venmo, SoundCloud, square.