Soraya Darabi
General Partner at TMV
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
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.
TMV is an early-stage investment firm that focuses on the future of living well.
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
Yamba Malawi build the financial capacity of communities in Africa so they can provide orphan care.
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.
The Nature Conservancy is a non-profit conservation organization that works around the world to protect ecologically lands and waters.
Raised $111,779,778.00 from U.S. Department of Agriculture, International Paper, Appalachian Regional Commission, John Deere Foundation, NFWF, NFWF, Salesforce, The Duke Energy Foundation, Australian Ethical Investment and Onpoint Community Credit Union.
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.
Foodspotting is a community-driven dish discovery app that allows individuals to find, share and recommend food dishes.
Raised $3,750,000.00 from BlueRun Ventures.
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.
The New York Times is a news and media agency that seek the truth and help people understand the world.