Join TMV Founder & Managing Partner Soraya Darabi for a candid, tactical masterclass on what it takes to raise capital in 2025. With $200M AUM and 100+ early-stage bets, Soraya knows what investors are saying behind the scenes. She’ll break down what’s different this year, what founders must get right from the first pitch, and how to cut through the noise in a crowded market. If you're fundraising—or thinking about it—this is the inside track you can't afford to miss.
Soraya is a Founder and Managing Partner of TMV – a global early-stage venture firm with 200 million in AUM across TMV Funds I-III and TMV: Lifecycles – a firm that backs innovation reshaping legacy industries.
Soraya built the firm to enable breakthrough entrepreneurs with the capital and go-to-market expertise required to reach a major inflection point of growth. She has invested in over 100 startups in her career, including Anthropic, FIGS, Cityblock Health, Kindbody, Roon, Forta Health, Ridwell, Casper, Hungryroot, Clockwise, Scope3, Mavely, Yoke, Millie Clinic, Portcast, Bridge Money, Topline Pro, Tutored by Teachers, Fi, Freightify, Smalls, Gimlet Media at early rounds of financing. Pre-IPO, Cloudflare.
Soraya began her career at The New York Times, where she positioned the global news leader on social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, partnered with startups large and small, and established award-winning campaigns. She went on to co-found the application Foodspotting, named by Apple and Wired Magazine as an “App of the Year," later acquired by OpenTable, then Priceline.
She graduated with high honors from Georgetown University and completed the Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Soraya currently serves on the Board of Directors for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and lives in New York City with her family.
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