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Maya Frai

Investor & Entrepreneur

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Maya Frai is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur with a strong background in product management and design, having held roles at Google, Meta, and Rent The Runway. She has made significant contributions as an investor at top firms like Greylock and GV, focusing on sectors like Web3/Crypto and E-commerce. Maya's career highlights include serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Greylock and being a Product Fellow at Kleiner Perkins, demonstrating her expertise in business strategy and product development across various industries.

Work Experience 

  • Advisor

    2019 - Current

    Support across product, GTM, strategy since founding.

Re is a lifestry brand that offers customizable products and experiences for people looking for bold self-expression and non-binary design.

  • 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).

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Supported GPs Tom Hulme & M.G. Siegler on consumer investments.

Google Ventures is an investment arm of Alphabet that provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to technology companies.

  • Product Fellow

    2020 - 2021

    1 of 9 fellows chosen for product. https://fellows.kleinerperkins.com/meet-the-fellows/2020/product

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage, incubation, and growth companies.

  • 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

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.

  • Product Design

    2018 - 2018

    Designed new Pages experiences (with News Feed, Local, and Instagram) for the millions of merchants managing their online business presence.

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

Raised $25,607,817,488.00 from ValueAct Capital.

  • 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

Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.

Raised $626,149,985.00 from Ares Management.

  • 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.

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