Soraya Darabi is a general partner and founder of TMV—a global early-stage venture firm with 200 million in assets under management (AUM) across time value of money (TMV) funds I-III and TMV: Lifecycles—a firm that backs innovation reshaping legacy industries.

Darabi 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. She also invested in pre-IPO, Cloudflare.

Darabi 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.

Darabi currently serves on the Board of Directors for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and lives in New York City with her family.