Marina Hadjipateras’s Journey From Launching Ships To Caring Companies By Chris Benguhe AND RaeAnne Marsh
04/15/21 AT 9:35 AM Marina Hadjipateras is the founder and general partner of TMV, who became one of few women to earn a STCW Certificate from the United States Merchant Marine Academy Photo: IBT
When she was younger, TMV’s co-founder helped make sure the family business always respected its crews, and now she’s funding businesses that make people the point of profit.
As we continue to grow this special Social Capital section, we focused in February on access as a critical element in the effort to effect change to improve people’s lives. Entrepreneurs with innovative business proposals are often shut out by a very slim minority of individuals who seem to control “access” to many crucial rights and resources.
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Soraya Darabi is an experienced entrepreneur and investor; the Founder of TMV, a successful early-stage holding company overseeing two venture funds and three investment vehicles all focused on ideas that will transform industries and inspire new ones. At TMV, Soraya serves as general partner where she leads impact investments across the future of work, healthcare and education technology.
Earlier in her career, Soraya served as the Manager of Digital Partnerships & Social Media at The New York Times, where she activated ground-breaking partnerships, established award-winning campaigns and spearheaded the positioning of the global media and news leader across social networks.
In 2009, she co-founded Foodspotting, named “App of the Year” by both Apple and Wired (later acquired by OpenTable, then Priceline).
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