#99: Female angel investors, UK vs US startup culture, investing for impact and levelling the playing field for female founders with Maya Ghosn

<p>Maya Ghosn is a Lebanese/Brazilian investor and advisor to purpose-driven organisations with a focus on mental health and sexual health. </p> <p>After studying industrial engineering at Stanford in the USA, she worked at McKinsey for four years where she managed client projects for their Social Sector Practice. </p> <p>She then moved to California to help build out the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropy started by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg focused on building technology for social good. </p> <p>She is now an active angel investor, investing personally and through Sequoia&#39;s scout program, as well as a Principal at Bridge Builders Collaborative, a US-based investment group focused on mental health.</p> <p>We cover the following in the conversation:</p> <ul> <li>Female angel investors</li> <li>The UK vs US startup culture</li> <li>Maya&#39;s investment thesis </li> <li>How Maya invests in startups</li> <li>Angel investment networks and syndicates</li> <li>How female founders raise funding</li> <li>Toughest investing lessons</li> <li>How do we level the playing field for female founders</li> <li>How do we encourage more women to invest?</li> </ul> <p>***</p>