Maya Bakhai
Fundraising Advisor & Connector
About
Hi :) I am the founder and General Partner at Spice Capital, a pre-seed/seed VC fund. I love helping founders get their first YES. I'm backed by the likes of Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon and Alexis Ohanian, Spice has made 40+ investments to date, including Beehiiv, Dirt.fyi, and Wombo.ai. Previously, I led investments for Kevin Durant's 35 Ventures, where I backed companies including Hugging Face, Mercury, OpenSea and Whoop. I've worked with over 100+ early stage founders - across fundraising, hiring, business development, and go-to-market. Outside of venture, I've developed musicals, short films and most recently a podcast - Illuminati Interns.
Experience
Founder and General Partner, Spice Capital
Founder and General Partner. Invest Pre-Seed and Seed in founders building for the next generation of internet-native consumers.
Investor at Thirty Five Ventures
Led venture investments for NBA Player Kevin Durant where we backed many companies including Coinbase, Robinhood, Mercury, Hugging Face, Whoop, and Dutchie.