Calanthia Mei
InvestorVenture Partner at Kaya Founders
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $25K – $50K checks · typically $37.5K
About
Calanthia Mei is a serial founder currently building a stealth AI startup while serving as a GTM advisor to AI companies. Over the past decade, she has raised $20M as a founder, contributed to two company exits, and helped scale a venture to $130M in funding. Earlier in her career, she launched PayPal's venture arm and deployed $250M into global fintech investments.
Experience
- Stealth StartupFoundercurrent2026 — present
- The AI Marketers Support GroupCo-Host & Founding Membercurrent2026 — present
- SelfAngel Investorcurrent2019 — present
- Dyna.AiGTM Advisorcurrent2026 — present
- Kaya FoundersVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentManila
- Masa NetworkCo-Founder2022 — 2025
- FastVice President, Business Development - acquired by Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM)2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- FastHead Of Partnerships2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- FastDirector of Strategy2020
- PayPalInvestor, PayPal Ventures2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- HSBCInvestment Banking, Financial Institutions & Financial Technology2014 — 2017Greater New York City Area
Education
- Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign ServiceB.S.F.S., International Politics Major, International Security Concentration
Skills & more
Investigative Reporting19Anti-corruption4Due Diligence22International Relations15Editing29International Security7Opposition Research4Feminist Theory15Proposal Writing18Policy Analysis6Program Evaluation4Political Science4
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Foreign PolicyInternational DevelopmentPublic PolicyForeign AffairsStatisticsGovernmentResearchReport WritingMandarinFrenchSpanishChinaLanguages Chinese · English · French
- Chartered Financial Analyst, Level I — CFA Institute
- Series 63 — FINRA
- Series 79 — FINRA
From Calanthia's professional profile.
Colleagues at Kaya Founders
Brandon Atienza
Associate at Kaya Founders
Constantin Robertz
Investor at FEBE Ventures
Danielle King
Senior Associate at Kaya Founders
Henry Chong
Senior Associate at Kaya Founders
Jianna Francisco
Associate at Kaya Founders
Lisa Gokongwei Cheng
General Partner at Kaya Founders
Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng
General Partner at Kaya Founders
Pammy Moran
Associate at Kaya Founders
Network7
Adam Moelis
Angel
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman, Founder at Founders Factory
Dan Rosen
Partner at Commerce Ventures
Jason Henrichs
Founder & CEO at Alloy Labs
Johan Bosini
Partner at Quona Capital
Niklas Adalberth
Founding Partner at Norrsken22
Toby Floro
Investment Director at Kaya Founders
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Calanthia Mei work?
- Calanthia Mei is Venture Partner at Kaya Founders.
- What check size does Calanthia Mei write?
- Calanthia Mei typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stealth Startup341
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