Charley Ma
InvestorCo-Founder, General Partner at Pathlight Ventures · Managing Partner at EXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITAL
New York City Metropolitan Area
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463 people in our graph share verified history with Charley — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Sundeep PeechuunlockedCharley: together at Plaid (2015–2020)
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About
Scaled Plaid, Ramp, and Alloy each to over $100M in revenue as first business hire and head of growth.
Contact· published on Charley's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Experience
- PathlightCo-Founder, Managing Partnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, NY
- Ma Selfstartup investorcurrent2019 — present
- AlloyGrowth Advisor2023 — 2025
- AlloyHead of Growth2022 — 2023New York, United States
- AlloyGM of Fintech2021 — 2023New York, United States
- RampHead of Growth2020 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- PlaidNYC GM2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- PlaidFintech GTM2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- PlaidGrowth2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- First Round CapitalAngel Track2018 — 2019
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Integrated Payments Strategy Group2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- J.P. MorganProduct Management & Strategy, CIB New Product Development and Emerging Technologies2012 — 2014Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Market ResearchBusiness DevelopmentSocial NetworkingSocial Media MarketingInvestmentsMobile DevicesAnalyticsFacebook MarketingStrategyMicrosoft ExcelStrategic PartnershipsNerf Guns
From Charley's professional profile.
Colleagues at Pathlight Ventures
Network14
Dalton CaldwellScout
Co-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
Adam MessingerScout
Partner at Four Rivers Group
Alex ClaytonScout
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Alyse KilleenScout
Founder & Managing Partner at STILLMARK
Ammar AmdaniScout
Managing Partner at Adapt Ventures
Annelies GambleScout
Investor at Zetta Venture Partners
Chauncey HamiltonScout
Partner at XYZ Venture Capital
Chris GottschalkScout
General Partner at Mouro Capital
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Leigh Marie BraswellScout
Partner at KPCB
Ron PragidesScout
Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL
Hemant Taneja
CEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charley Ma?
- Scaled Plaid, Ramp, and Alloy each to over $100M in revenue as first business hire and head of growth.
- Where does Charley Ma work?
- Charley Ma is Co-Founder, General Partner at Pathlight Ventures.
- What does Charley Ma invest in?
- Charley Ma invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where did Charley Ma go to school?
- Charley Ma studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics); San Ramon Valley High School.
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Also attended University of Pennsylvania1,233
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Also attended San Ramon Valley High School2
Shared employers
Also worked at Pathlight3
Also worked at Alloy14
Britt DannemanPrincipal at Alpha EdisonPerry BlacherPartner at Augmentum FintechTimothy YoungCo-Founder and General Partner at Eniac VenturesKamran AnsariVenture Partner at Infinity VenturesKaren T. ConeVenture Partner at Sybilla MastersJay LevyPartner at Zelkova Ventures
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Also worked at Ramp57
Logan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystClay FisherInvestor at Spark CapitalJacob EffronManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesAustin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General Catalyst
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Also worked at Plaid53
Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of ColumnSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark Capital
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