About
Maria Raga joined Creandum after a career that began at Bain and included running Travel at Groupon. She joined Depop as VP Operations and served as CEO from 2016 to 2022, scaling the company to over 30 million users and more than 400 employees before its acquisition by Etsy in 2021. She also sits on the Digital Advisory Council at ITV and is an active angel investor.
Invests in
Consumer
Experience
- Women's Super League FootballNon Executive Directorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- CreandumVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- Felix CapitalAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- ITVDigital Advisory Council Member2021 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- DepopCEO2016 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- DepopVP Operations2014 — 2016London, United Kingdom
- Once Upon PublishingNon Executive Director2018 — 2021Sweden
- Groupon UK & IEVP of Travel / Director2010 — 2014London, UK
- PrivaliaHead of Business Development2009 — 2010Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Bain & CompanySenior Consultant2003 — 2009
- PermiraSummer intern2007
- Harvard Business SchoolResearch Associate for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner2000 — 2002
Education
- INSEADMBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2006 — 2007
- University of ValenciaBachelor, Business Administration1997 — 2001
- Cornell UniversityFellowship, Agricultural economics2000
Skills & more
Business Strategy59Strategy49Start-ups48Management Consulting12E-commerce62Entrepreneurship29Business Development20Strategic Consulting1Business Planning5New Business Development7Analytics13Marketing Strategy16
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MergersOnline MarketingLanguages Spanish, French & German
From Maria's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
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Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beata Klein
Associate at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Network2
Andrew RobbScout
Investor at FELIX CAPITAL
Christian AngermayerScout
Founder and Chairman of the Board at atai Life Sciences
Investors connected to Maria in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Maria Raga work?
- Maria Raga is Advisor at Creandum.
- What does Maria Raga invest in?
- Maria Raga invests in Consumer.
Same school
Also attended INSEAD773
Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesStephane KurganInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at ITV3
Also worked at Depop7
Roberto BonanzingaPartner at Inreach VenturesWill GibbsPartner at Octopus VenturesFredrik CasselGeneral Partner at CreandumJames WisePartner at Balderton CapitalDamien HenaultManaging Director, Forgepoint Capital International at ForgePoint CapitalHootan MahallatiFounder at Hyperseed
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Also worked at Once Upon Publishing1
Also worked at Bain & Company717
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGTheresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpZach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear VenturesIan MarshInvestor at DN Capital
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