Maryam Mazraei
InvestorInvestor at Ascension
United Kingdom
Writes $100K – $700K checks · typically $400K
About
Maryam Mazraei is a Technical Product Marketing Lead at Stellar Development Foundation with over 10 years of experience across startups and scaleups in SaaS, AI/ML, and blockchain sectors. She founded a sustainable supply chain company in textiles at age 18 and created Autopsy, a database of failed startups that gained significant media coverage upon its 2015 launch. Mazraei has also served as a VC investor at Ascension and launched ventures including Crowdmuse, an onchain ecommerce platform using stablecoin payments, and Aleph, an AI-enhanced audiobook application.
Experience
- Stellar Development FoundationTechnical PMM, Leadcurrent2026 — present
- AlephAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- AlephProduct GTM Specialist2025
- DripsGTME2026
- AgoraHead of Implementation2025
- CrowdmuseAdvisor2024 — 2025
- CrowdmuseCo-founder2022 — 2024
- Eco AssociationCommunity Engagement Contributor2024 — 2025
- AutopsyFounder and Data Researcher2015 — 2024Worldwide
- Ascensionweb3 investment advisor2022 — 2023
- AscensionInvestor2020 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- Always Online シCo-Founder2021 — 2022
- On DeckFounder Fellow2021 — 2022
- GitcoinKERNEL KB4 Fellow2021
- Weekend FundCommunity Lead/Portfolio Manager2021
- Entrepreneur FirstFounder-in-Residence (EF LD16)2021
- AntlerAdvisor2020 — 2021
- 10xModeManaging Director2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- Signal AIProduct Marketing Manager2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- The Afri-CAN CharityCommunications Director2015 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
Education
- UCLMaster of Science (MSc), Technology Entrepreneurship2016 — 2017
- Goldsmiths, University of LondonData Science and Machine Learning2019
- University of KentBA (Hons), Business Studies with a Year in Industry2009 — 2013
Skills & more
Microsoft Office1PhotoshopProduct MarketingProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyFundraisingProductMarket Research15Public Relations18Marketing30Advertising24Creative Direction14
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Time ManagementBusiness DevelopmentOnline MarketingSocial Media MarketingEvent PlanningMarketing CommunicationsSocial MediaSocial NetworkingBloggingMarketing StrategyLeadershipPublic SpeakingLanguages English · Farsi
- Y Combinator Startup School 2018 — Y Combinator
From Maryam's professional profile.
Colleagues at Ascension
Aleks Habdank
Venture Partner at Ascension
Alex Heerema
Investment Manager at Ascension
Antonin de Fougerolles
Venture Partner at Ascension
Barney Worfolk Smith
Venture Partner at Ascension
Ben Fletcher
Business Development Manager at Ascension
Bill Bousfield
Head of Distribution at Ascension
Chris Wheatcroft
Investor at Ascension
Craig Fletcher
Venture Partner at Ascension
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Maryam Mazraei work?
- Maryam Mazraei is Investor at Ascension.
- What check size does Maryam Mazraei write?
- Maryam Mazraei typically writes checks of $100K – $700K.
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