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Maryam Mazraei

Investor

Investor 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

  1. Stellar Development FoundationTechnical PMM, Leadcurrent2026 — present
  2. AlephAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  3. AlephProduct GTM Specialist2025
  4. DripsGTME2026
  5. AgoraHead of Implementation2025
  6. CrowdmuseAdvisor2024 — 2025
  7. CrowdmuseCo-founder2022 — 2024
  8. Eco AssociationCommunity Engagement Contributor2024 — 2025
  9. AutopsyFounder and Data Researcher2015 — 2024Worldwide
  10. Ascensionweb3 investment advisor2022 — 2023
  11. AscensionInvestor2020 — 2022London, United Kingdom
  12. Always Online シCo-Founder2021 — 2022
  13. On DeckFounder Fellow2021 — 2022
  14. GitcoinKERNEL KB4 Fellow2021
  15. Weekend FundCommunity Lead/Portfolio Manager2021
  16. Entrepreneur FirstFounder-in-Residence (EF LD16)2021
  17. AntlerAdvisor2020 — 2021
  18. 10xModeManaging Director2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  19. Signal AIProduct Marketing Manager2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
  20. The Afri-CAN CharityCommunications Director2015 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom

Education

  1. UCLMaster of Science (MSc), Technology Entrepreneurship2016 — 2017
  2. Goldsmiths, University of LondonData Science and Machine Learning2019
  3. University of KentBA (Hons), Business Studies with a Year in Industry2009 — 2013

Skills & more

Microsoft Office1PhotoshopProduct MarketingProduct ManagementBusiness StrategyFundraisingProductMarket Research15Public Relations18Marketing30Advertising24Creative Direction14
+12 moreTime ManagementBusiness DevelopmentOnline MarketingSocial Media MarketingEvent PlanningMarketing CommunicationsSocial MediaSocial NetworkingBloggingMarketing StrategyLeadershipPublic Speaking

Languages English · Farsi

  • Y Combinator Startup School 2018Y Combinator

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Maryam Mazraei is Investor at Ascension.
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Maryam Mazraei typically writes checks of $100K – $700K.

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