Where does Raya Buensuceso work?

Raya Buensuceso is Managing Director at Kaya Founders.

What does Raya Buensuceso invest in?

Raya Buensuceso invests in Direct to Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech.

Where did Raya Buensuceso go to school?

Raya Buensuceso studied at Princeton University (A. B. Economics (cum laude), Minors: Political Economy); Università Bocconi (Economics); Fundación José Ortega y Gasset (Advanced Spanish Language and Culture).

Raya Buensuceso

Investor

Managing Director at Kaya Founders

Metro Manila

About

Raya Buensuceso, employee one who built her firm's operating model and culture, is a managing director and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia venture capital honoree who serves as an investor-operator.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

r•••@kayafounders.comreveal

Invests in

Direct to ConsumerFintechHealthtech

Experience

Kaya FoundersManaging Directorcurrent2021 — present
PolestromSenior Consultant2021
PolestromAnalyst2019 — 2021Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines
ALMEC CorporationConsultant2019 — 2020Metro Manila
Milken InstituteResearch Fellow2017 — 2018Singapore
UberOperations Intern - Growth2016
Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson SchoolResearch Assistant to Professor Steven Strauss2015 — 2016
Grameen FoundationResearch Intern2015

Skills & more

Leadership11Social Media9Event Planning2Public Speaking3PowerPoint6Microsoft Office3Social Entrepreneurship3Development Economics1Urban StudiesPolitical EconomyFinance3Stata2

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Social NetworkingFundraisingTeamwork

Languages English · Spanish · Tagalog

From Raya's professional profile.

Colleagues at Kaya Founders

Brandon Atienza

Associate at Kaya Founders

Calanthia Mei

Venture Partner 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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Raya Buensuceso?: Raya Buensuceso, employee one who built her firm's operating model and culture, is a managing director and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia venture capital honoree who serves as an investor-operator.
Where does Raya Buensuceso work?: Raya Buensuceso is Managing Director at Kaya Founders.
What does Raya Buensuceso invest in?: Raya Buensuceso invests in Direct to Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech.
Where did Raya Buensuceso go to school?: Raya Buensuceso studied at Princeton University (A. B. Economics (cum laude), Minors: Political Economy); Università Bocconi (Economics); Fundación José Ortega y Gasset (Advanced Spanish Language and Culture).

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Also attended Università Bocconi356

Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN Capital Glenda GrazioliPartner at P101 Ventures Alessandro TavecchioPartner at P101 Ventures Antonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 Ventures Giuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures Riccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Milken Institute57

Solomon HailuPartner at March Capital Partners Jeff WeinsteinPartner at FJ Labs David BorcsokPartner at Mucker Capital Jessica PouleurPartner at Openspace Ventures Jaclyn SeowSpecialist Advisor, ESG & Impact at Openspace Ventures Zachary CefarattiVenture Partner at Draper Associates

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Also worked at Uber418

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Jason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Garrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of Expa Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of Waabi Frédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Also worked at Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School99

Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTech Brad FloraBacking expeditions into the future Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University Partners Brannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorp

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Also worked at Grameen Foundation11

Regula ScheggFounding Partner, CFO & CCO at Circulate Capital Laya Hess-SkinnerDevelopment Director at NESsT Dan ElitzerCo-Founder at Nascent Heather HenyonFounding General Partner at Mindshift Capital Anna von GriesheimHead of Impact, Innovation and Investment at Save the Children Global Ventures Sol ParkPrincipal at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.

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