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.
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
Education
- Princeton UniversityA. B. Economics (cum laude), Minors: Political Economy2013 — 2017
- Università BocconiEconomics2016
- Fundación José Ortega y GassetAdvanced Spanish Language and Culture2014
- Brent International School ManilaIB Diploma1999 — 2013
Skills & more
Leadership11Social Media9Event Planning2Public Speaking3PowerPoint6Microsoft Office3Social Entrepreneurship3Development Economics1Urban StudiesPolitical EconomyFinance3Stata2
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Social NetworkingFundraisingTeamworkLanguages English · Spanish · Tagalog
From Raya's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University474
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended Università Bocconi303
Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalGlenda GrazioliPartner at P101 VenturesAlessandro TavecchioPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Milken Institute57
Solomon HailuPartner at March Capital PartnersJeff WeinsteinPartner at FJ LabsDavid BorcsokPartner at Mucker CapitalJessica PouleurPartner at Openspace VenturesJaclyn SeowSpecialist Advisor, ESG & Impact at Openspace VenturesZachary CefarattiVenture Partner at Draper Associates
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Also worked at Uber251
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
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Also worked at Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School75
Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechBrad FloraGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorManny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersBrannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorpAaron PriceCEO, TechUnited at Tech Council VenturesJoseph LubinChairman at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.
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Also worked at Grameen Foundation9
Regula ScheggFounding Partner, CFO & CCO at Circulate CapitalLaya Hess-SkinnerDevelopment Director at NESsTDan ElitzerCo-Founder at NascentHeather HenyonFounding General Partner at Mindshift CapitalAnna von GriesheimHead of Impact, Innovation and Investment at Save the Children Global VenturesSol ParkPrincipal at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.
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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

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