Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
CB Rank (Investor) 210,623
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Maya Baratz runs new product strategy & development at ABC News.

Prior to her current role at ABC, she led the product release of WSJ Social, The Wall Street Journal's standalone publication on Facebook. Maya has spent some time on both the product and editorial sides of new media -- previously working at companies including The Wall

Street Journal, MTV Networks, Flickr, Monster.com, and Terra Lycos. Picking up The Knight Foundation's Silver Knight Award in 1996 and a Webby Award in 2006, she's been also published and quoted by publications including The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, SF Weekly, The Huffington Post, Neiman Journalism Lab, Forbes and the BBC, among others.

Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jul 16, 2018
Thinker-Tinker
Techstars
Yes
Pre Seed Round - Thinker-Tinker
$120K
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 4
Maya Baratz is the CEO & Partner at Founders Factory. Additionally, Maya Baratz has had 4 past jobs including Head of New Products at ABC News.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
ABC News
Head of New ProductsJan 2012Jan 2016
The Wall Street Journal
New Products LeadOct 1, 2010Jan 2012
Flickr
Product Manager
MTV
Product Manager
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Maya Baratz is the Board Observer at Orai.
Number of Events 2
Maya Baratz has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, CES 2018 on Jan 9, 2018.