Investing Profile

Mariam Naficy

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Founder and Managing Partner, Heretic Ventures at Heretic Ventures

heretic.ventures/teamSan Francisco, California

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Goldman Sachs Network

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Williams College Network

62 CONNECTIONS

Yelp Network

33 CONNECTIONS

Medium Network

20 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Heretic Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Mariam Naficy is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

E-commerce (Series B)Media/Content (Seed)E-commerce (Series A)Consumer Internet (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)Media/Content (Series B)Media/Content (Series A)Marketplaces (Series A)E-commerce (Seed)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Internet (Series A)Marketplaces (Seed)

Mariam Naficy's Investments On Record (10)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Lumi Story	SeedJul 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki (Supreme Partners Fund), David Sze (Greylock Partners), Alexis Ohanian (Curated)
The New Club	SeedMar 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Pam Kostka (Operator Collective 506), Mallun Yen (Village Global), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration)
Polywork	Series BSep 2022$28M	$45M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Daniel Gross (Various), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Kevin Lin (Lifelike Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Jeremy Yap (Xtripe Angels), Steve Chen (Modernist), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Scott Belsky (A24), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Mike Krieger (Anthropic), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Anthony Pompliano, John Collison, Baron Davis, Fidji Simo
Maker Wine	SeedNov 2021$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Neil Rimer (Index Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), George Bousis (Mantis Venture Capital), Chris Fanini (Weebly), Matthew Kaness (Interlace Ventures), Nikil Viswanathan (The Alchemy Fund), James Beshara (Skio), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Brigette Lau (Firework Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Daniel Kan, Henry Davis, Odell Beckham Jr.
Zeen	SeedFeb 2021$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Maria Salamanca (Ulu Ventures), Manish Chandra (Poshmark), Tracy Sun
Abacus.AI	Series AJul 2020$13M	$90M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Yan-David Erlich (B Capital Group), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Josh Shirazi (Alkeon Capital), David Cahn (Coatue Management), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Keval Desai (InterWest), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Erica Ruliffson Schultz (Operator Collective), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Neha Narkhede
Color	Series AApr 2015$15M	$410M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ben Davenport (Blockchain Capital LLC), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Bill Tai (Treasure Data), Chloe Sladden (Broadway Angels), Joel Dudley (Innovation Endeavors), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Paul Hewson (Bono) (Mount Auburn Hospital), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Drew Houston, Aaron Levie
Reddit	Series BSep 2014$50M	$1.3B
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Max Altman (Saga), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Calvin Broadus (Hotmail), Philip Kaplan (DistroKid), Michael Abramson (Newlands), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Vic Koch (Gokin Solar), Ryan Merket (Jude AI), Edward Lando (Biowear), Scott Belsky (A24), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Judd Morgenstern (Partners Resolute), Jacob Kerzner, Jared Leto, Sam Altman, Yishan Wong

Mariam Naficy's Experience

Financial Analyst Goldman SachsPresent

VP, Marketing and Product Development MovielinkPresent

Vice-President and General Manager, US E-Commerce, and Global Head of E-Commerce Development The Body ShopPresent

Member, Board of Directors PolyvorePresent

Member, Board of Directors Polyvore (acquired by Yahoo!)Present

Member Board Of Directors YelpPresent

Member, Board Of Directors MediumPresent

Member, Board of Directors Victoria’s Secret CareersPresent

Member, Board of Directors Victoria's SecretPresent

Founder and co-CEO Emulation SolutionsPresent

Founder and co-CEO Eve.comPresent

Founder and CEO MintedPresent

Founder and Managing Partner, Heretic Ventures HereticPresent

Founder and Managing Partner, Heretic Ventures Heretic VenturesPresent

Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO MintedPresent

Founder and Co-CEO MintedPresent

Founder and Executive Chairman MintedPresent

Chief Executive Officer ArcadePresent

Founder, Chairman MintedPresent

Mariam Naficy's Education

Williams College BA Political Economy

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