Maria is the Founder and CEO of Kojo, an industry-leading construction procurement platform that's raised $45m to date. She was previously Joe Lonsdale’s Chief of Staff and helped him build 8VC, a venture fund they grew to over $2.7bn in AUM. Whilst building 8VC, Maria co-founded RCI, a fintech company providing financial forecasting solutions to institutional investors, which was acquired by Addepar in 2020.

Maria started her career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. Whilst at Oxford, Maria was President of the Oxford Union. In 2020, Maria was selected for Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list for enterprise technology.