Maria De Sants

Maria is an Italian / Taiwanese native who began her career in the tech startup ecosystem in Madrid, Spain. Working as Head of Business Development for a venture backed seed stage startup building a consumer facing gamified platform in the mobility space, Maria helped the company internationalize across Europe - specifically in Italy - onboarding new partners and building top of funnel strategies.

Upon graduating in the top 10% of her class from IE Business School, one of Europe’s leading institutions in business, Maria moved to Los Angeles to pursue a specialized Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where she took an active investment role at the USC Marshall Venture Fund. There, she conducted in depth due diligence into potential investments, pitching the opportunity to the investment committee, which includes partners from Kleiner Perkins, Techstars, Index Ventures, Upfront, Pritzker Group and Y Combinator.