Maya Ghosn is a Lebanese/Brazilian investor and advisor to purpose-driven organisations with a focus on mental health and sexual health. After studying industrial engineering at Stanford in the USA, she worked at McKinsey for four years where she managed client projects for their Social Sector Practice. She then moved to California to help build out the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropy started by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg focused on building technology for social good. She is now an active angel investor, investing personally and through Sequoia's scout program, as well as a Principal at Bridge Builders Collaborative, a US-based investment group focused on mental health. We cover the following in the conversation: Female angel investors The UK vs US startup culture Maya's investment thesis How Maya invests in startups Angel investment networks and syndicates How female founders raise funding Toughest investing lessons How do we level the playing field for female founders How do we encourage more women to invest? ***