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Laura Ma

Strategy & BizOps @ TikTok | Startup Advisory

Union City, California

Angel
Advisor
Strategy Operator
Finance Operator

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $10,000.00

Skills

Data Analysis
Microsoft Office
Mathematical Modeling
Matlab
Python
Statistics
Chinese
Operations Research
Databases
Training
Teaching
Simulations
Research
Photoshop
Arena Simulation Software
Linear Programming
Japanese
Prezi
Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint

Education

Investments

HiLink

Pre-seed

Total Funding: $8M

Work Experience

TikTok

2022

  • Head of Strategy & Business Operations, Monetization Product Partnerships

    2022

2021

  • Startup Advisor & Angel Investor

    2021

    - Startup Advisor: HiLink (EdTech), Tenor (GTM Strategy to Asia, acquired by Google), AInvest (FinTech) - Active Venture Advisor & Scout: OCA Venture, UpHonest Venture, Hustle Fund - Active Mentor at Plug & Play, 1871, NewChip, First Track, and MentorCruise https://mentorcruise.com/mentor/laurama/ - Have helped several startups raise from seed round to series A and series B to series D

Operators Guild

2022

  • Member

    2022

    The Operators Guild is an independent, invitation-only group, home to the world’s top finance and operations (high growth and technology) leaders.

Cedar

2021 - 2022

  • BizOps and Strategic Finance Manager

    2021 - 2022

Clearcover

2019 - 2021

  • Business Operations

    2019 - 2021

OCA Ventures

2020 - 2020

  • Associate

    2020 - 2020

Build312

2017 - 2020

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2020

    Build312 is a Chicago-based community for startups and entrepreneurs.

Refinitiv

2017 - 2019

  • Senior Product Specialist

    2017 - 2019

IHS Markit | Technology

2016 - 2017

  • Quantitative Associate

    2016 - 2017