Maaria Bajwa
Principal @ Sound Ventures
Los Angeles, United States
Maaria Bajwa is a Series A investor at Sound Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Cryptocurrency and Apps. Maaria Bajwa is the Principal at Sound Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Maaria Bajwa invests in
Stages Maaria Bajwa invests in
Countries Maaria Bajwa invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 3 (60%)
- Apps 2 (40%)
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- Credit 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 4 (80%)
- Canada 1 (20%)
Investments
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Sardine specializes in providing risk management solutions primarily for the financial services sector. They focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises manage risks associated with fraud, credit, and compliance. The company aims to serve businesses in the digital economy by offering tools and services thatenhance operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance. | $51.5M / Series B / Sep 20, 2022 | |
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Joy is a wedding company that gives couples a smarter way to plan their big day. Using Joy, couples can create a beautifully-designed wedding website and mobile app, build their All-in-One Registry, manage guest lists and RSVPs, send online or printed Save the Dates, invitations and eCards, provide travel and accommodations options for guests, hostvirtual wedding events, create a shared virtual wedding album and virtual guest book, and more. Wedding guests can purchase registry gifts, book travel plans and accommodations, get directions to wedding events via a Google Maps integration, order a ride to wedding events via ride-sharing integrations, add wedding events to their calendar with a click, and more.Based in San Francisco, Joy launched in 2016 through Y Combinator. Visit withjoy.com and follow @withjoy to see why couples around the world are planning their weddings with Joy. | $20M / Series A / Sep 01, 2021 | |
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XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M / Series A / Aug 31, 2021 | |
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Zapper is a fintech platform that manages all DeFi assets from one simple interface. It levels the playing field for decentralized finance (DeFi) newcomers and the most advanced investors by providing shortcuts (Zaps) to enter DeFi lending, automated yield farming, and liquidity provisions. | $15M / Series A / May 17, 2021 | |
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Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online.The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sendingbitcoin to users' Lolli wallet.Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY. | $3M / Seed / May 11, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Sound Ventures
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm. The company seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Sound Ventures Contacts
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Maaria Bajwa
Principal
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Ashton Kutcher
General Partner
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Effie Epstein
Managing Partner
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Guy Oseary
Co-Founder
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Kelly Donnelly
Sound Ventures
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FAQ
What does Maaria Bajwa invest in?
Maaria Bajwa invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Apps and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Maaria Bajwa last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Maaria Bajwa closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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