Moira Forbes
Angel Investor
New York, United States
Moira Forbes is a seed investor in New York focused on Basketball and Sports Leagues and Teams. Moira Forbes is the Executive Vice President of Forbes Media where she is responsible for programming and branding Forbes events worldwide and driving new business initiatives across the company’s diverse media platforms. She is also the President and Publisher of ForbesWoman, a multi-media platform dedicated to successful women in business andleadership. She is currently the host of Success with Moira Forbes, a video series on the Forbes Video Network featuring candid, one-on-one interviews with today’s top leaders. Moira also regularly contributes to Forbes’ diverse global media platforms around the day’s most relevant leadership trends.Launched by Forbes Media in 2008, ForbesWoman includes a robust website, known as “Women@Forbes,” a global digital community and a variety of content-rich live forums and events. Across these diverse media, content examines the unique experiences of professionally successful women, affirms their ambitions and achievements, and sets the agenda for purposeful discourse on the topics that matter most to them.Moira joined Forbes Media in 2001 in its London office, overseeing research and marketing for the Forbes’ European edition, in addition to developing business opportunities on behalf of all the company divisions. She came to the New York office and was named Associate Publisher of Forbes’ dedicated lifestyle magazine, ForbesLife, in February of 2004, and President and Publisher, ForbesWoman, in 2008. In 2010, Moira founded the Forbes Executive Women’s Board, an organization dedicated to harnessing the collective power of women in business to drive sustainable change. In 2013, Moira hosted the first Forbes Women’s Summit in New York City. This annual gathering brings together 250 of the world’s female leaders to discuss and solve the world’s most intractable issues. Moira also is a contributor to Forbes’ list of the 100 World’s Most Powerful Women.Moira graduated cum laude with a BA in Art History from Princeton University, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School program for Leadership Development. She is a mother of two young sons and lives in New York City.
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- 1
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Industry
- Basketball 1 (100%)
- Sports Leagues and Teams 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Unrivaled is a women’s professional three-on-three basketball league that provides an off-season platform for elite athletes to play domestically. It features six teams, each composed of six top players, competing under a shortened-court, fast-paced format with a unique “winning score” fourth period and modified free-throw rules. Players receivesix-figure salaries and equity in the league, and amenities are provided, including housing, training, and lifestyle support. | Seed / May 30, 2024 |
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What does Moira Forbes invest in?
Moira Forbes invests primarily in Basketball and Sports Leagues and Teams startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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