Marie-Jose (Jojo) Bahnam

I work to produce a more equitable world

📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2017
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Angel Investor
2017
Pramp is an online community for software engineers, developers and hackers to practice live coding interviews, for free. As a peer-to-peer platform, Pramp pairs software engineers together for live practice interviews based on their background, availability and practicing needs. Pramp automates the whole process and takes care of scheduling, peer matching and interview prep content. Pramp provides users with integrated HD video chat, realtime collaborative code editor and detailed peer-feedback.
Investor
2017
At Hyperloop One, we’re turning science fiction into reality as we prepare to launch a new form of autonomous, on-demand transport that is faster, safer, cost-efficient and more sustainable than existing modes.
Angel Investor
2016
Siha makes it easy to access a great doctor in Africa. Hatched at Y Combinator Fellowship (F2).
Angel Investor
2014
Blue Crystal Labs, Inc. was founded by a team of game industry veterans in 2013. The company specializes on creating accessible and highly engaging mobile entertainment. The team is currently hard at work on their first game slated for release later this year.
early stageComputer Games
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2021
Co-Founder and CEO
Oct 2021
Bootstrap crafts FREE, research-based, integrated Computer Science and Data Science modules for Math, Science, Business and Social Studies classes grades 5-12. By supporting non-CS teachers in delivering rigorous and engaging computing content in the classes that every student takes - regardless of gender, race, or background - Bootstrap is one of the largest providers of formal CS education to girls and underrepresented students nationwide: nearly 50% of our students are African-American or Latin(x), and nearly 45% are girls and young women. We serve teachers in 49 states and over 50 countries around the globe.
2018
Vice President, Partnerships
2018
XPRIZE is an established global leader in designing, launching, and executing large scale competitions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. Our mission is to inspire and empower humanity to achieve breakthroughs that accelerate a hopeful future for all. Our unique model democratizes innovation by incentivizing crowd-sourced, scientifically viable solutions to create a more equitable and abundant future for all. Donate, learn more, or join a team at xprize.org.
2017
Angel Investor
2017
Pramp is an online community for software engineers, developers and hackers to practice live coding interviews, for free. As a peer-to-peer platform, Pramp pairs software engineers together for live practice interviews based on their background, availability and practicing needs. Pramp automates the whole process and takes care of scheduling, peer matching and interview prep content. Pramp provides users with integrated HD video chat, realtime collaborative code editor and detailed peer-feedback.
Venture Partner
2017
NextGen Venture Partners works with over 1,800 Venture Partners to invest $1 million in seed stage companies and $2 million to $10 million in companies with more than $10 million in revenue. Our Venture Partners are top founders and innovation executives across the country whose expertise and connections help NextGen accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies.
Investor
2017
At Hyperloop One, we’re turning science fiction into reality as we prepare to launch a new form of autonomous, on-demand transport that is faster, safer, cost-efficient and more sustainable than existing modes.
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