Maya Ghosn Bichara

Purpose-driven investor, advisor & coach

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2023
VC🌍 United Kingdom
6
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Board Member
Jul 2023
Imagine a world where mental wellbeing is seamlessly woven into the fabric of everyday life. We are bridging the mental health treatment gap with cutting-edge tech and top-tier mental health professionals. The O7 Therapy app offers instant, anonymous support via encrypted Chat, Audio, and Video Sessions. We are an established partner of leading MENA brands, providing no-cost mental health coverage to 55,000+ employees through Employee Wellness Programs.
Board Member
Jul 2022
Fylí (pronounced FEE-LEE) which stands for “tribe” is a female mastermind membership community focused on educational masterclasses, accountability, peer-to-peer mentorship, leadership advancement and funding opportunities for early stage female founders. This business was started by Co-Founders Jaclynn Brennan & Yanyi Li out of a personal need to help create a network of resources, education, and 360 lifestyle support for female entrepreneurs. Jaclynn & Yanyi, both serial entrepreneurs and content creators’ turned their passion project into a very full-time business. Fylí is a net-effect ecosystem and brand to empower female entrepreneurs from a holistic perspective. We are a global community of 8k — 80% founders and 20% corporate executives. The founding Fylí team is highly diverse: LatinX, Chinese, and Black leaders with unique perspectives. MISSION OF FYLI Our mission at Fyli is to support and empower entrepreneurial minded women to invest in themselves and their passion to succeed, while arming them with the skills and resources to thrive in a male dominated world. We are committed to our tribe and their success both personally and professionally.
mid stageThink Tanks
Board Member
Apr 2022
As a a Datadock-certified training provider, Konexio’s goal is to create career opportunities by training the most vulnerable people in digital skills – from the most basic to the most advanced – in order to facilitate their socio-professional inclusion. From refugees, to unemployed youth, to women in the workforce, we aim to foster a world where everyone is included in the digitalisation of society. Since its creation in 2016, Konexio has launched more than 70 classes, trained more than 800 learners and given more than 60,000 hours of courses that have led to a 72% positive exit rate of employment, entrepreneurship or a return to schooling within the 6 months following the end of their training. Konexio is also growing its programs in countries of first asylum, where refugee need is greatest and local economies struggle with high unemployment rates for both refugees and local youth. Introducing paths to sustainable employment through digital skills training has the impact to drastically uplift whole communities out of extreme poverty, defined by the UN as living on less than $1.90 a day. Moreover, Konexio equips people with the job-ready skills that restore dignity and individual agency to displaced people. Currently, Konexio is piloting an innovative digital skills training program in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi that focuses on online freelancing as a pathway to financial independence, in partnership with UNHCR and Jesuit Refugee Services. We have trained over a hundred students through the Dzaleka pilot, and are targeting Kenya, Cameroon, and Jordan as potential expansion locations.
Board Member
Mar 2022
Backed by Y Combinator, Orchid is an EHR that enables mental health providers to onboard more patients, spend more time with current patients, and achieve better mental health outcomes. Orchid is not just another tool for mental health providers: it is a convenient, one-stop-shop that offers seamless integration of core clinical workflows Orchid helps to efficiently deliver care, both online and offline; to securely manage health records; to communicate with their patients; to market your practice in a data-driven manner; to streamline your scheduling; and to automate billing like no other competitor. In this way, Orchid saves these professionals time, money, and frustration. Business "as usual" can get so much better.
Board Member
Apr 2021
Founded in 2011 by a group of Syrian expatriates passionate about helping Syrian youth realize their potential through programs in the fields of education, career development and global community engagement. Jusoor (meaning ‘bridges’ in Arabic) is an international non-governmental organization with the mission of “Investing in Syria’s Youth for a Better Tomorrow”. A leading global actor in educational and entrepreneurial programs for Syrian children and youth, Jusoor is known for its innovative approach to development challenges, high-velocity execution, and the strength of its global strategic partnerships. Jusoor believes that Syrian youth should have access to profoundly better opportunities. Our Mission is to build bridges between the boundless potential of young Syrians and access to opportunities for quality education, entrepreneurship and global community engagement by developing and investing in human capital. Jusoor is a non-political organization with strictly no ties to any political entity. Support Jusoors Mission: http://www.jusoor.ngo/donate
Investor
2021
Alma Angels is a diverse and active community with a bold mission: Generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050. Since 2020, we have brought together and trained over 500 angel investors who have invested into 200+ women (co)founders building tech or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions. These companies have gone on to raise more than £300m to date. Alma Angels is committed to training 10,000 angels and backing 10,000 women founders by 2035.
Experience · 9 entries
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2023
Board Member
Jul 2023
Imagine a world where mental wellbeing is seamlessly woven into the fabric of everyday life. We are bridging the mental health treatment gap with cutting-edge tech and top-tier mental health professionals. The O7 Therapy app offers instant, anonymous support via encrypted Chat, Audio, and Video Sessions. We are an established partner of leading MENA brands, providing no-cost mental health coverage to 55,000+ employees through Employee Wellness Programs.
2022
Scout
Jul 2022
Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We aim to be the first true believers in tomorrow’s most valuable and enduring businesses. We partner with a few outliers each year and go all-in, providing them with the hands-on help required at every stage of the company building journey. Our expertise comes from 50 years of working with legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Adi Tatarko, Brian Chesky, Jensen Huang, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Yuan, Patrick Collison, Julia Hartz, and Sebastian Siemiatkowski. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 25% of NASDAQs total value. Since our inception, the vast majority of the money we invest has been on behalf of nonprofits and schools like the Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic and MIT, which means most of the returns we generate benefit these great causes.
Board Member
Jul 2022
Fylí (pronounced FEE-LEE) which stands for “tribe” is a female mastermind membership community focused on educational masterclasses, accountability, peer-to-peer mentorship, leadership advancement and funding opportunities for early stage female founders. This business was started by Co-Founders Jaclynn Brennan & Yanyi Li out of a personal need to help create a network of resources, education, and 360 lifestyle support for female entrepreneurs. Jaclynn & Yanyi, both serial entrepreneurs and content creators’ turned their passion project into a very full-time business. Fylí is a net-effect ecosystem and brand to empower female entrepreneurs from a holistic perspective. We are a global community of 8k — 80% founders and 20% corporate executives. The founding Fylí team is highly diverse: LatinX, Chinese, and Black leaders with unique perspectives. MISSION OF FYLI Our mission at Fyli is to support and empower entrepreneurial minded women to invest in themselves and their passion to succeed, while arming them with the skills and resources to thrive in a male dominated world. We are committed to our tribe and their success both personally and professionally.
mid stageThink Tanks
Board Member
Apr 2022
As a a Datadock-certified training provider, Konexio’s goal is to create career opportunities by training the most vulnerable people in digital skills – from the most basic to the most advanced – in order to facilitate their socio-professional inclusion. From refugees, to unemployed youth, to women in the workforce, we aim to foster a world where everyone is included in the digitalisation of society. Since its creation in 2016, Konexio has launched more than 70 classes, trained more than 800 learners and given more than 60,000 hours of courses that have led to a 72% positive exit rate of employment, entrepreneurship or a return to schooling within the 6 months following the end of their training. Konexio is also growing its programs in countries of first asylum, where refugee need is greatest and local economies struggle with high unemployment rates for both refugees and local youth. Introducing paths to sustainable employment through digital skills training has the impact to drastically uplift whole communities out of extreme poverty, defined by the UN as living on less than $1.90 a day. Moreover, Konexio equips people with the job-ready skills that restore dignity and individual agency to displaced people. Currently, Konexio is piloting an innovative digital skills training program in the Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi that focuses on online freelancing as a pathway to financial independence, in partnership with UNHCR and Jesuit Refugee Services. We have trained over a hundred students through the Dzaleka pilot, and are targeting Kenya, Cameroon, and Jordan as potential expansion locations.
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