Summary
Maria Shen is a General Partner at Electric Capital and a seasoned founder with 11 years of experience building products at the intersection of consumer apps, education, and blockchain. She has a track record of launching and scaling early-stage ventures—from co-founding Bambify, a global e-commerce manufacturer marketplace, to building Memozoid, an education-focused memorization platform that earned Harvard i-Lab support. At Microsoft she shipped Windows 10 search and Cortana-integrated suggestions, combining data-driven UX with cross-team execution. Now investing in crypto, fintech, and marketplaces, she pairs product instincts with hands-on engineering and operational rigor. Outside work she volunteers to improve education, pursues technical coursework from top universities, and tinkers with Arduinos—an uncommon blend of policy, product, and hardware curiosity that informs her investing lens.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Introduction to Data Science, Introduction to Data Science at University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government at Harvard University
Master of Engineering Computer Science, Master of Engineering Computer Science at Cornell University
Creative Writing, Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy
English, Chinese, Spanish, French