Finding a Voice in Venture

Hosted by Carla Harris

Carla speaks with Soraya Darabi of Trail Mix Ventures and entrepreneur Sarah Sheehan, co-founder of Bravely, an employee coaching platform and one of Trail Mix’s portfolio companies, about how individuals have the power to change the VC landscape.

On this episode of Access & Opportunity, we welcome investor Soraya Darabi. A former serial entrepreneur, Soraya is a founder and General Partner at Trail Mix Ventures, an early-stage investment firm focused on the future of living well. We are also joined by Sarah Sheehan, the co-founder and COO of Bravely, a startup that remotely connects employees with certified coaches. In 2017, Soraya and Trail Mix Ventures invested in Bravely’s seed round and the two organizations have been close partners ever since.

Soraya and Sarah share how they respectively became an investor and an entrepreneur, what Soraya saw in Sarah and her company, the key steps they took during, and after “the deal,” and how they’re each adapting to the ever-changing business landscape brought by Covid-19.