Maria Thomas

Angel

Overview

Gender
female
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Maria Thomas is a consumer Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial business builder. She is also a well-respected member of the Board of Directors of both a publicly traded and a private equity backed company. She's currently (2017) an expert advisor and hands-on contributor to Remote Year.

In 2016, Maria was Interim CEO at Glamsquad: http://blog.glamsquad.com/post/145956909567/corepower-yoga-amy-shecter-glamsquad-ceo.

Maria is the former CEO of Etsy, a position she took in July of 2008 after Founding CEO [Robert Kalin](https://blog.etsy.com/en/2008/etsy-announcement-new-roles-at-etsy-inc/). She previously served as the COO.

Maria [left her position at Etsy](https://blog.etsy.com/en/2009/etsys-new-old-young-ceo/) at the beginning of 2010.

Prior to [joining](http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-industry-moves-nprs-digital-head-maria-thomas-leaving-joining-etsy-as-c/) Etsy as COO in April 2008, Maria Thomas was the head of NPR digital for more than six years, and was responsible for NPR's multiple forays into digital, including its early jump into podcasting and developing NPR's online music efforts. Prior to joining NPR in 2001, Thomas spent three years at Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN), and played a key role in launching its camera and photo store.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Maria Thomas has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 4, 2015, when Catalant raised $7.80M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Feb 4, 2015 Catalant Series B $7.80M Consulting Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Maria Thomas has 2 current jobs including Investor at Catalant , Board Member at Built Robotics and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Catalant Investor Feb 1, 2015 Detail
Built Robotics Board Member Detail