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TrailblazersMaya Bakhai: Founder of Spice Capital!This week, we chat with Maya Bakhai! Maya Bakhai is the founder of Spice Capital, a first-yes fund investing at pre-seed and seed. Maya's Fund II is a $25M Fund that will invest in ~40 companies with check sizes ranging from $250k-$750k. Spice Capital has over 50 companies in the portfolio including Beehiiv, MUBI, Prosper Health, Hype, Skej, and more.In the last 8 years, Maya has backed 100+ founders.. Prior to starting Spice...
2025-09-3039 min
Boys ClubEp: 207: AI Boyfriends, Guest: David Hill on Tabletop Gaming, The Sports Betting Industry, Polymarket v. Kalshi, Guest: Maya Bakhai on AI Wars, Perplexity's Bid for Chrome, IPO Season, Guest: Daisy Alioto on her viral article on the future of MediaThank you to Polygon for supporting this show.
2025-08-131h 05
TastelandEp. 47: Venture Capital Culture ft. Maya BakhaiThis week we have part two of Daisy and Francis' conversation with Maya Bakhai, founder of Spice Capital, a venture capital firm focused on taking big bets in areas primed for rapid change in the coming decades.Listen to part one:SpotifyApple Podcasts__Maya BakhaiNewsletterLinkedInInstagramX/TwitterSpice CapitalWebsiteInstagramTikTokX/Twitter__Timestamps00:00 Introducing part two03:11 The role of small businesses in today's economy07:56 Asset class creep11:43 The rise of women in wealth management
2025-06-1837 minTastelandEp. 44: Cultural arbitrage ft. Maya BakhaiThis week Daisy and Francis are joined by Maya Bakhai, founder of Spice Capital, a venture capital firm focused on taking big bets in areas primed for rapid change in the coming decades.__Maya BakhaiNewsletterLinkedInInstagramX/TwitterSpice CapitalWebsiteInstagramTikTokX/Twitter__ReferencesLenny: How tech works really feel about work right nowLinkedIn Post: Why PRIME hit a $3.2B valuation overnightTBPN: Technology Brothers podcastThe Information: How the 'Technology Brothers' Seized Silicon Valley__Timestamps00:00:00 Vineyards and interstates00:06:41 Venture capital: The invisible...
2025-05-281h 03
Rehash: A Web3 PodcastS10 BONUS | Crypto 2024 Reflections & 2025 Predictions w/Hudson Jameson, Maya Bakhai, and Stefen DeleveauxOn this bonus episode of Season 10, we bring back some of your favorite Rehash guests from the past to share their perspectives on what happened in 2024 and what they are most bullish on moving forward to 2025. Hudson Jameson (S6 E5), Maya Bakhai (S5 E3), and Stefen Deleveaux (S2 E11) join us to wrap up the year from a wide array of perspectives, including AI, memecoins, rollups and altVMs, consumer apps, DePIN, DAOs, and Solana.This episode was a lot of fun to record and hopefully just as fun to listen to. It’s filled with great insights as...
2024-12-2656 min
Boys ClubEp 164: Feelings Check-In with Maya Bakhai, founder of Spice Capital, on everything you wanted to know about the venture capital business but were too afraid to askOn this episode of the Feelings Check-In, Deana and Natasha talk with venture capitalist Maya Bakhai about the basics of the business of venture capital, and what it's like to be a solo GP of her VC fund, Spice Capital. This is a great episode for anyone who wants an explainer on how venture capital works! Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here! Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.
2024-09-1737 min
Rehash: A Web3 PodcastMINIHASH 002 | Oasis Onchain & Crypto in the Global South w/Stefen DeleveauxMinihash is a condensed episode of Rehash, where we do a deep dive into one focused topic with a past guest.On this Minihash episode, we’re speaking with Stefen Deleveaux about Oasis Onchain, a 3-day consumer crypto conference in Nassau, Bahamas, that he started last year and how to push crypto forward in the global south.Stefen first appeared on Rehash in S2 E11: DAO Governance, Tooling, and Culture w/Stefen Deleveaux, which aired on June 30, 2022, and subsequently in S6 BONUS: 2023 Wrap Up & 2024 Predictions w/Hudson Jameson, Sirsu, Maya Bakhai, and Stefen Deleveaux. T...
2024-07-0423 min
15 Minute Founder011 - Maya Bakhai15-Minute Founder Presented by doola:Join us for an insightful conversation with Maya Bakhai, the founder and sole general partner at Spice Capital, an early-stage fund investing in capital, crypto, and community. Backed by notable figures like Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and Alexis Ohanian, Spice Capital has made impactful investments in companies like Dirt, Immortal Game, and Flowcarbon. Bakhai previously led investments at Kevin Durant's 35 Ventures, where she backed companies including Hugging Face, Mercury, OpenSea and Whoop.#15MinuteFounderTIMESTAMPS: 00:11 Investing in Crocs04:25 Angel Investing07:48 Starting a Fund12:55 Hot Take on F...
2024-07-0214 min
Unstacked Startups PodcastADDING SPICE TO THE CAP TABLEMaya Bakhai, Founder & General Partner @ Spice Capital
2024-01-2433 min
Rehash: A Web3 PodcastS6 BONUS: 2023 Wrap Up & 2024 Predictions w/Hudson Jameson, Sirsu, Maya Bakhai, and Stefen DeleveauxOn this bonus episode of Season 6, we bring back some of your favorite Rehash guests from the past to share their perspectives on what happened in 2023 and what they are most bullish on moving forward to 2024. Hudson Jameson (S6 E5), Sirsu (S5 E1), Maya Bakhai (S5 E3), and Stefen Deleveaux (S2 E11) join us to wrap up the year from a wide array of perspectives, including DAOs, gaming, technical, and VC. This episode was a ton of fun to record and hopefully just as fun to listen to. It’s filled with great insights as well that, whe...
2023-12-281h 04
Rehash: A Web3 PodcastS5 E3 | Adding Spice to Venture Capital w/Maya BakhaiOn this episode of Rehash, we speak with Maya Bakhai, founder and general partner at Spice Capital, about investing in web3, diversity in venture capital, the future of the creator economy, and more. Spice Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that is funding businesses solving problems for the next generation of internet-native consumers.In our conversation with Maya, we talk about why she chose crypto, community, and capital as the 3 main categories for investment for Spice, what she believes is the largest unsaturated market in web3 investment right now, how she sees the creator economy...
2023-07-0653 min
2022-02-2832 min