hello moai

We back founders who make essential goods and services more accessible and affordable.

Hello Moai is an angel syndicate investing at pre-seed and seed across healthcare, family, and consumer. My filter is simple access to essential things. I look for the products and services people come back to because they actually need them, and for founders who can make those easier to reach or cheaper to buy.

How it started

I spent over a decade building companies before I started investing in them. I co-founded a healthcare marketplace, was the first operator at a prescription affordability startup, ran a $40M region for a micromobility company, and built a marketplace from scratch for a beauty and wellness brand. When I became a mom, I built a postpartum support app around what I needed and couldn't find. That app kept putting me in rooms with founders and investors working on the same kinds of problems, and that's where Hello Moai

Who's in it with me

Hello Moai is backed by a small group of venture partners who have founded companies, run finance and operations, built consumer brands at major retailers, and invested in health at some of the best-known firms around. Every deal gets looked at by people who've been in the founder's seat.

How it works

Each deal is its own SPV, so you only invest in the companies you believe in. I share my thinking on every deal, including the risks, and invest alongside you.

Why "Moai"

I came across the word while reading about longevity and the Blue Zones. In Okinawa, a moai is a small circle of friends who pool resources and support each other for life, and it's one of the reasons people there live so long. I loved the idea of building something like that for founders and the people who back them, a group that keeps showing up for each other for decades.