Principal at Crescent Ridge Partners, a female-led venture capital and private equity firm based in Southern California. Invests in early stage companies and also in growth equity for more mature and proven businesses. Their industry focus is health and wellness, Femtech, SaaS for SMBs and Social Good. Also Maria leads due diligence efforts for Ad Astra ventures, an accelerator and also the sister fund of Crescent Ridge Partners exclusively focused on backing female founders. Ad Astra also runs educational programs to help female founders raise capital.