Maggie Basta

Investor

“Having a research background has always given me a deep respect for the amount of work it takes to understand a problem well enough to solve it. The opportunity to work alongside founders who are deep in this process is one of the most rewarding parts of my work.”

“There is nothing I love more than being in the trenches with someone. It’s a privilege to be able to show up for founders, to have the chance to dig to the bottom of things with them, and to earn the right to be their first call. The sense of solidarity you get in those moments isn’t something that you find often.”

Maggie is an early-stage investor based in San Francisco.

Maggie studied Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Comparative Religion at Harvard. Her research focused on signal processing and deep learning — work that left her captivated by the way that AI would transform technology. She grew up playing competitive soccer, going on to play internationally and later, would suit up for the Harvard Crimson.

After graduating, she started her career as a machine learning engineer building systems for automated pricing and fraud detection at QuantCo. She then joined Scale Venture Partners in 2022 to begin investing.