Maria Gilfoyle

Maria Gilfoyle is an Investor at Madrona Venture Group and a Stanford MBA candidate based in the Pacific Northwest region. Prior to entering the venture capital industry, she worked at Gap Inc., where she held product-led growth and merchandising roles, specifically managing the corporate strategy for the Gap Women's Sleep and Lounge business. Gilfoyle is a Forbes Under 30 honoree and the founder of "The Venture Diaries," an independent Substack newsletter that has accumulated a dedicated audience of 948 subscribers. During her tenure at Madrona, she conducts early-stage startup diligence, writes detailed investment memos, syndicates funding opportunities to angel investors, and co-authored the firm's Web3 investment thesis. Her current professional focus centers on supporting early-stage founders in the Web3 sector, bridging her initial background in consumer fashion merchandising with modern technology and venture capital investing.