Maya Hardigan

Maya Hardigan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mae, a reproductive health company based in New York, New York. Under her leadership, the postpartum care platform closed an oversubscribed seed funding round backed by Avestria Ventures across its Fund I in 2021 and Fund II in 2023. Hardigan was selected for the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center's Winter 2023 Milestone Makers Cohort, resulting in her enterprise's logo being displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite tower. In January 2023, she was prominently featured in a comprehensive industry report analyzing enterprises founded by women operating within the reproductive health sector. She maintains active involvement with the Women's Health Innovation Coalition, operating alongside established industry peers like Maven and Thinx. Hardigan's current professional focus remains heavily centered on advancing women's health innovation and restructuring maternal care models for underserved populations.