Hayley Bay Barna

American entrepreneur and venture capitalist

Early Life and Education

Hayley Bay Barna was born in 1983 in New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics. Barna also received her MBA from Harvard Business School.2

Career

Birchbox Co-Founder

While at Harvard Business School, Barna co-founded Birchbox in 2010 with Katia Beauchamp. She served as co-CEO for five years, helping grow the company to over one million monthly subscribers. Barna raised over $70 million in venture capital for Birchbox, expanded the business internationally, and launched new products and channels like men's offerings and retail stores.2 4

First Round Capital Partner

In 2016, Barna joined First Round Capital as a partner based in New York. She has led investments in consumer companies like Mirror, Thirty Madison, Squad, and Studs, as well as B2B companies including Anvyl, Alma, and Caper.1 5

Prior to Birchbox and First Round, Barna worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in New York, a strategy role at Christie's in Hong Kong, and a product manager at Amazon in Seattle.2 3

Honors and Awards

Barna has been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Fortune's 40 Under 40, and Ad Age's Women to Watch, among other honors.2 3 She was also a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search in 2001.3

Personal Life

Barna is based in Manhattan, New York. In 2014, she married Fredrik Vik Maroe, whom she met while at Harvard Business School.2

Highlights

Feb 20 · twitter

NYC is a great place to start a company. I founded @birchbox here, and now as an investor, I love backing founders dreaming up the next big idea in this city.

That’s why I’m so excited that @firstround is co-hosting a day-long summit with @Lux_Capital, @BoxGroup, and @USV to bring together the next generation of NYC tech founders.

I’ll be speaking alongside an all-star group of investors and founders like @datadoghq’s @oliveur, @MongoDB’s @dittycheria and @WarbyParker’s @NeilBlumenthal sharing how they started and scaled their companies here, plus folks like @clay_gtm’s @KareemAmin and @runwayml’s @matamalaortiz sharing advice about building AI in NYC.

The (free!) event is open to any New Yorkers thinking about starting something, whether you’re already heads-down building or still at your full-time job. You’ll get to brush shoulders with some of the city’s sharpest tech operators and investors — and maybe meet even your future co-founder.

Happening May 9. Apply now: https://t.co/tW6ni4NzYD