Real community, real business
Because you deserve to be in the room where opportunity happens.
Maraviya Collective is made of the ambition that only comes from creating something that can’t fail. And that’s on being an immigrant business. We’re the first in our families to build something, and more often than not, we’ve been alone. But not anymore. That’s why we work together, as a collective to help each other grow, across countries, across continents both online and offline.
TLDR; We’re multicultural founders building empires together.
Here’s what you need to know:
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40+ members from all over the world living in the world’s busiest cities: Paris, London, Madrid, New York, California… and more. Building extraordinary businesses that are breaking barriers across media, the arts, consumer products, and tech.
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We believe in the power of human connection. Real business growth is about who you know, so we get you in the room and make it happen through real partnerships with immigrant founders like you.
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We are proud to be made of many cultures, identities, and backgrounds. We help you use that to superpower your business.
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A group chat, and monthly events to inspire opportunies and collaboration.
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Maraviya Collective was founded by proud immigrant and creative entrepreneur Lory Martinez. After building an award-winning media company from the ground up, she decided to take what she learned to help others grow through community and connection.
MEMBERS GET EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO:
A group chat where real conversations and business deals happen
Monthly events designed to tackle the challenges you’re facing as you grow
Exclusive resources: playbooks, webinars and workshops
Offline promotion of your brand through a zine distributed in community spaces and cafés in Paris, London and Madrid.
Quarterly pop-ups and offline events designed to help you grow without relying on the algorithm.
Interested in Joining? Fill out the form below, and we’ll see if it’s a good fit!
Upcoming Events
Maraviya hosts monthly meetups, aperos, dinners, and salons to inspire conversation and creativity for our members.
You can subscribe to our Calendar on Luma for more information on monthly events.
Our next big event is this October at Nanna Paris, a floating library on the Seine.
Spots are limited.
RSVP HERE.
A few of our Members
From a London-based retreat business for south asian women to heal back in the homeland, to a Paris-based supper club for single women, to a Lyon-based creative journalism lab creating innovative content for the Ivorian diaspora in France, Maraviya Collective members are immigrant founders doing extraordinary things.
Founding Member in London
Sangeeta Pillai, founder of Soul Sutras, a feminist wellness platform connecting women through books, retreats in Kerala India, workshops, and courses on healing trauma through storytelling.
Founding Members in Romania
Andreea Coscai and Julien Andreoke, founders of PODVISION, a creative podcast growth firm specializing in leveling up audience and market reach for podcasters around the world. They’re also founders of Eurowaves, a newsletter and collective of Europe’s best podcasters.
Founder & CEO of Maraviya in Paris
Lory Martinez is an award-winning podcast executive and entrepreneur. She founded Maraviya to support immigrant founders like her in Paris and beyond. She runs the consulting sessions and events, bringing her international business expertise and network to businesses big and small.
Founding Member in Madrid
Nuria Net, founder of Las Cosmos, a media platform and agency supporting Latino creatives through its podcast, magazine, and events celebrating and highlighting the voices of Latinos in Europe.
Founding Member in Paris
Leilah Galimberti, founder of Outthink coaching, a training and consulting service that brings neuroscience principles to career development. She helps creatives and corporate professionals get unstuck.
Founding Member in Paris
Sutanya Dacres, founder of Dinner for One, a platform for single women to connect through retreats, supper clubs, cooking classes and more all via the healing power of good food.
Founding Member in LA and Buenos Aires
Martina Castro, founder of award-winning podcast production company Adonde Media. She’s an Uruguayan-American audio journalist, editor, producer, and educator.
Founding Member in D.C.
Juleyka Lantigua Williams founded LWC Studios, an award-winning digital media studio whose original work reaches rising-majority audiences with programming that carries a social-justice vein. LWC Studios’ podcasts and documentary films have received numerous accolades, including a Peabody nomination.
Founding Member in Paris
Emmanuela Hristova is a Bulgarian American writer, poet, and artist that writes about love, heartbreak, grief, feminism, friendship, identity, and power. She is the author of serveral poetry collections: The Day My Kisses Tasted Like Disorder andThee Other Crown which also include her own artwork.
Founding Member in Paris
Maria Krasinski is an artist, educator, and illustrator of the books Art Hiding in New York, Art Hiding in Paris, and I’m Not Your Muse. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she is also a former Peace Corps volunteer and Jeopardy! contestant.
Founding Member in Paris
Founder FBF Services. French-American Magali Ferare has split her career between the San Francisco Bay Area and Paris, France. During that time she’s held positions in academic, nonprofit, start-up, scale-up and volunteer organizations, including École Polytechnique, Palantir Technologies, and Meero (now Diffusely). She founded FBF Services in 2022 to focus more on human-driven work that matters, and since then has collaborated with government, non-profit and scale-up clients.
