Maëlle Gavet

Maëlle Gavet is a Partner at Operator Collective based in New York City. Prior to her current role, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of Techstars from 2021 to 2024, overseeing a pre-seed venture capital portfolio of over 4,000 companies. Her executive career includes tenures as Chief Operating Officer at Compass between 2017 and 2019, Executive Vice President of Global Operations at The Priceline Group, and Chief Executive Officer of Ozon, where she successfully led a $100 million funding round in 2011. Gavet previously worked as a Principal at Boston Consulting Group from 2003 to 2009, managing international corporate strategy projects across France, the United Kingdom, India, and South Africa. Her current professional focus centers on venture capital, global technology operations, and early-stage startup scaling, complemented by her published work on corporate empathy.