# Ma Yanfei (马雁飞)

> Ma Yanfei is the founder of MAKA and a historically reported CEO of the creative tools and marketing platform. A Sun Yat-sen University graduate in sociology and business administration, he previously worked with the Yunus Centre in China and founded Grameenvision. His public talks emphasized accessible creation tools, template marketplaces and enterprise workflows; a 2018 event also identified him as a founder of Mori.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur; creative software founder
- **Organizations:** MAKA, Mori, Grameenvision, Yunus Centre (China), Grameen China
- **Education:** Dual bachelor’s degrees in sociology and business administration, Sun Yat-sen University, Qingteng entrepreneurship program (Tencent and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
- **Known for:** Founded MAKA, launched in September 2014., MAKA reached a reported 200,000 registered users in its first 44 days., Led MAKA during its announced 2015 pre-Series A funding from Matrix Partners China.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Served as strategic partnerships director at Yunus Centre (China), participated in early Grameen China work, and founded Grameenvision.
- **2013-10** — Ma and his team created a charity dinner invitation for WeChat, an early precursor to MAKA.
- **2014-03** — MAKA founding date given in his IXDC speaker biography.
- **2014-09** — MAKA online creation platform launched.
- **2015-04** — MAKA announced a pre-Series A investment from Matrix Partners China, reported as tens of millions of renminbi.
- **2015-12** — Spoke at the WeChat Ecosystem Developer Conference in Beijing about H5 marketing and enterprise services.
- **2016-09** — Discussed WeChat mini-programs in a 36Kr interview.
- **2017-06** — Discussed MAKA’s enterprise collaboration offering in an interview.
- **2017-07** — Presented on creative tools at the International Experience Design Conference.
- **2018-04** — Featured at Startup Grind Guangzhou as founder of MAKA and Mori.

## Achievements

- Founded MAKA, launched in September 2014.
- MAKA reached a reported 200,000 registered users in its first 44 days.
- Led MAKA during its announced 2015 pre-Series A funding from Matrix Partners China.
- Identified as founder of both MAKA and Mori by Startup Grind in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2018-04** — Startup Grind Guangzhou advertised an April 20 fireside chat featuring Ma as founder of MAKA and Mori; this is the latest dated, unambiguous personal appearance used in this feature.

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Last updated: 2026-10-23