Carmen Palafox

2045 ventures invests in PreSeed and Seed stage technology startups. Generalist fund including fintech, health tech, logistics, and cybersecurity.

• Developed Fund Thesis and Themes
• Formed all legal entities
• Raised capital from HNWI and Institutional Investors
• Source Investment Opportunities
• Diligence all investment Opportunities
• Support portfolio companies

Teach MBA students about investing in new ventures including ecosystem mapping, cap tables, deal sourcing, and exit analysis.

MiLA Capital is a PreSeed and Seed Stage venture capital firm focused on hardtech and IoT. Generalist with investments in climatetech, spacetech, metaverse, wearables, and consumer hardware.

• Sourced new investment opportunities
• Developed relationships with PreSeed to Series B funds
• Hosted networking events for founders and VCs
• Led investments on behalf of the firm
• Supported founders on due diligence and fundraising
• Developed programming for accelerator

Dimensional is a leading global investment firm that has been translating academic research into practical investment solutions since 1981.

• Provided leadership and support to investment operations staff
• Developed operating and strategic plans including budgets
• Oversaw vendors
• Established and managed metrics and service level agreements
• Identified, measured and mitigated risk
• Managed large initiatives including implementation of new products and services
• Evaluated impact of regulatory changes.

• Managed and trained operations staff
• Implemented policies, procedures and controls to ensurecompliance with regulatory requirements
• Represented department in audits as needed
• Managed day-to-day relationships with service providers
• Liaised with information technology to prioritize systemenhancements
• Reviewed operational components of legal documents and negotiated contracts.

• Approved mutual fund and commingled trust transaction orders for shareholder accounts
• Opened newshareholder accounts, coordinated their initial investments, and reviewed legal agreements
• Createdclient investment reports
• Provided customer service to institutional clients, banks, trust companies andbrokers.

• Executed mutual fund transactions for shareholder accounts
• Resolved trade and wire discrepanciesbetween transfer agent and client
• Communicated daily trade flows and pricing of funds to portfoliomanagers
• Reconciled client share positions and cash balances.