Building Wealth in Diverse Communities

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Venture Capital Toolbox

Learn new approaches to venture capital that are building wealth for our diverse business communities today.

Carmen Palafox, Managing Partner at MiLA Capital and 2045 ventures, will discuss how venture capital isn't a tool for value creation of a select few, but can be leveraged to create wealth for communities.

• How can venture capital build opportunities for the larger community?
• Can venture capital help companies retain and grow jobs locally?
• What tools can start-ups or SMEs use to recruit diverse teams?

She will also talk about her next fund's investment thesis that Diverse teams drive financial performance and her mission to help founders optimize their most important asset, human capital through legal, organizational support, and embedding DEI from the start.

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Join us online with zoom!

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkd-ugpjMtGtBqBrVCYBseh11JzjetL1DW 

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About our Featured Speaker:

Carmen Palafox is a founding partner at 2045 Ventures a seed-stage venture capital firm based in LA. She was formerly a founding Partner at MiLA Capital, an accelerator and seed-stage Venture Capital firm based funding “tech you can touch”. Prior to venture capital, she was Vice President at Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Carmen is a leader in the innovation ecosystem and holds the following roles:

• Founding Board LatinxVC
• LA Steering Team of All Raise
• Advisory board of Pledge LA
• Governor Newsom's Entrepreneurship Taskforce
• NVCA Board Member

Carmen holds a BA from the University of Southern California, an MA in Sports Management from the University of San Francisco, and an MBA from Berkeley-Haas. Learn more about MiLA: https://www.mila.vc/