Managing Partner
MiLA Capital and 2045 vc
Carmen Palafox is a founding partner at 2045 Ventures a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in LA and a Partner at MiLA Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm based funding “tech you can touch”. Prior to venture capital, she was Vice President at Dimensional Fund Advisors where she scaled investment operations into LATAM, Canada, and Europe going from $75 Billion AUM to $300 Billion AUM. Carmen is a leader in the innovation ecosystem: Founding Board, LatinxVC LA Steering Team, All Raise Advisory Board, Pledge LA Board Member, NVCA 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.