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Maria Palma
General Partner at Kindred Capital VC and Nonprofit Co-founder
Maria (Brewer) Palma is a General Partner at Kindred Capital VC, a venture capital firm based in London that focuses on equitable investment strategies. She has held this position since January 2021. Palma has a strong background in venture capital and business development, having previously worked as a Principal at RRE Ventures from 2018 to 2020, where she focused on fintech and consumer investments, and played a significant role in sourcing and diligencing numerous deals.
In addition to her role at Kindred Capital, Palma has been actively involved in various organizations. She served as a Board Member for the African Entrepreneur Collective from 2016 to 2022, supporting entrepreneurs in East Africa. She also contributed to the Industrial & Systems Engineering Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2019 to 2022, guiding curriculum and student experiences.
Palma co-founded NYC BLEND, a nonprofit aimed at connecting underrepresented founders to the venture ecosystem in New York, and she has held various leadership positions at Eyeview, where she focused on business development and strategic initiatives.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Harvard University, further solidifying her expertise in the field of venture capital and entrepreneurship.123
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Anyone else feel like we are watching a new kind of Olympic sport? 😂
I think we are also conflating being helpful and being liked. Not always the same thing. While customer intros and hiring help is nice the best founders do that without you anyhow - what really matters is being the person they can call when shit goes wrong/is hard. I respect the DPI data but also kind of a funny thing to correlate when the industry has basically been DPI less for almost a decade…let’s see in a few years ;)
