Carmen Palafox is the Founding Partner at 2045 ventures, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. And a Partner at MiLA Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm specializing in deep tech. Prior to venture capital, she was Vice President at Dimensional Fund Advisors where she scaled investment operations going from $75 Billion AUM to $300 Billion AUM. Carmen has an MBA from Berkeley-Haas, an MA in sports management from USF, and a BA in economics from USC. Carmen's leadership roles include: • Board Member at the National Venture Capital Association • Steering Committee of ALL Raise LA chapter, • Advisory Board of Pledge LA, • Founding Board Member of LatinxVC