#82 Maria Palma, General Partner at Kindred on ushering in equitable venture capital

Today we’re joined by Maria Palma, the latest addition to the famed Kindred partnership. She joined Kindred from NY-based VC fund RRE, where she spent five years, both building their platform team from scratch and leading investments into some of their most exciting break-out companies. Prior to that she had a decade long operating career spanning roles in startups and large corporations.

In this episode you’ll learn:
– How Maria broke into venture by creating FOMO and going deep
– All about Kindred’s founder carry sharing scheme and how it helps drive 40% of their top of funnel deal flow and 60% of their end of funnel!
– A deep dive on how Maria and Kindred works with founder community development as a core value add
– Marias views on the current market and what she feels most VCs are missing out on in crypto!