Carmen Palafox brings a rare macro, institutional-investor perspective to early-stage venture from her time at PIMCO, where she advised central banks and sovereign wealth funds while helping grow assets under management from ~$300B to ~$2T. She combines hands-on hardware investing at MiLA Capital with impact-oriented software investing through 2045 Ventures, while explicitly using her experience as one of the few Latina women to rise from a nontraditional background in global asset management to open doors for other underrepresented founders. Carmen Palafox brings a rare macro, institutional-investor perspective to early-stage venture from her time at PIMCO, where she advised central banks and sovereign wealth funds while helping grow assets under management from ~$300B to ~$2T. She combines hands-on hardware investing at MiLA Capital with impact-oriented software investing through 2045 Ventures, while explicitly using her experience as one of the few Latina women to rise from a nontraditional background in global asset management to open doors for other underrepresented founders.