Maria Palma

General Partner at Kindred Capital

Maria Palma is a General Partner at Kindred Capital, a seed and early-stage venture firm focusing on European technology companies. Prior to Kindred, Maria was a Principal at RRE Ventures in New York where she spent time on the investment side and also building out their platform efforts. Before that, Maria was the Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Business Development for a NY-based ad tech company, Eyeview, as they scaled from 23 to over 100+. Maria began her career at General Electric in Operations Management & Supply Chain. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Industrial Engineering from UW-Madison. Outside of work Maria is on the board of African Entrepreneur Collective, a non-profit working with entrepreneurs in Africa, and co-founded NYC Blend, a non-profit that helps underrepresented founders access venture capital.