Summit Speaker
Karen Sheffield
Karen Sheffield is the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in US early-stage climate tech companies. Previously, she worked for American Airlines, PepsiCo, and Visa in multiple and progressing finance roles. A self-described operator turned investor, Karen began angel investing 4 years ago and, ever since then, has dedicated much of her time to uncovering opportunities in unlikely places. Karen holds a double degree in Finance and Economics from Texas Christian University (TCU) and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
Karen is an active member of several organizations such as Global Women in VC, WeInvest LATAM, Pipeline Angels (as a VC-in-Residence), among several others. She has also been featured in the Snowball Wealth podcast, StrtupBoost, Women in Climate, VC Lab, and others as a guest speaker. She has made several sector-agnostic pre-seed and seed investments to date (including 4 climate tech deals) and she sits in the advisory board of 2 startups and 1 non-profit organization.