Keila Alvia Palacios

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Collaborating with Nova Angels Club as Venture Scout, supporting dealflow and connecting founders with the network. Nova Angels Club is an angel network investing €50k–€500k in early-stage startups, sector-agnostic, with strong teams, real traction, PMF signals and scalable business models. We back ambitious founders solving meaningful problems, combining capital with the reach of Nova’s international community of operators, investors and entrepreneurs. If you are a founder raising and fit the thesis, reach out by DM on LinkedIn.

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• Built from scratch a digital business providing personal finance mentoring in LATAM. • Designed personal finance models, savings frameworks, and investment planning tools for individuals. • Conducted market research and iterative business model testing, achieving 5x revenue growth. • Built brand positioning through content strategy and community engagement. • Created educational workshops focused on financial decision-making, budgeting basics, and cash management. • Featured speaker at financial education and entrepreneurship events.

• Analyzed 80+ startups’ business models and investment readiness. • Conducted valuations and KPI analysis to support investment and strategic decisions. • Delivered strategic fundraising consulting for startups, including financial analysis and modeling, and investment materials construction to support the fundraising efforts. • Developed a new commercial and financial strategy that led to a 20% revenue increase. • Built the financial model of the new strategy: revenue projections, cost structure, and capital requirements, enabling a successful €205K private fundraising round. • Prepared the budgeting for a grant application and led the financial planning and follow-up, including budget monitoring, variance analysis, reporting, and justification of deviations, resulting in the award of a €150K grant.

• Performed startup business and financial analysis. • Supported the due diligence processes for a FoodTech startup, strengthening data-driven decision-making.

• Supported events organization within the entrepreneurial environment • Organized an schedule for interviews with entrepreneurs to create content in social media • Shared content to increase the awareness of the community • Helped entrepreneurs to know key partners

• Managed a multi-million portfolio, conducting end-to-end investment cycle from market research to financial feasibility analysis, supplier negotiations, margin assessment, demand planning and KPIs monitoring. • Identified and executed the purchase of high-profitability international products, driving 6x revenue growth and an 18% EBITDA increase. • Analyzed cost’s structure and developed pricing strategies, maintaining company’s margins, financial wellness and market share. • Performed financial planning, budgeting and demand forecasting, supporting strategic decision-making. • Developed commercial strategies based on financial data and market analysis. • Monitored costs, demand and profitability, performing variance analysis and implementing corrective actions that resulted in 15% cost savings.

• Analyzed costs variations of imports to identify opportunities and create strategies to reduce its impact. • Evaluated quotes from multiple manufacturers to select the most competitive offer. • Supported on operational activities.

Graduated with honors

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