Paula Palermo
Partnerships and Sector Intelligence Director at Nature Tech Collective
São Paulo
Overview
Work Experience
Associate Professor
2022 - Current
Responsive Cities MBA is the first MBA in Brazil to combine strategic urbanism and technology. Teaching (I) Innovation Ecosystems, (II) ESG and Carbon Credits, and (III) Final Dissertations.
Institutional Partnerships and Sector Intelligence Director
2023 - 2025
The Nature Tech Collective is a non-profit member alliance, accelerator and intelligence unit that is advancing the uptake of nature-based solutions and closing the nature-finance gap.
Nature Tech Collective is a non-profit member alliance, accelerator and intelligence unit.
Co-Founder
2022 - 2024
Simbiotica is an aggregator of disruptive solutions and trends focused on accelerating the 3D economy (digital, decentralized, and decarbonized) through blockchain technology, catalyzing trillion-dollar markets.
Growth Associate
2022 - 2022
Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator - The program works with entrepreneurs building blockchain technology and tokenization protocols driving towards the decentralized future.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Ventures - Smart Cities
2021 - 2022
Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform, bringing together the best startups and the world’s largest corporations. The global smart cities network focuses on accelerating innovation in cities - Blockchain, Mobility, IoT, Real Estate & Construction, Energy & Sustainability, among other cross-vertical areas. Support deal teams on new investments, work with corporate partners on their technology needs, and overall program management.
Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.
Housing Finance Research Fellow - Blockchain
2020 - 2021
New Story Charity is a Y-Combinator backed non-profit that aims to solve the multifaceted problem of global homelessness. Responsible for research and development of decentralized financial solutions for affordable housing in México. Implementation plans, best practices, and recommendations related to Blockchain applications for affordable housing solutions.
New Story is a non-profit organization that pioneers solutions to end global homelessness.
Project Manager
2020 - 2021
Responsibility for planning and execution of international scale projects in the Retail industry, assigning tasks, budget, and profit control, establishing goals and objectives, helping to coordinate all production phases.
Academic Representative
2018 - 2018
Member of the Brazilian delegation at the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. Focus on Blockchain topics for Sustainable Development Applications.
Junior Architect
2016 - 2017
Consultancy for cultural and architectural projects, research, internal and external presentations, elaboration of exhibitions, concepts and project development. Consulting, Spatial Design, Exhibition Architecture, Strategic Frameworks, Research, Curatorial and Discursive Activities
Project Research Assistant
2015 - 2017
Comissão da Verdade PUC-SP | Reitora Nadir Gouvêa Kfouri - Planning and elaboration of the event "Ato de encerramento da Comissão da Verdade da PUC-SP" - Curator of the exhibithion "Lembrar é Resistir: A PUC-SP na ditadura" displayed at Tucarena and the Library of the university PUCSP. - Development of permanent memorial for the victims of the military dictatorship in the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo between 1964-1988 -Research based on the documentation center of images and photography about the period
Education
Master in Finance
2023 - 2025