Paula Giraldo

Paula Giraldo is currently a partner at Deetken Impact Alternative Finance (formerly Adobe Capital), an impact investing fund. She is an investment professional with direct experience in structuring quasi-equity (i.e. mezzanine debt, revenue-based financing), equity, and debt financing in Latin America.

She joined Deetken Impact in 2021 when Adobe Capital and Deetken Impact chartered a joint partnership. At Adobe Capital, she spearheaded much of the international expansion of the fund.

Before joining Adobe Capital, she was part of the investments team at Symbiotics, a leading investment boutique specialized in structuring financing to microfinance institutions, where she managed one of the top three microfinance investment portfolios. Giraldo has broad knowledge in impact investing, economic development, and microfinance investment vehicles.

She serves as board member at WeInvest LatAm, a community of women with decision making power in Venture Capital and Private Equity. She also serves as board member at AMEXCAP in addition to several companies: Universidad Kuepa (Mexico), Puntored (Colombia), and Rephone (Chile).

Giraldo has a BsC in Business Management from a dual program from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Tulane University in the United States, and a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Role at the Dialogue: Event Speaker