About
Carissa Sanchez is a Senior Investment Associate at Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, where she manages equity investments ranging from $250K-$3M in Native-owned companies across B2B and B2C sectors. She holds an MBA from Darden and a degree in engineering from Yale, and previously worked at BCG. A member of the Tohono O'Odham Nation, Sanchez is based in Denver, Colorado.
Experience
- Raven Indigenous Capital PartnersSenior Investment Associatecurrent2026 — present
- Raven Indigenous Capital PartnersInvestment Associate2024 — 2025Denver, Colorado, United States
- Career Break2024Denver, Colorado, United States
- DaVitaDirector, Clinical Transformation2021 — 2024Denver, Colorado, United States
- DaVitaRedwoods Resident & Facility Administrator2020 — 2021Greater Phoenix Area
- The Consortium for Graduate Study in ManagementCGSM Fellow @ UVA Darden2018 — 2020
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2019Denver Metropolitan Area
- Arconic (formerly Alcoa)Aerospace Engineer2015 — 2018LaPorte, Indiana
Education
- University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Yale UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
- University of Cambridge
- Tohono O'Odham Community College
- NOLSOrganizational Leadership
- Management Leadership for TomorrowMLT Professional Development Fellow2018 — 2020
Skills & more
Deal SourcingDue DiligenceBoard GovernanceFinancial AnalysisDisease ManagementQuality Patient CareMedicareBackpackingWildernessClinical SupervisionCompetitive AnalysisMarket Sizing
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Voice of the CustomerLean Six SigmaAerospace ManufacturingProject ImplementationLean ManufacturingContinuous ImprovementClinical OperationsProject ManagementStrategyLeadershipTeam LeadershipMicrosoft OfficeLanguages English · Tohono O'Odham · Chinese · Korean
- VC University — VC University
- Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship — University of Colorado Denver
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt — Arconic
From Carissa's professional profile.
Colleagues at Raven Capital
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Althea Wishloff
General Partner at Raven Capital
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Devon Krainer
Principal at Raven Capital
Jennifer Houle
VP, People Operations at Raven Capital
Kristi Thiele
Accounting Associate at Raven Capital
Paul Lacerte
Chief Purpose Officer at Raven Capital
Ryan St. Germaine
Entrepreneur in Residence at Raven Capital
Samantha Bradley
Operations Coordinator at Raven Capital
Sean McCormick
General Partner at Raven Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Carissa Sanchez work?
- Carissa Sanchez is Senior Associate at Raven Capital.
Same school
Also attended University of Virginia Darden School of Business110
Cathy FriedmanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Dan LynchInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Rajan MehraPartner at March Capital PartnersRob LudwigChief Operating Officer at Hoxton VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcStephan OppenheimerPrivate Equity Investor at FemHealth Ventures
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Also attended Yale University619
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also attended NOLS24
Chris SaxmanDigital health entrepreneur, startup mentor, skier, fly fisherman, Steelers fanatic, Co-head of Health 2.0 Denver/Boulder ChapterLuis SpradleyPrincipal at Level EquityMaddy DwyerSenior Associate, Business Development at Cross Creek AdvisorsAlfred JohnsonCEO Partner at Ardent VentureJonathan KarlsonSenior Associate - US Team at Founders FutureMichael LangerBoard Member at MassChallenge Mexico
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Shared employers
Also worked at Raven Indigenous Capital Partners10
Stephen NairneManaging Partner at Raven CapitalAlthea WishloffGeneral Partner at Raven CapitalSean McCormickGeneral Partner at Raven CapitalPaul LacerteChief Purpose Officer at Raven CapitalSamantha BradleyOperations Coordinator at Raven CapitalJennifer HouleVP, People Operations at Raven Capital
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Also worked at DaVita11
Gregg HillCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalCollett SimonianAssociate at Oak HC/FTKaiti DelaneyPrincipal at Ten ElevenTodd JohnsonInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAndrew WalshManaging Director at First AnalysisJustin MasonCo-Founder & CEO, CaringAI at Futuresight
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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)866
David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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