About
Karen Rizkallah is a senior investment analyst at Flourish Ventures, working across the investment process in Latin America including sourcing, evaluating, and executing deals, as well as exploring new investment themes. She previously worked at Banco Santander in New York in the Trade Finance division, structuring liquidity solutions for corporate clients. She holds a B.S. in business and political economy with a minor in social entrepreneurship from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Invests in
Fintech
Experience
- Flourish VenturesFintech Investorcurrent2025 — presentSão Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Santander Bank, N.A.Corporate & Investment Banking2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- HelloAvaBusiness Analyst2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- Oya CareBusiness Analyst2020Sao Paulo, Brazil
- CitiTrade Working Capital Finance Analyst2019São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- PayPalBusiness Development2018São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Education
- NYU Stern School of BusinessBachelor's degree, Business and Political Economy2017 — 2021
- NYU Shanghai2019
- New York University London2018
- St. Paul's School, Sao PauloInternational Baccalaureate2002 — 2017
- Barnard CollegeSummer Program, International Business2015
Skills & more
Financial ServicesStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentStrategyFinanceAnalytical Skills
Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish
From Karen's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended NYU Stern School of Business367
Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Kaz TeradaVenture Advisor at Monta Vista CapitalNeil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal InvestmentsAlex TosoliniAdvisor at CincyTechMax WechterSenior Director of AI at Lerer HippeauTom MonahanFormer Chairman & CEO, CEB at MissionOG
+ 361 more
Also attended NYU Shanghai2
Also attended St. Paul's School, Sao Paulo2
Also attended Barnard College28
Yusill ScribnerInvestments at Impact America FundMadeline MinshewInvestor at True VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesBeth SeidenbergFounding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersHayley SteinChief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI VenturesEva YazhariManaging Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures
+ 22 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Santander Bank, N.A.9
Ronnie Møller-ThorsøePartner at Dansk EjerkapitalFrederic GoguikianInvestor at SquareOne CapitalSkyler WillcocksonHead of Finance & Operations at Casper LabsPaul RiceBusiness Development Manager at Time FinanceGeorge DerisleyFinance & Operations at Betatron Venture GroupMarcelo CiampoliniPartner at Antler
+ 3 more
Also worked at HelloAva3
Also worked at Citi639
Nina AchadjianInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)RustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalTori KorineInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersAnn PauloseSenior Investor Relations Associate at Greycroft
+ 633 more
Also worked at PayPal108
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC
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Colleagues at Flourish Ventures
Ameya Upadhyay
General Partner at Flourish Ventures
Arjuna Costa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures
Audrey Marrache
Corporate Paralegal at Flourish Ventures
Charlee Brady
People Operations Manager at Flourish Ventures
Crystal Sun
Analyst at Flourish Ventures
Daniel Gorfine
Advisor at Flourish Ventures
Diana Narváez
Principal at Flourish Ventures
Efayomi Carr
Investment Partner at Flourish Ventures