Noramay Cadena
Lead Investor, Rising America Fund @ Portfolia
Los Angeles, United States
Noramay Cadena is a nationally recognized leader for her technical contributions in the corporate sector as well as for her work in the community. She spent over 12 years working across multiple business units at The Boeing Company and is leading the Latinas in STEM Foundation, an organization she co-founded in 2013, as the Executive Director. AtBoeing, Noramay led process improvement strategies across large development programs to help the company break the cost curve associated with bringing large programs to market. As an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leader in El Segundo, CA, Noramay led a cross-functional team through the assembly, integration and test of a commercial satellite program and managed a multi-million dollar budget and a multi-year schedule.Noramay holds an MBA, a Master’s in Engineering Systems and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering – all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is also a member of The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Over the last several years, Noramay has been a featured speaker in many platforms across the country – her talks and recognitions cover technical achievement, leadership, and overcoming obstacles. In 2015, she was recognized for technical leadership by the Society of Women Engineers via a national award. In 2014, she was recognized for technical and community leadership via an IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine article and was named one of the top 20 Latinos in Technology by CNET. That same year, she was also a TEDx speaker in Boyle Heights, CA and a panelist during the World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in New York.At Make in LA, Noramay focuses on developing principled leaders with solid product and business foundations and on developing partnerships that support Los Angeles’ entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Noramay Cadena invests in
Stages Noramay Cadena invests in
Countries Noramay Cadena invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (20%)
- Education 3 (20%)
- FinTech 2 (13%)
- Health Care 2 (13%)
- Information Technology 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (53%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 9 (60%)
- Argentina 1 (7%)
Investments
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Terrantic
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A stealth mode company. | $3.5M / Seed / Jun 23, 2024 | |
| Innovare is the edtech and data strategy app helping education leaders visualize, analyze, and use data to positively impact the communities they serve. | $2M / Seed / Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Kanarys, Inc. is a technology company focused solely on providing the tools organizations need to create long-term, systemic change around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) challenges. Our platform provides the framework, benchmarking and data companies need to incorporate best-in-class DEI into every area of the organization, so they cantrack and measure impact on business outcomes. We are transforming DEI work with data | $5M / Series A / Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M / Seed / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| Canela Media operates as a digital media company, connecting brands with multicultural audiences. | $32M / Series A / Feb 24, 2022 | ||
| Innovare is the edtech and data strategy app helping education leaders visualize, analyze, and use data to positively impact the communities they serve. | $3M / Seed / Sep 16, 2021 | ||
| Bitwise Industries moves Fresno’s technology ecosystem forward by focusing on the key areas of education, execution, and place. Education is delivered via Geekwise Academy, an accelerated training program providing real-world technology skills to all ages. Bitwise Industries provides execution by way of its full-service, custom software developmentfirm, Shift3 Technologies. Bitwise Industries also offers paid apprenticeships to students to help them learn tech skills, connect them to meaningful tech opportunities, and build vibrant buildings in underserved cities to house their work. | $50M / Series B / Feb 24, 2021 | ||
| Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. | $3.9M / Seed / Jan 25, 2021 | ||
| Kanarys, Inc. is a technology company focused solely on providing the tools organizations need to create long-term, systemic change around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) challenges. Our platform provides the framework, benchmarking and data companies need to incorporate best-in-class DEI into every area of the organization, so they cantrack and measure impact on business outcomes. We are transforming DEI work with data | $3M / Seed / Jan 06, 2021 | ||
| Encantos is an award-winning online platform connecting kids with the world's best storyteachers to teach them 21st century skills.Encantos has received numerous industry awards and accolades from the AP, ASU GSV, CNN, Common Sense Media, Forbes, Kidscreen, Kirkus Reviews, NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, Parents Magazine, PublishersWeekly, Romper, School Library Journal, Univision and USA Today. | $5.7M / Seed / Nov 19, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Portfolia
Portfolia connects sophisticated investors and leaders with entrepreneurial companies. Their platform enables users to collaborate with other members and lead investors to evaluate innovative products and teams, join diligence teams, and immerse themselves in the investment process. It is an investment fund designed for women while backinginnovative companies for returns and impact.
Portfolia Contacts
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Amber Caska
Investment Committee Member
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Trish Costello
Founder & CEO
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Valentina Vitols
Limited Partner
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Abbe Kligerman
Limited Partner
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Bethann Kassman
Deal Lead
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What does Noramay Cadena invest in?
Noramay Cadena invests primarily in Software, Education and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Noramay Cadena closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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