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Laura Dyer

Principal @ Buoyant Ventures | MBA/MS Sustainability, University of Michigan

Los Angeles, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2024

  • Senior Associate

    2023 - 2024

  • MBA Associate

    2022 - 2022

    Buoyant is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk across energy, agriculture & water, mobility, and the built environment.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Leadership: Founding Team Member, Co-Director of Education ('21-'22), Co-Director of Operations ('21-'22), Co-Lead of Food & Agriculture Vertical ('21-'22) Michigan Climate Venture (MCV) is a collaborative, multidisciplinary program that provides a rigorous, transformative education experience in climate change mitigation the University of Michigan. The program includes an action-oriented learning experience through an early-stage, student-run investment fund seeking to accelerate the growth of climate technology startups in the Great Lakes region.

2022 - 2022

  • MBA Consultant

    2022 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Graduate Student Consultant

    2021 - 2022

    CapShift is a platform that empowers philanthropic and financial institutions, along with their clients, to mobilize capital for social and environmental change.

2021 - 2021

  • MBA Associate

    2021 - 2021

    Buoyant is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk across energy, agriculture & water, mobility, and the built environment.

2020 - 2020

  • Impact Project

    2020 - 2020

    Created the financial model and performance metrics to track, guide and accelerate the startup's circular business model

2018 - 2020

  • Senior Associate, Corporate Accounting

    2018 - 2020

    Calculated revenue from private equity, real estate and credit investments including management fees, carried interest, incentive fees, administrative & other fees; Analyzed revenue trends to determine main drivers of growth; Prepared remarks on financial performance for CEO & CFO to utilize during quarterly earnings calls

2015 - 2018

  • Audit Senior

    2017 - 2018

    Led audit engagements in financial services industry for a $100B AUM mutual fund, a $23B AUM hedge fund, related corporate advisers, and a private equity firm; Simultaneously managed 8 junior staff and client engagement budgets, providing continuous guidance and feedback to staff and delivering jobs to completion within budget

  • Audit Staff

    2015 - 2017

    Designed audit procedures and tested valuation of investments utilizing Bloomberg, quotes from pricing vendors, and fair value specialists; Built financial models to verify valuations, including discounted cash flows and sensitivity analyses; Analyzed valuation disclosures of financial statements to determine compliance to newly issued reporting standards

2014 - 2014

  • Audit Intern

    2014 - 2014

2013 - 2013

  • National Leadership Conference Participant

    2013 - 2013