www.negociosnow.com
14 March 2022
Age: 27
Title: Associate
Name of Organization: Hyde
Park Venture Partners
Carlos Covarrubias is an
associate at Hyde Park Ventu-
re Partners, a Chicago-based
financial company that pro-
vides early-stage funding for
companies in the middle of
North America. Covarrubias is
primarily responsible for fin-
ding new investment oppor-
tunities and for analyzing or
evaluating companies.
He was raised in Oglesby,
a community about 100 miles
southwest of Chicago. His fa-
mily is from a small ranch in
Mexico outside of Zacatecas,
so he grew up in a traditional
Mexican household. At the lo-
cal high school he was able to
take a few business courses,
something he was interested
in studying at a university. He
was attracted to the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame because it
has one of the best business
schools. Through Questbridge,
a program for high-achieving
students of low socioecono-
mic status, he was able to earn
enough scholarships to pay for
his college education.
At Notre Dame, Covarru-
bias majored in finance with a
supplementary major in eco-
nomics. Through Notre Dame
he was also taught the power
of networking, which allowed
him to land a job at Mesirow
Financial after graduation.
While at Mesirow, he star-
ted working alongside many
influential Latinos in Chicago
to build out Angeles Investors,
an investing group dedicated
to funding Hispanic and La-
tinx businesses, which often
face a lack of venture capital
investment. Covarrubias was
able to join the team early
enough to create the first pitch
deck, onboard the first mem-
bers, and help execute the first
investment. Angeles allowed
him to earn experience in
early stage investing and also
gain exposure to other Hispa-
nic and Latinx angel investors.
Through that experience, he
was able to land his present
position at Hyde Park Venture
Partners.
He is also actively involved
with the Chicago chapter of
the Association of Latino Pro-
fessionals for America.
Carlos
Covarrubias
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"B
e ambitious, work hard,
and give back."
Latino
Investor
