Maria Heyen is an accomplished investor currently with Redbud VC since June 2023. Prior experience includes serving as an investment intern at Nebraska Angels from April 2021 to June 2023, and working as a business analyst intern at Yoo & Co Accelerators from January 2022 to February 2023. Maria also held the position of market analyst intern at PRIVALORE from May 2022 to July 2022 and was an innovation/venture capital research and development intern at Nelnet from January 2021 to January 2022. Maria Heyen holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on International Business and Management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is a valedictorian graduate of Warrenton High School.