Laura Dyer

Principal

2024 - Current

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.

MBA Consultant

2022 - 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.

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.

Impact Project

2020 - 2020

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

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

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

Audit Intern

2014 - 2014

National Leadership Conference Participant

2013 - 2013