Associate
Venture Capital Intelligence

Your local market. A global platform.

Build intelligence across San Francisco and the wider Bay Area, connecting company research, technical diligence and strategic relationships with Graphora’s global network.

What you will do

• Identify and evaluate private companies, funds and strategic investment opportunities.
• Analyze teams, technology, markets, business models, competition, financing needs and key risks.
• Research investors, executives, physicians, scientists, engineers, founders and operators relevant to each opportunity.
• Prepare evidence-based recommendations explaining who to engage, why the fit matters and why now.
• Create company profiles, market maps, investment memoranda and strategic-engagement plans.
• Help founders connect with customers, partners, talent, advisors, board members and strategic capital.
• Work with Graphora's product, data and AI teams to improve scoring, matching and explainable intelligence.

Specialty areas

Bring meaningful expertise in one or more of these areas. Depth matters more than the number selected.

• Healthcare and medicine
• Venture capital and private equity
• Healthcare startups and entrepreneurship
• Health systems and healthcare operations
• Digital health and artificial intelligence
• Biotechnology
• Medical devices
• Life sciences

Preferred background

• Engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, computer science, AI, data science or another quantitative discipline.
• Experience evaluating companies, technologies, products, scientific research or investment opportunities.
• Ability to connect technical evidence with commercial and investment implications.
• Strong research, analytical, financial-modeling and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of the San Francisco Bay Area's venture capital, artificial intelligence, healthcare, biotechnology, engineering and academic ecosystem.
• Connect Bay Area companies, technical talent and strategic partners with U.S. and international private-market opportunities.
• Clear, concise communication with founders, investors, physicians, executives, scientists and engineers.

What will distinguish you

• Deep applied expertise in at least one specialty area.
• Something meaningful you built, launched, researched, commercialized, operated or evaluated.
• Direct venture capital, private equity, diligence, investment research or startup experience.
• Evidence of independent thinking through memos, models, code, research, publications, products or entrepreneurial work.
• A specific understanding of Graphora and how AI and relationship intelligence can improve private-capital outcomes.

Meet the hiring team

The people behind the process

Learn more about the leaders evaluating candidates and building Graphora's Talent Intelligence capability.

Kaitlyn Li

Hiring Manager | Associate, Venture Capital Intelligence

Kaitlyn evaluates companies, technologies, markets and strategic relationships across Graphora's private-capital ecosystem, combining investment judgment with a foundation in biomedical engineering, research and commercialization.

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Sneha Sapkal

Head of Talent Intelligence

Sneha leads Talent Intelligence at Graphora, bringing more than 18 years of experience in global talent acquisition, leadership hiring, people strategy and market intelligence across four continents.

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