VC Associate @ Silicon Foundry in San Francisco, CA

What We’re Looking For:

We are looking for our next Associate to join our team as we continue to scale and expand the scope of our business. Associates work directly with a Partner and/or Principal and are involved across all areas of member servicing, including corporate strategy and innovation, diligence and qualifying startups, developing points‑of‑view/analyses for senior‑level decision makers, and supporting new business development efforts.

We are looking for a curious, opinionated, and proactive individual who has their finger on the pulse of the trends and technologies that are disrupting industries and the status quo; someone that is passionate about building authentic and lasting relationships, connecting the dots between startups and corporates; and someone who can leverage the significant flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility of a startup environment to drive understanding and get things done.

Ideal candidates for this role feel equally comfortable speaking with early‑stage startups, venture capitalists, and corporate C‑Suite executives alike, oftentimes from one meeting to the next.

Even if you do not meet all the requirements listed below, we still encourage you to apply for this position.

• You are excited to work closely with senior management – to quickly and continuously deliver impact by rolling up your sleeves to tackle a wide range of projects
• You have the ability to quickly grasp emerging technologies, product trends, cultural shifts, changing market dynamics, and understand how they can evolve, create opportunities, and shape the future
• You are able to form thoughtful and considered perspectives on a breadth and depth of topics, supported by both objective evidence and strategic conviction
• You have strong verbal and written communication and organization skills, and have considerable experience interacting with senior stakeholders
• You are a visual storyteller – you can put together decks and proposals that respond to our prospects’ needs
• You are experienced in leveraging AI tools and technologies (e.g., GenAI tools, data analysis platforms, AI‑driven research tools) to accelerate research, improve deliverables, and solve complex problems creatively. You are curious and proactive in exploring how AI can unlock value in business and innovation contexts.
• You can work with minimal supervision and direction and proactively take ownership of tasks
• You want to work at a startup! And with that, you’re adaptable and eager to learn new skills. You love to wear multiple hats and manage several live projects simultaneously at any given point in time.
• You are empathetic, self‑aware, and able to build strong relationships based on trust with both internal and external stakeholders

• Strategy :
  Support our Member work by being a key voice in shaping how they think about business, cultural, and technology shifts impacting their core business and competitive advantage both in the near‑term and long‑term
• Innovation :
  Audit current business processes and diagnose key challenges to support efforts to develop net new products and services, create new business models, and/or highlight buy/partner opportunities with existing startups/technologies
• Technology Roadmaps :
  Support the development of technology roadmaps that highlight disruptive trends, provide a clear position on their near‑to mid‑term impacts, and outline clearly defined strategic approaches (e.g., investments, acquisitions, partnerships)
• Innovation Roadmaps :
  Support the development of innovation roadmaps that include opportunity definition, segmentation and market sizing, long‑term hypothesis and scenario mapping, validation research, and business model development

• Research :
  Perform in‑depth quantitative and qualitative research across trends, technologies, industries, corporations, and startups in order to extract key takeaways and organize them into actionable opportunities.
• Analysis :
  Develop category assessment, competitive analysis, strategic benchmarking, and projections of future growth
• Narrative Development :
  Organize insights and analysis on technology, emerging…