Jennie Graham
InvestorSenior Investment Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
About
Graham has a social enterprise background, having supported founders in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Middle East. She entered venture in 2021 at Towerview Ventures and later the Ecosystem Integrity Fund. She holds a BA from Oxford and an MBA from Duke, where she was a Fulbright Scholar.
Experience
- Burnt Island VenturesSenior Associatecurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- Burnt Island VenturesAssociate2023 — 2025New York, NY
- Burnt Island VenturesMBA Associate2022 — 2023New York, NY
- Cala SystemsBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- WaterlyBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- US-UK Fulbright CommissionFulbright Scholar2021 — 2023
- Alumni VenturesVenture Fellow2022 — 2023
- Ecosystem Integrity FundMBA Associate2022New York, NY
- TERN - The Entrepreneurial Refugee NetworkEntrepreneur Advisor2021 — 2022London, UK
- Future VCVenture Fellow2021London, UK
- Turquoise MountainHead of Marketing2017 — 2021London, UK & Amman, Jordan
- Oxford EntrepreneursCo-Director of Oxford Inspires and Head of Women's Outreach2014 — 2016Oxford, UK
Skills & more
Public Speaking5Writing6Leadership1Social Entrepreneurship2Research8Foreign Languages7Nonprofit OrganizationsFundraising2
Languages Arabic · English · French
From Jennie's professional profile.
Colleagues at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Christine E. Boyle
Partner at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Colleen Calhoun
Investor at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
David Stanton
Investor at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Debra Coy
Investor at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Eliza Harrison
Investment Intern at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Jessica Pascolini
Head of Operations at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Marissa Sterling
Senior Platform Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Megan Siebe
Executive Assistant at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jennie Graham?
- Graham has a social enterprise background, having supported founders in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Middle East. She entered venture in 2021 at Towerview Ventures and later the Ecosystem Integrity Fund. She holds a BA from Oxford and an MBA from Duke, where she was a Fulbright Scholar.
- Where does Jennie Graham work?
- Jennie Graham is Senior Investment Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURES.
- Where did Jennie Graham go to school?
- Jennie Graham studied at University of Oxford (BA, Arabic); Duke University (MBA, Finance and Social Entrepreneurship); Qasid Arabic Institute (Arabic Language, Classical and Modern Standard Arabic).
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Shared employers
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Also worked at US-UK Fulbright Commission1
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