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Jennie Graham

Investor

Senior 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.

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Experience

  1. Burnt Island VenturesSenior Associatecurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
  2. Burnt Island VenturesAssociate2023 — 2025New York, NY
  3. Burnt Island VenturesMBA Associate2022 — 2023New York, NY
  4. Cala SystemsBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  5. WaterlyBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
  6. US-UK Fulbright CommissionFulbright Scholar2021 — 2023
  7. Alumni VenturesVenture Fellow2022 — 2023
  8. Ecosystem Integrity FundMBA Associate2022New York, NY
  9. TERN - The Entrepreneurial Refugee NetworkEntrepreneur Advisor2021 — 2022London, UK
  10. Future VCVenture Fellow2021London, UK
  11. Turquoise MountainHead of Marketing2017 — 2021London, UK & Amman, Jordan
  12. Oxford EntrepreneursCo-Director of Oxford Inspires and Head of Women's Outreach2014 — 2016Oxford, UK

Education

  1. University of OxfordBA, Arabic
  2. Duke UniversityMBA, Finance and Social Entrepreneurship
  3. Qasid Arabic InstituteArabic Language, Classical and Modern Standard Arabic

Skills & more

Public Speaking5Writing6Leadership1Social Entrepreneurship2Research8Foreign Languages7Nonprofit OrganizationsFundraising2

Languages Arabic · English · French

From Jennie's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford687

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 681 more

Also attended Duke University384

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 378 more

Also attended Qasid Arabic Institute2

Ghazaleh GhodratiChief of Staff at SDCL Green Energy Solutions EuropeAdrienne MillerInvestor at Mercury Fund

Shared employers

Also worked at Waterly4

Clayton MacDougaldInvestment Director - Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChristine E. BoylePartner at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESAnders HallsbyCo-Founder and Partner at Mazarine VenturesPete NassosCo-Founder and Partner at Mazarine Ventures

Also worked at Ecosystem Integrity Fund5

Af HernandezPrincipal at Prime Impact FundChristina O'ConorPartner at Congruent VenturesBrandon BlaesserSenior Associate at Ecosystem IntegrityJames EverettPartner at Ecosystem IntegrityDevin WhatleyPartner at Ecosystem Integrity

Also worked at TERN - The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network1

Matthieu VallinInvestor at Octopus Ventures

Also worked at Oxford Entrepreneurs3

Dr. Rasmus RotheCo-Founder and General Partner at Merantix CapitalAndrew D. IveManaging Partner at Big Idea VenturesGina KirschFounding Partner at The Venture Collective

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