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Chandyce’s strengths are building high\-touch, consultative partnerships, developing pipeline through early engagement and value creation, and taking ownership of initiatives from initial concept through execution\. Her experience spans the innovation economy on both sides of the table: the funds deploying capital and the venture\-backed companies they support\. Before Stifel, she worked in Venture Banking at Silicon Valley Bank with venture\-backed companies from Seed through Series D, as well as VC firms and portfolio companies in climate tech, fintech, health tech, and consumer sectors\. As the first junior hire on a West Coast fundraising team, Chandyce helped lead growth, identified a market\-segment opportunity, and developed a recurring engagement strategy\. She also built a women’s emerging\-manager community event series that generated $290 million in new\-business AUM\. ## Services - Partner Relationship Management - Startup Marketing - Go\-to\-Market Strategy - Strategy Execution - Customer Engagement - Cross\-functional Partnerships - Content Partnerships - Credit Risk Management - Startups - Marketing Event Planning - Microsoft Dynamics CRM - Event Marketing Strategy - GoToMeeting - Community Building - Strategic Partnerships - Building New Business - Venture Capital - Business Development - Capital Markets - Investor Relations - Venture Debt - Portfolio Management - Venture Financing - Financial Statements - Credit Analysis - Project Management - Due Diligence - Equity Research Analysis - Financial Analysis - Financial Modeling ## Highlights - Serves as Senior Associate, Fund Banking at Stifel Bank, covering VC and PE fund managers across relationship management, business development, fund banking, and capital formation\. - Connects fund managers with LPs, allocators, and the broader private\-markets ecosystem\. - Built a women’s emerging\-manager community event series that generated $290 million in new\-business AUM\. - Was the first junior hire on a West Coast fundraising team and helped lead growth\. - Identified a market\-segment opportunity and developed a recurring engagement strategy to capture it\. - Built pipeline through early engagement and value\-add before closing deals\. - Worked as an Associate in Venture Banking at Silicon Valley Bank, supporting VC firms and portfolio companies in climate tech, fintech, health tech, and consumer sectors\. - Worked with venture\-backed companies from Seed through Series D at Silicon Valley Bank\. - Brings additional experience as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley, a Credit Analyst Intern at PPG Industries, and a participant in Goldman Sachs’s Undergraduate Exploratory Program\. - Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, General from Penn State University in 2021\. ## Experience - **Senior Associate, Fund Banking at Stifel Bank** (2025\-07\-01–present) — Working with VC and PE fund managers across relationship management, business development, fund banking, and capital formation\. Focused on growing relationships and connecting fund managers with LPs, allocators, and the broader private markets ecosystem\. - **Associate, Venture Banking at Silicon Valley Bank** (2022\-07\-01–2025\-07\-01) — Worked with VC firms and their portfolio companies across climate tech, fintech, health tech and consumer verticals\. - **Analyst at Morgan Stanley** (2021\-06\-01–2022\-07\-01) - **Credit Analyst Intern at PPG Industries** (2020\-05\-01–2020\-08\-01) - **Undegraduate Exploratory Program at Goldman Sachs** (2020\-05\-01–2020\-06\-01) ## Education - Bachelor's degree, Finance, General — Penn State University (2018\-08\-01–2021\-05\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Chandyce do at Stifel Bank? Chandyce is a Senior Associate in Fund Banking at Stifel Bank\. She works with venture capital and private equity fund managers across relationship management, business development, fund banking, and capital formation\. ### How does Chandyce support VC and PE fund managers? Chandyce focuses on growing relationships with fund managers and connecting them with LPs, allocators, and the broader private\-markets ecosystem\. ### What is Chandyce’s experience in the innovation economy? Chandyce’s background is in fund banking, venture, and the innovation economy\. Her experience includes working with both capital\-deploying funds and the companies those funds back\. ### What did Chandyce do at Silicon Valley Bank? At Silicon Valley Bank, Chandyce was an Associate in Venture Banking\. She worked with VC firms and their portfolio companies across climate tech, fintech, health tech, and consumer verticals, and supported venture\-backed companies from Seed through Series D\. ### What fundraising\-growth experience does Chandyce have? Chandyce was the first junior hire on a West Coast fundraising team and helped lead its growth\. She identified a market\-segment opportunity and developed a recurring engagement strategy to capture it\. ### What notable community\-building initiative has Chandyce led? Chandyce built a community event series for women’s emerging managers that drove $290 million in new\-business AUM\. ### What is Chandyce’s approach to business development and sales? Chandyce builds pipeline through early engagement and by providing value before a deal closes\. Her approach is consultative and high touch: she positions herself as a partner and seeks to provide value beyond the core offering\. ### What are Chandyce’s core professional strengths? Chandyce is particularly strong at nurturing relationships, building initiatives from scratch, fixing processes, and maintaining persistence and conviction when early momentum is slow\. She values relationship depth, end\-to\-end initiative ownership, and trust\-building over transaction volume\. ### Where else has Chandyce worked? Chandyce has also worked as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley, a Credit Analyst Intern at PPG Industries, and in the Undergraduate Exploratory Program at Goldman Sachs\. ### What is Chandyce’s educational background? Chandyce earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, General from Penn State University in 2021\. ### What relationship, banking, and investment skills does Chandyce bring? Chandyce’s skills include partner relationship management, customer engagement, cross\-functional and strategic partnerships, community building, business development, investor relations, venture capital, venture debt, venture financing, capital markets, portfolio management, credit risk management, credit analysis, due diligence, and financial statements\. ### What strategy, marketing, and operating skills does Chandyce have? Chandyce’s strategy and execution skills include startup marketing, go\-to\-market strategy, strategy execution, content partnerships, marketing event planning, event marketing strategy, building new business, project management, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM and GoToMeeting familiarity\. ### What analytical and leadership skills does Chandyce have? Chandyce’s analytical capabilities include equity research analysis, financial analysis, financial modeling, data analysis, Visual Basic for Applications \(VBA\), analytical skills, problem solving, leadership, team leadership, interpersonal skills, and intellectual curiosity\. ### What interests does Chandyce have outside of work? Outside of work, Chandyce collects hobbies and is planning to take up piano and rock climbing\. She is interested in hearing from people who are building something interesting\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/chandyceadden