Private Markets Associate | Business Development
Caplight
Sales & Business Development
Posted on Nov 14, 2025
Private Markets Associate | Business Development
About Caplight
At Caplight, we are building the future of private markets. Whether it’s powering the first unicorn ETFs, putting pre-IPO markets on-chain, or helping top VCs trade companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Stripe, we’re there.
Caplight is a private market data and trading platform backed by leading fintech investors, including Fin Capital and Better Tomorrow Ventures. We are proud to serve some of the world’s largest financial institutions across VC, investment banks, hedge funds, and asset managers. This year, we are on track to triple our business profitably, and it’s only the beginning.
If you’re looking to take on big challenges and build at the cutting edge of finance, we are looking for you.
About the Role
The private markets team at Caplight runs our pre-IPO marketplace, where hundreds of brokers and clients transact private company blocks every day. As a private markets associate, you’ll work closely with our institutional clients, communicating investment opportunities and leading deal execution.
Responsibilities include:
Finding creative ways to generate revenue with our trading capabilities and data assets. This often includes partnering with other companies to build new products.
Manage deal origination and execution processes. You will help oversee Caplight’s marketplace to ensure all opportunities are being addressed and progressing towards closing.
Create financial analysis and marketing materials to be distributed to clients, journalists, and potential new leads.
Work alongside our Product, Engineering, and Design teams to improve marketplace efficiency and reliability.
Maintain and improve internal workflows centered around project management, data storage, client engagement.
Lead new client acquisition and existing client engagement efforts across Caplight’s marketplace.
Help establish the future technology roadmap based on client feedback.
Qualifications
1-2 years of experience in investment banking or sales and trading at a bank, ideally focused on the technology sector.
SIE, Series 7 and Series 63 preferred.
Demonstrated ability to simplify and synthesize complex problems and communicate them to clients and other stakeholders.
Excellent data analysis and presentation skills.
Self-starter: we are looking for individuals who can take a project from 0 to 1 even in scenarios where you may be operating with little to no direction.
In person, San Francisco-based.
Expected compensation
Competitive with top investment bank packages, including a meaningful stock options grant.
