Principal
SVB Capital Funds
Region: Northeastern U.S., Mid Atlantic U.S., Southeastern U.S., Central U.S., Midwest U.S., Rocky Mountain U.S., Northern California, Central Coast CA, Southern California, Pacific Northwest, Southwest U.S.
Phone: 650-926-0160
Professional Summary
Katie Knepley is a principal with SVB Capital. She is responsible for identifying and evaluating private equity and venture capital fund investments and has over ten years of experience in analyzing investments. Katie is also a resource to SVB Capital's Limited Partners and provides information and insight about SVB's funds before and after investment.
Prior to joining SVB Capital in 2005, Katie was a senior consulting associate/team leader at Cambridge Associates in Boston. She was responsible for performing both qualitative assessments and quantitative analysis on managers of alternative assets, including due diligence on private equity funds and assisting with portfolio construction. She was also responsible for performing the analysis used to advise institutional investors on all aspects of their investment portfolios, and presenting the proposed portfolio changes to institutional clients.
Katie graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics from Colby College. Katie is currently pursuing her MBA and attends the Wharton MBA for Executives program.
Katie is a volunteer on the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center's TALK Line and has provided over 700 hours of counseling to parents in crisis and under stress. Katie also serves on the SVB Foundation board. When she is not working, volunteering or studying, Katie loves hosting dinner parties with her husband.