Menlo Research

Corporate Development Associate

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentFinancial ModelingM&ARoboticsResearchCommunication

About the role

As our first Corporate Development hire, you will work directly with the founding team to shape how Menlo grows -- through capital, partnerships, and strategic deals.
This is a generalist corp dev role: you will touch fundraising, BD, and M&A simultaneously and figure out what matters most as we scale.

Support and drive the end-to-end fundraising process, including materials, investor outreach, data room management, and follow-through
Build and maintain relationships with VCs, family offices, and strategic investors across Singapore, Southeast Asia, and globally
Identify, qualify, and develop commercial relationships with organizations looking to pilot or deploy Asimov
Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder processes end to end

3 to 6 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, management consulting, or in-house corp dev
Excellent written and verbal communication -- you can make a compelling case in a deck, a memo, or a room

Prior exposure to deep tech, robotics, or hardware companies
Existing network in the Southeast Asia venture or corporate ecosystem
Experience closing commercial pilots or enterprise contracts
Mandarin or Vietnamese language skills
You will have meaningful ownership over how Menlo grows.
Menlo moves fast, operates lean, and you will see the direct impact of your work on the company's trajectory.
You don't need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect everyone at Menlo to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work.
For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement.

Menlo Research is an Applied R&D lab building Asimov, an open-source humanoid robot platform, and the full software stack that powers it.
Our mission is to make humanoid labor economically viable -- turning software into physical labor at scale.
We are shipping hardware, scaling our platform, and building commercial relationships with forward-looking organizations who want to deploy a robot labor force.
Work with the Menlo Platform and Asimov teams to shape what we offer partners and how

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