Venture Capital Associate

Role overview

This role sits within a venture capital firm managing over $1B in assets and investing from pre-seed to late stage. The platform focuses on AI applications and infrastructure, robotics, energy, space technology, and life sciences, and its portfolio includes more than 30 unicorns, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Ramp, Rippling, Deel, Mercor, and Kalshi.

The Venture Capital Associate will partner directly with the founder and investment team across the full lifecycle of investing, including pre-seed, seed, growth, and later-stage SPVs. The team is seeking someone who is humble, ambitious, highly competitive, and excited to help identify and support the next wave of category-defining founders.

Location and work authorization

This is an in-office position based in San Francisco or New York. Visa sponsorship may be available and will be considered individually.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the founder and investing team across all stages, from seed and growth investments to later-stage SPVs.
• Participate in Fortune 500 customer conversations and help drive large enterprise deals for portfolio companies.
• Assist with co-investments in multi-hundred-million-dollar SPVs alongside leading institutional LPs.
• Create fresh sourcing approaches, keep team workflows coordinated, and remain accessible to founders.
• Provide high-touch, concierge-style support to a small number of standout founders, taking ownership of tasks of any size.

Required qualifications

• Between 2 and 4 years of post-graduation experience in investment banking, private equity, top-tier strategy consulting, growth equity, venture capital, or operations at a leading venture-backed startup.
• A history of performance at a top firm in one of the above areas; examples mentioned include McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Evercore, Centerview, Lazard, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, TPG, Silver Lake, Thoma Bravo, Sequoia, Benchmark, and a16z.
• A humble, driven, and highly competitive mindset, backed by strong evidence of exceptional performance.
• A clear perspective on where the next generation of exceptional founders is emerging.
• Strong enthusiasm for technology startups.
• Comfort and confidence when speaking with Fortune 500 executives and supporting enterprise sales efforts for portfolio companies.
• Strong sourcing intuition and the ability to build new deal-flow channels.
• Excellent organizational ability, high ownership, and the capacity to manage several workstreams simultaneously.
• A degree from a top-tier university.
• Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco or New York.

Compensation

The base salary for this role is $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Total target compensation, including bonuses, is expected to fall between $165,000 and $240,000.

Additional information

This opportunity is being handled by a third-party recruiting firm engaged to source candidates for the role.