Left Lane Capital
Left Lane Capital is a $2 billion AUM New York and London-based venture capital and growth firm, with deep expertise in consumer internet companies and a longstanding track record investing into the European technology ecosystem. The firm leads Series A, B and C rounds with $5-75 million investments. Left Lane’s mission is to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs creating category-defining businesses that are fundamental to the human condition and spirit.
Left Lane continues the team’s history of leading breakout venture capital investments and driving top decile returns. Our track record from our prior firm includes companies like HelloFresh, Delivery Hero, Calm, Udemy and N26. We are lead investors in the likes of GoStudent, Wayflyer, M1 Finance, Bilt Rewards, Masterworks, Yokoy, Choco, Blank Street, and more.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The firm is currently looking for a Analyst or Associate to join the team. This person will be instrumental to the informing the team’s investment decisions: primarily focused on driving evaluation of new firm investments, while also developing investment theses and sourcing new deal opportunities. This is a career track role, with the goal being to develop and refine the entire venture and growth investing skillset. You will:
- Drive the various workstreams associated with the investment evaluation process, informing and delivering investment decision recommendations to the investment committee
- Execute financial and customer analysis, market opportunity assessment, business operations review, and long-term financial projections
- Where applicable, help manage third-party experts for business or market evaluation, scope the work and time frames for deliverables, and manage third parties to ensure high quality work as an input to decision making
- Support thought leadership work on benchmarking and portfolio management across the firm
- Develop investment theses, source investment opportunities within those theses, and develop relationships with potential entrepreneur partners across the Internet world
QUALIFICATIONS
- 1-5 years of full-time work experience, including experience in VC, Private Equity, Growth Equity, Investment Banking or DD-focused Consulting
- Native fluency in a major European language (French, Spanish, Swedish, etc.) is required
- Strong business judgment, analytical acumen and research experience, with the ability to synthesize work streams and drive big picture thinking
- Excellent communication skills
- Organized and process driven, with strong project management expertise
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and to parallel process multiple work streams
- Technology / software experience preferred
START DATE
Flexible
COMPENSATION
Competitive and commensurate with experience
LOCATION
London, UK
APPLICATION
To apply, please send your CV to jobs(at)leftlanecap.com and include “[Recruiting London]” with your name in the subject line. If you haven’t worked in VC before, please send us 2 companies you think we should invest in and why.