VC Operations Associate @ Fika Ventures in Los Angeles, CA

Fika Ventures is a Los Angeles-based, sector-focused (enterprise software, fintech, and marketplaces) early-stage fund that started in 2016 and now manages over $500M in AUM backed by many of the industry’s top institutional investors. In 8 years, we’ve invested in some transformative companies including Pipe, OpenPath, FieldAI, Payabli, BuildOps, Edge Impulse, among others.

In Sweden, fika is an essential cultural activity that involves getting to know someone better over a cup of coffee. For us, it is an excuse to spend time with the best and brightest as well as an opportunity to listen, create, and collaborate.

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We invite you to come join us and be part of the Fika magic!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly organized and strategic Operations Associate to join our team and take on a critical role in supporting the operations and platform functions within our firm. We aspire to be at the forefront of using technology and data to improve our processes, portfolio support, and overall fund performance. We invest in the best technology out there, and we want to practice what we preach!

You will have the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in venture capital and work closely with experienced investors and category-defining startups. While you will have exposure to the investment team, the role itself is not an investment-focused role. Rather, this role is designed to supercharge our investment and operations teams by creating and managing behind-the-scenes processes that deliver world-class services and experiences to entrepreneurs and assist them in post-investment support. This hire will engage across all functions of Fika, including investment team workflows, platform initiatives, special projects, partner branding/marketing, portfolio engagement, community engagement, and much more. There may also be very light internal operations and culture/team-building requirements.

The role will be based in person in Los Angeles, requiring occasional work travel.

Key Responsibilities

Scope of work will include, but not be limited to, varying degrees of the following:

• Optimizing technical workflows for both internal and external business practices
• Managing and improving our internal platform tooling that powers our investment tracking, relationship management, and founder resources across Affinity (CRM), Notion, GSuite, etc.
• Managing communication across the extended Fika platform, including portfolio companies, partner networks, LPs, and our broader community
• Assisting portfolio companies with strategic and operational needs (i.e., hiring, business development, follow-on fundraising), and creatively and adaptively using technology tools to optimize these processes
• Initiating and leading special projects (e.g., building internal products/workflows/programs, research deep dives, etc.)
• Rolling up your sleeves and doing data-wrangling and analysis work
• Supporting partner projects and brand/marketing initiatives which could include things like content (e.g., newsletter, podcast, blog), events, and more

This position is not an investing / investment-track role. You will not be making investment decisions or sourcing investments, but you will be exposed to the investment process and some pitches and diligence processes that the Fika team is working on. Instead, it is an ideal opportunity to help drive the behind-the-scenes operations and workflows that power a successful venture capital firm, work with incredible founders, move the needle for multiple growing businesses, and learn from our experienced team.

Ideal Candidate

• 2-4+ years of relevant work experience (ideally management consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or a high-performing technology start-up).
• Prior experience working at a venture capital fund – or similarly high-paced, portfolio-driven working environment – is nice to have, but not required
• A technical or product background and/or experience working with low-code, no-code, and collaboration tools such as Affinity, Notion, GSuite, Figma, and others is preferred
• You are passionate about quickly iterating on new products and business ideas, and, more importantly, you are a quick learner and have a strong focus on execution with the motivation to get things done
• You are endlessly curious and inquisitive – an original and unconventional thinker, yet also very rational and logical
• You are highly organized, detail-oriented, meticulous, and have a bias towards action above all else
• You are an excellent writer and value clear, elegant communication
• You run a smooth operation, hold both quantitative and qualitative skills, and aim to create an outstanding experience for those you work with
• You are proactive, have a bias toward action, thrive in an unstructured environment, and comfortable working independently
• You can prioritize and reprioritize assignments to meet established deadlines – nothing is too trivial and you enjoy exceeding what others expect of you
• Legally qualified to work in the United States and live in the greater Los Angeles area or be willing to relocate

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary + performance-based bonus, generous health care and other benefits including carried interest

If interested, please email your resume to matt@fika.vc and we will follow up with you soon!