VC VP @ The Farm Ventures in San Francisco, CA

The Farm Ventures:(Crunchbase) You’ll be joining a fast-paced, professional, entrepreneurial environment where you’ll have significant input into the creation of a unique portfolio amassing highly valuable strategic assets. You will be leveraging the playbook, back office support, and processes created by parent company Launch Angels that was used to create the highly successful Green D Ventures (www.greendventures.com) funds for Dartmouth alums, as well as its sister funds.You will report to and work closely with the Managing Partner of the fund out of our San Francisco area office. This is a full-time, salaried position, with carry, bonus, and benefits as part of the compensation package.

Basic Qualifications

  • Must be a Stanford graduate
  • Venture of Private Equity investing experience
  • Entrepreneurial DNA
  • Top-Tier MBA Degree

Requirements For An Ideal Candidate

  • Strong research and analytical skills, particularly in the area of venture investing
  • Excellent work ethic and professional demeanor
  • Demonstrated interest and experience in entrepreneurialism and emerging companies, and experience in company research and due diligence preparation
  • Experience successfully managing multiple, complex projects at the same time
  • Strong writer and communicator, excellent listener, with superior sales skills and comfort regularly interacting with strangers
  • Good networker, with an ability to grow our system and process for identifying deals
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, balanced by ability to get and communicate big picture
  • Self-starter and independent manager, but good team player and personnel manager
  • Smart, creative thinker and problem-solver, fast learner, with demonstrated initiative
  • Database management and strong technical and social media experience a big plus

Role/ Responsibilities

  • Network with alums in the venture community
  • Identify deal resources and conduct outreach to VCs, entrepreneurs, incubators, and more to help fill our deal pipeline with prospects
  • Educate deal sources and companies/entrepreneurs about our process and effectively manage relationships in a professional, courteous manner
  • Research and evaluate each company and industry as a potential investment, including interviewing company teams, competitors, and customers
  • Recruit, train, and manage interns/fellows to help support deal outreach and research
  • Prep and distribute due diligence packages
  • Present companies and respond to Managing Partner and LP questions, run deal meetings, and orchestrate IC meetings
  • Help create and manage our company database, monitoring prospects on an ongoing basis
  • Assemble and update CRM on companies and entrepreneurs
  • As requested, assist with investor relations and potential investor outreach
  • Help supervise back-end functions as needed
  • Suggest improvements to our approach, process, products, and services

If interested, please apply here.

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