Open Core Ventures is a financial firm that offers venture capital, investments, business development, private equity, and consulting.
This company operates with a remote-first culture, allowing team members to work from anywhere.
Imagine turning a compelling open-source project into a venture-backed company. That's precisely what Open Core Ventures (OCV) does, pioneering a new model in the venture capital landscape. Instead of simply investing in existing companies, OCV identifies open source projects with significant traction, then recruits and empowers founders to build commercial entities around them. Founded by GitLab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij, OCV's mission is to enable more people to become entrepreneurs and accelerate the adoption of open core software, believing all software should be open. They provide initial funding of around $2M per company and comprehensive operational and strategic support to help these ventures reach escape velocity and secure further seed funding.
At Open Core Ventures, you'll join a lean, nimble team operating with boldness and transparency. We embrace a remote-first philosophy, allowing you to work from anywhere, with specific concentrations in states like California, Colorado, New York, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Our public handbook outlines our processes, guidelines, and advice for building and growing open core companies, fostering a culture of shared context and continuous learning. We encourage experimentation, swift course correction, and a solutions-oriented approach to challenges. This environment empowers you to take big swings and learn quickly, shaping the future of open source commercialization.
Engineering at Open Core Ventures involves building the very infrastructure that launches new companies and scales open source projects. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll craft custom internal software, embed AI capabilities, and automate workflows to dramatically improve efficiency. You will play a pivotal role in assessing promising open source projects, contributing directly to their underlying codebases, and acting as the system administrator for OCV. This work directly supports the ambitious goal of launching up to 2,000 new companies annually, making your technical contributions central to the company's growth engine. If you're passionate about systems design, AI, and open source, you'll find ample opportunities to innovate and solve complex technical challenges here.