Venture Analyst

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Requirements:

• Previous experience rapidly analyzing and synthesizing deeply technical information and forming and communicating a compelling perspective
• Proven capability in relevant expertise areas, such as network infrastructure, protocol design, cryptography, finance, social, consumer tech, etc
• Experience developing financial models and landscape analyses
• Adept user of multiple LLMs, who would feel deeply disempowered if you could no longer use them

Responsibilities:

• Researching, exploring, and evaluating bleeding edge technical projects and developing a perspective on new market frontiers
• Build relationships to identify and source venture deals within ecosystem (e.g., founders, engineers, researchers, investors)
• Steward the venture funnel: manage communication, action items, follow up, and meetings from first touch to closing
• Prepare deal memos for high potential investment opportunities and coordinate team members through feedback process
• Bring a strong analytical mindset to contribute to developing investment theses and analyzing ecosystem verticals
• Supporting the venture team to deliver high-impact support for our portfolio, including identifying needs, developing resources, facilitating partnership introductions, sourcing candidates, etc