Analyst / Associate (Investment Team)
This is a full time role based in San Francisco. Our team works from both home + office, but can frequently be found outside the office, meeting with founders.
Baukunst is a collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building companies at the frontiers of technology and design. We have shipped over 50 first generation technology products (including the first iPhone), co-founded multiple startups, and been the first check investor in over 100 technology companies. We are seeking an analyst or associate to join our investment team.
You will primarily be sourcing founders to invest in. Given our stage, sourcing looks a lot more like identifying excellent talent vs. analyzing a balance sheet. We’re looking for someone who is humble, hard working, and has a high degree of empathy for founders.
You will work directly with the four General Partners at Baukunst: Kate McAndrew, Tyler Mincey, Matt Thoms, and Axel Bichara, as the only junior investment team member. We believe in growing talent from within and that an apprenticeship model leads to a long, successful career in venture capital. With exceptional performance, you will have the potential to be on a path to principal and partner one day. As a signal of this, you will receive carry in the fund from day one.
Responsibilities
- Evangelize Baukunst with future founders and source high quality investment leads. You should be comfortable reaching out to and speaking with founders on a daily basis and attending multiple events per week.
- Screen leads that come in through our community, building relationships with founders and helping drive investment decisions.
- Design and manage systems that drive lead generation within Baukunst’s investment focus. This could include events you run, communities you build, or content you write.
- Occasionally lead special projects under the direction of a GP (e.g. analysis for one of our LPs).
Requirements
- We are open to recent college graduates as well as candidates with a graduate degree and/or several years of work experience.
- No previous VC experience is required, although familiarity with the startup ecosystem is necessary.
- Strong analytical skills. An engineering or technical background is a plus.
- Strong networking skills and an outgoing personality. VC is a people business, and you will need to build a diverse, high quality network quickly.
- Strong interpersonal skills. You will often be talking to entrepreneurs and other investors on behalf of Baukunst. Present with polish, clarity, empathy, and personality.
- Extremely proactive and self-directed. You will have a lot of autonomy in this role and need to be comfortable charting a path without a lot of direction.
- Excitement to become a key member of the investment team. We intend for this role to be a long term growth opportunity and are committed to investing in the development of your career.
