Associate @ b2venture Fund

b2venture's Fund Team is looking for an Associate (m/f/d) to join our team at the earliest opportunity. The specific role level will be determined based on your experience and qualifications.

Founded in 2000, b2venture is one of the most experienced venture capital firms in Europe. The group makes early-stage investments through its dedicated funds and stage-agnostic investments through its direct investment track. b2venture is supported by a strong community of angel investors, fostering the firm's passion for backing the unique entrepreneurs, maverick ideas, and outlier companies that will define tomorrow. The firm began its journey in St. Gallen, Switzerland and now has additional offices in Berlin, Zurich, Munich, and Luxembourg. b2venture deploys over EUR 100m per year across Europe, leveraging the power of its multi-generational investor community. b2venture has proudly backed companies such as 1KOMMA5°, DeepL, Facebook, Raisin, Foodspring, SumUp, Nelly, and XING.

Details

• Team: b2venture Fund
• Start date: as soon as possible
• Workplace: Berlin

Our mission:

• Join us in our mission to identify and invest in the non-obvious at the earliest stages

Your role:

• Active deal sourcing and screening of new investment opportunities
• Preparation of industry research to form new investment hypotheses
• Joint responsibility for the investment process (business identification, evaluation, due diligence activities and legal terms negotiation)
• Support in portfolio management (this will include supporting the senior team with their board governance tasks and help monitor operating milestones in the investment portfolio as well as translating company performance into clear insights for our limited partners)
• Represent b2venture at local and international events and conferences

Your profile:

Required Qualifications:

• You have an excellent academic track record
• You have 2-4 years of relevant work experience, best in entrepreneurial environments (in a startup, VC, tech company or similar)
• You are a digital native, naturally curious and love to check out new products and technologies, which can impact the way we live and work – while considering yourself a bit of a truffle hunter
• You are a self-starter, able to work independently, and take initiative
• You are a team player with a strong work ethic, humility, a can-do attitude, and a collaborative mindset
• You combine a structured mind and strong analytical skills with the ability to think originally
• You are curious with a deep willingness to learn. Not everyone knows everything. You are comfortable with that and willing to put the work in to learn new things
• You are a strong communicator, consummate networker and relationship builder
• You are fluent in spoken and written English and German. Any third language is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical i.e. Engineering Background
• Coding / Programming Skills
• Data science / analytics skills
• Certain domain expertise

• Opportunity to work in of the longest standing, most experienced European Venture Capital funds with an excellent track record
• Working in an inspiring environment directly with senior partners and receive ongoing training to develop your technical, leadership and interpersonal skills
• Working directly and hands-on with founders and their startups
• A competitive salary and further monetary benefits

Process:

• As a first step, please send us your CV via JOIN. Please include one early-stage startup that aligns with our investment thesis. Prepare a short investment teaser (max. one page) that explains your reasoning and makes a compelling case for why we should take a meeting with the founders and consider a potential investment. NOTE: Upload your investment teaser instead of the cover letter.
• As a next step, you will meet a few people from our investment team via Zoom, including a case study. We're a small team, so we'd like you to meet every member of our Fund Investment Team.
• As a final step, we will invite you to our offices so you can meet everyone in person and see where you would be working.

We are looking forward to hearing from you

b2venture stands for equal chances for everybody. We foster a culture that embraces all individuals and encourages diverse perspectives. We want to work with the most talented and brightest people regardless of where they come from, how they look like, whom they love or what they believe.