Investment Principal, Global VC Fund (San Francisco, In-Office)

VU Venture Partners is seeking an Investment Principal for its global VC fund in San Francisco. The role involves leading deal sourcing, due diligence, and managing investment teams, as well as supporting capital raising efforts. Candidates should have 5-7+ years of VC experience and a strong track record. This position requires in-office work in San Francisco, focusing on managing investments and engaging with the investment community.
VU Venture Partners is a top-performing global venture capital firm, with 5 global offices, and a senior investment team who were early investors in 25+ unicorns, and 20+ multi-billion exits.

VUVP actively invests (~15 new portfolio investments a year + ~10 follow-ons a year) across multiple verticals (Consumer, Enterprise, Frontier, FinTech, Healthcare, & PropTech), and has a portfolio of over 100+ companies.

As we prepare for the launch of our next global VC fund ($30M-$70M), we are seeking to hire a Principal-level investor, to manage and support a large team of investors, and who is focused on deal sourcing, due diligence, and is the deal lead on many of the investments.

The Principal will also support fundraising efforts for VUVP's commited funds and VUVP's investor syndicate.

The ideal candidate has 5-7+ years of VC experience, a successful track record of VC investments, with realized returns, a strong network within the VC/startup industry, many LP relationships, and experience with raising capital for VC funds.

Work ethic wise, the target candidate is a hustler, where no job is too small or too big for them to do, often goes above assigned tasks, and is a doer (vs talker), and can help manage a large global team.

What You’ll Do

Main Priority: Investment Lead. Focused on leading the deal sourcing efforts, due dilugence, of high potential startups, through entire process until closed (Partner Meetings, ICs, post-IC closing items). The Principal will also manage each of the vertical investment teams. This includes doing the direct sourcing and due diligence and helping the whole team in sourcing and conducting due diligence.

2nd Priority: Capital Raising. Support capital raising efforts for raising VUVP's next global committed fund and sourcing investors for VUVP's investor syndicate. This includes directly sourcing LPs (Angels, Family Offices, Fund-of-Funds).

Portfolio Management: Work closely with our Head of Investor Relations, to support the portfolio companies in their growth, updates, and follow-on investments.

Market & Ecosystem Engagement: Represent VUVP at industry events, investor summits, and networking opportunities.

Who You Are

- Experienced Investor: 7+ years in venture capital, private equity, or a similar investment role, with a strong deal track record of realized returns.

- Fundraising: Demonstrated success raising capital from LPs, angels, family offices, and institutions.

- SF-Based & In-Office: Must be based in San Francisco and willing to work in-office.

Why Join Us?
• Be a key leader in preparing for the launch of our next global VC fund and shaping its success.
• Directly influence capital deployment and fund growth.
• Work with an elite network of investors, founders, and industry leaders.
• Potential upside from Carry

Interested? Apply by sending your resume and a brief introduction to jenna@vufund.vc