Principal Investor- Blue Ivy

Alumni Ventures Services Company LLC is hiring a Principal Investor for the Blue Ivy Ventures Fund, focusing on deal-sourcing, investing, and portfolio management primarily in Seed/A and Growth stage deals. The role requires an MBA or advanced degree, ideally a Yale graduate, with 2-5 years of venture capital experience. This hybrid position is based in Boston or New York, requiring in-office work at least 4 days a week.
About Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a leading venture capital firm that is redefining the way individuals can invest in startups. Alumni Ventures has raised more than $1.4B, holds a rapidly growing portfolio of over 1,500 venture-backed companies, and counts 850,000+ community members and subscribers across all its funds. With 120+ employees, including ~40 investment professionals, spread across Boston, Chicago, New York City, Menlo Park, and Manchester, NH, we are growing rapidly and continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation.

About this role

Alumni Ventures is seeking a full-time, experienced Investor for our Blue Ivy Ventures Fund for the Yale community. The role is in a team that also invests for the Princeton-focused, and HealthTech funds at Alumni Ventures and will have overlapping work within the team.

The primary focus of the role is deal-sourcing, investing, and portfolio management. The stage focus of AV funds are primarily Seed/A, with about one third of the work in Growth stage deals. Alumni Ventures is a multi-sector fund; this role is for a generalist investing athlete.

This individual will also support researching and evaluating potential investment opportunities and managing relationships with portfolio companies and fellow venture investors. Alumni Ventures is a co-investor, investing alongside well-established venture funds. The successful candidate will source high quality investments for the funds and will have significant input into the creation of an annual portfolio of ~20-30 venture investments.

This position can be based out of our Boston or New York office and is a hybrid role, with an expectation that this individual will work in the office at least 4 days per week. Alumni Ventures is a fast-paced, professional, entrepreneurial environment.

What you'll do
• Source and research potential investment opportunities, as well as develop and maintain the deal pipeline
• Develop investment memos and execute the Investment Committee processes
• Assist in the monitoring of existing investments and support existing founders in the portfolio across a variety of efforts
• Maintain fund performance metrics in close collaboration with AV back office / finance support
• Manage deal flow and related database inputs
• Conduct outreach to VCs, entrepreneurs, incubators, and more to help fill our deal pipeline with prospects
• Vet potential deal opportunities that align with AV’s investment mandate, including interviewing company teams, competitors, customers, etc.
• Present companies and work closely and collaboratively with the Managing Partner, as well as other teams within AV
• Educate deal sources and companies/entrepreneurs about AV and our process and effectively manage relationships in a professional, courteous manner
• Work closely with sibling funds to identify mutual interesting investment opportunities
• Develop and maintain proprietary deal and market intelligence
• Contribute positively to AV's culture

Requirements
• MBA or other advanced degree
• Yale degree of any kind preferred
• A passion for technology
• 2-5 years of venture capital experience, supplemented by 5-10 years of overall work experience
• Additional venture/startup experience is appreciated, and will be evaluated to determine appropriate title of Principal or Senior Principal within Alumni Ventures

Ideal Traits
• Strong analytical, financial analysis, organizational, and writing skills
• A professional presence combined with relationship, selling, and communication skills to interact effectively with internal and external parties
• Ability to quickly comprehend, evaluate, and critique a venture’s business model, market opportunity, and team
• Awareness of the venture capital community, including leading investment funds and partners, historical successes and failures
• Familiarity with typical venture capital deal structures, terms, and industry practices
• Knowledge and strong interest in current technology, trends, and developments, and a growth mindset
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and execute on processes while working with diverse and/or remote stakeholders
• Adept at organizing, analyzing, and reporting on data; notices and addresses important details with a high degree of accuracy
• Humility
• Good networker, with an ability to help grow our system and process for identifying investment opportunities
• Self-starter and independent manager, but great team player, preferably with personnel management experience
• Smart, creative thinker and problem-solver, fast learner, with demonstrated initiative

Salary: $175,000-215,000 plus bonus, carry and equity

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