Founder's Associate / Growth

acemate is building the leading AI learning & teaching platform for higher education institutions. We have strong traction secured funding and are entering an exciting growth phase. Were now looking for an entrepreneurial generalist to join us as Founders Associate and help accelerate our growth.

About acemate

Founded less than a year ago acemate has quickly become Germanys leading AI learning platform for universities trusted by top-tier institutions across three countries including TU Munich WHU and the Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK).

• Our Mission: Democratizing access to personalized learning. We dont believe that AI will replace educators. Instead we empower them to design and deliver personalized learning experiences at scale.
• Our Growth: Weve raised pre-seed funding and are growing rapidly. While we focus on higher education today were already expanding into new regions and markets.
• Our Culture: Were a young driven team passionate about tackling the toughest challenges in education. We embrace builder culture and minimize scheduled meetings for ad-hoc discussions and maximized focus on coding and creating.

Meet the Team

• Antong (CEO): BCG BMW & Antler background leads business strategy DJ by night
• Jan (CTO): NLP research experience from SAP & N26 morning bike commuter
• Paul (CPO): Product expert with startup and education research background devoted dog dad
• Emile (Fullstack): Ex-founder with product & AI background ETH graduate avid runner
• Anas (Fullstack): TypeScript specialist functional programming enthusiast chief photography officer

We have an office in Berlin and believe in the value of in-person work but were also realistic about the time people spend commuting.

Tasks

What Youll Do

As Founders Associate youll work directly with Antong (CEO) and Paul (CPO) on high-impact topics across strategy sales marketing product operations and growth. Your scope will evolve quickly and youll own strategic and operational initiatives from day one.

Tasks:

• Drive strategic initiatives: from market expansion and pricing to new partnerships and product launches
• Close deals end-to-end: identify leads run sales calls and convert interest into paying customers
• Boost our B2C presence: from social media (organic paid influencer) to SEO/SEA referral loops ambassador programs and other initiatives
• Turn data into action: analyze product data and user behavior to identify growth levers and test monetization ideas
• Build our brand: contribute to our content events community and thought leadership
• Take charge of internal ops: improve workflows processes and help us scale internal systems across finance investor relations and tooling

Requirements

What Were Looking For

• Relevant experience: Youve worked in startups consulting VC investment banking or other fast-paced high-performance environments
• Strategic & hands-on: You can zoom out and think big but youre just as ready to roll up your sleeves and execute
• Analytical mindset: Youre comfortable with numbers structured thinking and turning data into decisions
• Excellent communicator: Youre fluent in both German & English and comfortable leading conversations with users customers and decision-makers
• Commitment to excellence: Youre driven to go above and beyond when it matters
• AI-native: You integrate AI in almost every workflow without outsourcing your thinking

Benefits

Benefits

• Competitive salary package with equity component
• Working in a small but driven team built around performance and learning
• Flexible environment with high degree of autonomy and option to work remotely
• Frequent team events and acemate parties!

Ready to Join Us

Send us your CV and anything else youd like us to see and lets build the future of education together.

Were also hiring a Founding Engineer reach out to us if you know someone.