Partner 20, Investor Ecosystem, Speedrun
Partner 20, Investor Ecosystem, Speedrun
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$ 228000 - 266000
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Job Description
Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. a16z has $46B in assets under management across multiple funds. Weve invested in companies like Affirm Airbnb Coinbase Databricks Figma GitHub Instacart Pinterest Roblox Stripe and Substack.
a16z speedrun is the firms program to invest in and help new startups. We run a 2x/year program that spans 12 weeks with dozens of startups working out of a16zs offices in SF and LA. So far weve invested in over 150 startups with $180M in capital deployed.
The Role
Were hiring a Partner Investor Ecosystem to build our network of investors in preseed/seed - including but not limited to solo angels seed funds family offices and early stage venture firms. This is a high-impact externally-facing role directly helping our founders.
Youll build and scale investor-facing programs events and strategic touchpoints that serve both sides of our ecosystem: providing Speedrun founders with timely investor access and delivering meaningful opportunities for investors to engage with the next wave of breakout companies. You will partner closely with our Speedrun investing team capital networks function marketing partners and others to shape this ecosystem. This is a high-impact externally-facing and highly collaborative role that blends ecosystem development strategy and execution excellence.
This role requires an in-office presence 1-2 days a week in our San Francisco CA office
To join our team you should be excited to:
- Ecosystem Development: Set strategy for the expansion and curation of an ecosystem for Speedrun investors. Own and expand Speedruns global network of investors across stages and sectors
- Investor Programming: Own our most visible capital moments. Design and lead targeted programs (e.g. small-group summits office hours private dinners sector showcases and digital campaigns) that deepen investor engagement and drive funding outcomes for Speedrun companies. Partner with our events operations teams to ensure these programs are delivered in a first-class way. Use data software and relationships to drive volume and signal in collaboration with both internal teams and external partners
- Founder Support: Work closely with Speedrun portfolio companies to shape fundraising strategy pitch narrative and investor targeting. Your matchmaking should be timely precise and strategic
- Data & Insights: Build systems for managing investor engagement CRM flows email marketing and touchpoints. Youll monitor investor performance engagement and re-engagement across programs and cohorts. Youll identify white space and opportunities to refine and improve Speedruns investor strategy
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as a trusted liaison to top investors and partners. Manage communications expectations and follow-through with rigor and care. Collaborate closely with Speedruns investing programs and marketing teams to ensure strategic alignment and execution across all investor-facing touchpoints
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience: 4-8 years of experience in VC startup investing corporate development business development or strategic operations. Experience within a high-velocity VC fund or startup preferred. Youve either deployed capital sold to those who do and/or built similar systems at scale. Experience working with or advising startups in an accelerator incubator or venture ecosystem is a plus
- Investor Magnetism: You are respected in the community of early-stage investors with a magnetic personal brand. You can single-handedly represent Speedrun to the investor ecosystem
- Ecosystem Fluency: A strong pre-existing network and intuitive understanding of the early-stage investor landscape a knowledge of what investors specialize in and are looking for and a deep passion for building community with new investors and incumbents alike
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to lead and work with cross-functional partners marked by low ego high dependability effective collaboration and consistently good judgment
- Operators Mindset: Demonstrated ability to ruthlessly prioritize manage multiple workstreams and execute with precision and attention to detail.
- Program Builder: Youve built or scaled programs from scratch. You understand segmentation funnel conversion and the difference between activity and outcome
- Data-Driven: You are comfortable using CRM tools workflows and marketing automation to scale relationships. Youre excited to partner with engineering and AI tooling to 10x output even in an older stack
- Stakeholder Obsessed: Confident engaging with senior external partners and representing the firm with professionalism and integrity. Exceptional communication coaching and documentation skills to support both high-leverage 1:1 engagements and scalable founder education
- High-context operator. You understand rooms reputations and timing. You track investor behavior like a good product manager tracks users - and act accordingly. You know whos new whos overcommitted whos a tourist and whos got dry powder. You bring context not just coverage
- Collaborative & Low-Ego: You thrive in fast-moving environments are proactive and thoughtful and know how to work well across cross-functional teams
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $228000 - $266000 actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience skills and scope.
This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health dental vision disability life insurance 401K plan vacation and sick leave.
a16z culture
- We do only first class business and only in a first class way
- We take a long view of relationships because we are in the relationship business
- We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
- We are all different we recognize that and we win
- We celebrate the good times
- We do it for the team
- We play to win
At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves our portfolio companies and the World.
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Employment Type
Part-Time
