Senior Associate

Are you looking to grow your career in venture capital at one of the fastest growing funds in B2B SaaS? Do you want a high amount of autonomy while collaborating on some of the most exciting investment deals on the market right now?We’re looking for a Senior Investment Associate to join our team and help us find and invest in the top early-stage companies out there. Our B2B SaaS fund and accelerator has been around for 10 years and our track record is incredible, and only getting better. This is an amazing chance to join a small investment team with the infrastructure and resources to drive deal flow and catapult your career by playing a crucial role in sourcing, evaluating and closing 80+ investments per year.As a Senior Associate on our investment team, your primary role will be sourcing and assessing investment opportunities for our Accelerator. You will actively support our thesis work providing market research as we explore new verticals in the B2B SaaS space. In addition, you will be building and maintaining relationships with our portfolio founders, investors, and the broader startup ecosystem.

‍What you’ll be doing:

• Manage an outbound deal flow process and identify potential investment opportunities to reach out to.
• Deal pipeline management - screen inbound deal flow, and review applications.
• Cultivate relationships with founders, angels, pre-seed and seed funds, startup communities and industry leaders, in order to source prospective investments.
• Prepare internal investment memos and perform due diligence on potential investment opportunities
• Support the investment team on thesis development, market mapping, and trend research
• Support the daily operations of the investment team, helping to streamline processes and ensure alignment with team goals and timelines.
  
  
  

Who you are:

• You are located in NY or Boston
• Deeply passionate about venture capital and startups, with an empathy for the founder journey.
• You have 1-2 years of venture capital experience
• An expert networker who isn’t afraid to put themselves out there to connect with new people.
• Possess strong communication, analytical, and strategic reasoning skills.
• Highly motivated and a self starter who loves sourcing in early stage ventures and evaluating a high volume of deals.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with high integrity, a strong work ethic and takes a lot of pride in their work.
• An exceptional understanding of the venture ecosystem and tapped into venture communities.
• Team player who possesses intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, critical thinking and attention to detail.
• Bonus points: you have worked on product teams/ have a technical background
  
  
  

Compensation:

• $150-175,000 USD
• Carried interest in the fund
• Generous benefits package
• Flexible work environment
• Unlimited vacation
  
  
  

About Forum:

Forum Ventures is an early-stage fund, accelerator, and community designed to take founders from pre-seed to seed. We back companies across all B2B SaaS verticals with a monetary investment, a dedicated support team, hand picked mentors and a growing community of founders, operators, and investors.We join founders early on in their journey - usually as the first check in - and we stay by their side as they build, navigate the ups and downs, and go on to do great things. We’re a community of B2B SaaS experts, founders and operators here to support founders every step of the way.Forum founders have gone on to raise from funds like Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.Forum recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status' as required by applicable law.Forum’s dedication to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, equity and inclusion is more than a commitment- it is the foundation of what we do. And thus we strongly encourage people from ALL backgrounds to apply to this position