Senior VC Associate @ Unreasonable in Remote

VC Stack; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

VC Stack in Germany seeks a Portfolio & Investment Selection Senior Associate to identify and surface impactful ventures for the Unreasonable Fellowship. The role requires 2-3 years of experience in venture capital or related fields, along with strong analytical and networking skills.

Key responsibilities include conducting venture assessments, engaging with Partners, and contributing to strategic initiatives. The company values attention to detail and a proactive approach in multiple time zones.

Qualifikationen

• 2-3 years of experience in venture capital, consulting, or investment banking.
• Strong pattern recognition for venture-backable opportunities.
• Well-networked within the impact venture ecosystem.

Aufgaben

• Identify and surface scalable, investible ventures for Unreasonable.
• Conduct venture assessments and due diligence.
• Collaborate with Partners and functional teams on market opportunities.

Kenntnisse

Critical thinking

Numerical fluency

Networking

Excel

Powerpoint

Tools

Pitchbook

Airtable

ChatGPT

Notion

Google Suite

Jobbeschreibung

We are now searching for a Portfolio & Investment Selection Senior Associate (“Associate”) who will report to the Director of Portfolio & Investment Selection (“Director”), working collaboratively with the rest of The Portfolio & Investment Selection Team (“PIST”) in sourcing for impactful, scalable, and investible ventures from across the globe for our Unreasonable Fellowship and identifying compelling, investible opportunities from therein that are brought forward to the consideration of the Unreasonable Syndicate investment vehicle. Portfolio & Investment Selection is the fuel and drive of Unreasonable in supporting our entrepreneurs and their ventures. This role is designed to refine that fuel and ensure the ventures we induct into the Fellowship are the best suited to achieve scale, commercial success and impact.

POSITION MISSION

The mission of the Portfolio & Investment Selection Senior Associate is to identify and surface the most impactful, scalable, and investible ventures for the Unreasonable Fellowship and the Unreasonable Syndicate. This role exists to ensure that every company brought into our ecosystem is best positioned for long-term success through thoughtful sourcing, rigorous diligence, and collaborative partner engagement.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Sourcing & Pipeline Building

• Build and maintain an ongoing pipeline of attractive venture opportunities by cultivating relationships with top-tier investors, accelerators, ecosystem partners.
• As needed, conduct top-down market research to identify promising ventures within specific opportunity areas as identified alongside our Partners.
• Proactively screen and identify early and growth-stage ventures with strong commercial potential and measurable impact for consideration of the Unreasonable Fellowship and Unreasonable Syndicate.
• Gain access to the most attractive ventures and founders to explore, and ultimately invite, them into the Unreasonable Fellowship.

Fellowship Selection & Investment Due Diligence

• Lead first-pass venture assessments, gathering critical data points on market, traction, team, technology, financials etc.
• Conduct any external reference checks and support Partner due diligence processes required before Fellowship induction.
• Prepare internal diligence notes to support and influence decision-making around Fellowship induction and Syndicate investment opportunities.
• Work across the Portfolio and Investment teams to ensure the strongest investment opportunities are identified and positioned for capital access.
• Help founders articulate their investibility, including pitch clarity, data room organization, and storytelling.

Stakeholder / Partner Collaboration

• Regularly engage with Partners and their functional teams to understand potential market opportunities and generate alignment on venture solutions.
• Develop due diligence summaries, investment briefs, and other materials tailored for external Partners and internal Portfolio & Investment teams.
• Lead and contribute to calls to provide updates on deal sourcing, diligence progress to external Partners.
• Lead on screening and highlighting investment recommendations for internal Portfolio & Investment teams.
• Manage expectations, timelines, and communications with Partners, addressing any challenges or concerns in close coordination with the Director.

Strategic & Team Contribution

• Share insights and trends from venture sourcing and diligence into broader capital formation efforts across Unreasonable.
• In the absence of the Director, support internal decision-making, serve as a thought partner to junior teammates, and help resolve founder or partner challenges.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of internal processes, tooling, and EOS systems with a focus on outcomes.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR…

• Minimum of two to three years of experience in early/growth-stage venture capital, management consulting, investment banking, accelerator programming, or founder-facing capital advisory.
• A critical thinker with strong pattern recognition for venture-backable opportunities with a track record of sourcing, diligencing, and backing early or growth-stage teams.
• Commercial and numerical fluency in market sizing, cap tables, unit economics, traction metrics, and team assessment.
• Well-networked within the impact venture ecosystem, or excited to grow your network of investors, founders and ecosystem builders across the globe.
• Skilled in Excel and Powerpoint and other supporting tools such as Pitchbook, Airtable, ChatGPT, Notion, Google Suite etc.
• Comfortable working across time zones with global founders and teammates (the role requires working in multiple timezones throughout the year)
• A natural, authentic relationship builder.
• You always follow up and follow through on time.
• You are never the person who says, “That’s not my job”.
• You believe that when work is done well, magic is in the details.
• You are what we would refer to as a GyShiDo Master.
• As you read about Unreasonable’s guiding principles and values, you get more and more excited with each value you come across.