Co-Founder for an agrifood startup

EIT Food Venture Building; Sevilla; A distancia; EUR 90.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Co-Founder in an innovative agrifood startup. This full-time remote role offers the chance to collaborate with brilliant technologists while developing impactful business strategies. You'll engage with stakeholders, secure funding, and drive growth, all while maintaining ownership of your startup. With access to expert guidance, training, and a monthly stipend during the exploration phase, this opportunity is perfect for dynamic business professionals eager to make a positive impact in the agrifood sector.

Servicios

€2,000 monthly stipend

Expert guidance and mentorship

Access to training and resources

Networking opportunities

Formación

• Strong analytical and research skills are essential for this role.
• Experience in sales and marketing is crucial for driving growth.

Responsabilidades

• Develop business strategies and identify market opportunities.
• Manage operations and lead sales and marketing efforts.

Conocimientos

Analytical Skills

Sales and Marketing

Leadership

Organizational Skills

Startup Experience

Agri-food Knowledge

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Master’s Degree in Marketing

Degree in Agrifood

Descripción del empleo

At EIT Food TeamUp, our mission is to connect brilliant business co-founders with tech co-founders to build successful agrifood start-ups. We believe that strong teams are crucial to commercializing promising agrifood solutions and transforming our food system. Through our programme, we provide essential tools and support, including expert guidance, world-class training, mentorship, networking, and funding. We aim to nurture teams and create strong co-founder relationships with aligned purpose and values.

Role Description

This is a full-time remote role for a Co-Founder at an agrifood startup within EIT Food Venture Building. The Co-Founder will be involved in day-to-day tasks such as developing business strategies, identifying market opportunities, managing operations, leading sales and marketing efforts, and collaborating with the tech co-founder. The role also includes engaging with stakeholders, securing funding, and driving the startup's growth.

Why TeamUp?

• Meet brilliant technologists who are developing innovative agrifood solutions. Receive guidance to team up with the right tech co-founder and build a promising agrifood startup together.
• Receive top training and access senior agrifood profiles and corporations’ insights
• Build a startup while keeping your ownership! Get funding from EIT Food and a €2,000 monthly stipend (per team) during a 3-month exploration phase.
• Get to know yourself as a startup co-founder with our deep psychometric analyses and coaching

Are you the right co-founder for joining TeamUp?

• You are a business professional or startup entrepreneur who gets things done and with the skills to lead an early-stage startup, lead a diverse team and take forward a go-to-market strategy.
• Building a business model, raising investment, establishing the basis of a startup is what gets you going. You have what it takes to get a business off the ground.
• You have startup / business development experience or relevant agri-food business experience and want to apply your skills to commercialise an impactful agrifood solution
• You are knowledgeable about innovation and technology in the agrifood sector.
• You are a team-player looking to partner up with a brilliant technologist and become a co-founder of an innovative agrifood startup.
• You have the energy and drive to create positive impact in one of EIT Food’s Missions (Healthier Lives Through Food, Net Zero Food System, Reducing Risk for a Fair and Resilient Food System).

Qualifications

• Strong Analytical Skills and Research skills
• Experience in Sales and Marketing
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills
• Having founded a previous startup is a big asset.
• Ability to work independently and remotely
• Experience in the agrifood sector is a plus.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Agrifood, or related field