Investment Associate AgriFood

David Carter Photography; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 74,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International exposure

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Rockstart, Copenhagen-based, seeks an Associate to monitor a portfolio of 70+ startups and manage investment and exit processes within a EUR 16m impact fund. You will collaborate with an experienced international team and drive due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio reporting across Agrifood and other domains.

The role demands strong English skills, 3+ years VC-like experience, and a proactive, collaborative approach to work in a fast-paced environment in Denmark.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience with demonstrable VC (or related) transactions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-starter who delivers and gets things done.
• Excellent analytical capabilities.
• Passion for early-stage startups and venture capital.

Responsibilities

• Be the first contact for portfolio startups and represent Rockstart in shareholders meetings.
• Analyze investment rounds from valuation and returns perspectives.
• Collect data for investor reporting and update the startup/portfolio database.
• Conduct business development assessments and manage investor requests.
• Run ongoing and new investment processes, including due diligence, negotiations, and IC presentations.
• Manage and report on the portfolio and engage with portfolio startups.

Skills

VC transactions

Interpersonal skills

Self-starter

Analytical skills

Deal making

English proficiency

Nordics network

Education

Master's degree in business/finance/economics

Job description

About The Role

Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. With a global network and offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bogotá, Rockstart invests in and accelerates early stage startups from pre-seed to Series B, providing access to capital, markets, and expertise through our fast-track scaling program.

About The Role

Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. With a global network and offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bogotá, Rockstart invests in and accelerates early stage startups from pre-seed to Series B, providing access to capital, markets, and expertise through our fast-track scaling program.

You will work alongside our experienced international team to monitor a portfolio of 70+ startups, to manage investment & exit processes of those startups and to be part of a EUR 16m impact fund focused on Agriculture and Food. We believe this role represents a great opportunity for personal growth.

Key Responsibilities

• General responsibilities:
  • Being the first point of contact for portfolio startups and representing Rockstart in shareholders' meetings
  • Analysis of investment rounds from valuation and returns perspective
  • Collecting data for the investor reporting
  • Updating our startup/portfolio database
  • Business development assessments
  • Manage investors' requests
• AgriFood fund responsibilities:
  • Running ongoing and new investment processes, including due diligence, contract negotiations and presentations to the Investment Committee
  • Managing and reporting on the portfolio
  • Actively engaging with portfolio startups and initiatives

What makes you the perfect candidate?

You are an experienced Associate looking for the next exciting step. With a passion for working with mission driven founders and early stage startups, you like to connect with people, build trusting relationships across stakeholder groups and love to work in a team. As a person you are dedicated and take pride in owning processes and tasks. You gain energy from having focussed time when working from home, balanced with regular office days to reconnect with colleagues.

You enjoy deal making, you are able to independently drive and close deals at multiple stages of investment. Your ability to manage processes effectively allows you to shift focus between several topics without compromising on quality or efficiency.

You are humble and bring a positive attitude, open to learning and coaching with a solution orientated approach. You excel at driving workflows and know how to involve and collaborate with your team members.

Your skills and experience

• 3+ years of relevant experience working with demonstrable VC (or related) transactions
• Well-developed social and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter personality; delivers and gets stuff done
• Strong analytical skills.
• Passion for early stage startups, with a desire to excel in the fields of venture capital
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) in English.
• Strong Danish/Nordics network, with an angle in agrifood ventures and sustainability.

Bonus points

A masters degree in business, finance or economics or stellar commercial entrepreneurial experience building a VC-backed startup.

We offer

• An impactful role in one of the most active VC firms in Europe
• Opportunity to build extensive track record in transactions and fund management
• A great working environment with flexible hours and international colleagues
• Colleagues and desk in our Copenhagen office
• A budget towards growth and personal development
• Home office set up allowance

Availability

40 hours per week with flexibility for personal commitments

Duration

Permanent

Remuneration

Based on experience.

Location

Copenhagen

*Please note we are only accepting candidates already based in Denmark*

A Bit About Rockstart

Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood and Emerging Technologies. Rockstart invests in early-stage startups and provides access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, corporates and the wider Rockstart network.

Rockstart has invested in more than 300+ startups and its alumni value to date is more than $1bn. Rockstart is an international team of professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale.

Rockstart has notable exits such as Wercker, Bouw7, iClinic, 3D Hubs, Brincr, and Dan.com

The company has offices in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Bogota (Colombia), and is a remote first organization.