DeepTech Co-Founder / CSO (100 % remote) (m/f/d)

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary provided

€500k funding

1:1 sparring with unicorn founders

Founder community

Large talent network

Go-to-market support

Funding support

Job summary

Openkrill is seeking ambitious entrepreneurs to start and scale their own ventures, backed by serial founders who have built multi‑billion euro companies. Fellows receive a salary while building their startup or opt for up to €500k in funding, plus weekly sparring with unicorn founders.

Participants gain access to a global founder community, extensive hiring support through a 50,000-strong network, and coaching to reach product‑market‑fit and raise funding.

Qualifications

• Based in Europe or the Americas or willing to relocate.
• Willing to take full ownership of your startup and scale it to €100M+ in revenues.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own, build and run your startup in fields such as DeepTech.
• Embark on an extensive personal development journey crafted by unicorn founders and follow a fully customised programme.
• Receive support in hiring through our network of over 50,000 professionals and advice from serial entrepreneurs.
• Receive intensive coaching to prepare your startup to raise millions in funding.
• Iterate your product with us until reaching product-market-fit and build a sales/marketing engine.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking to hire ambitious entrepreneurs to start and scale their own startups.We are serial entrepreneurs, for example Paul Müller (founder Adjust, €1.2B exit) and Petter Made (founder SumUp, €8B) who are eager to support outlier personalities and serial entrepreneurs to build €1B+ companies.Our offer:

• A salary while you build your startup as you will directly be employed by us. Alternatively, you can opt for up to €500k in funding.
• 1:1 sparring with unicorn founders on a weekly basis
• Community: Access to the top 0.1% of founders, peers and investors
• Team building: Hiring top notch talent supported through our network (over 50,000 professionals)
• Distribution: Support in reaching product-market-fit and building up a sales force / marketing machine
• Funding support for securing a multi-million euro funding round within 12 months (on average, EWOR Fellows raise > €2M after our Grand Pitch)One of our fellows set a record for Europe's largest pre-seed round by a first-time founder, securing a €12M pre-seed investment.

Tasks

• You will own, build, and run your startup in fields such as DeepTech
• You will embark on an extensive personal development journey crafted by unicorn founders and follow a fully customised programme enhancing your goal, time, and energy management
• You will receive support in hiring through our network to over 50,000 professionals and advice as well as best practices from serial entrepreneurs
• You will receive intensive coaching to make your startup ready to raise millions in funding
• You will iterate your product with us until having reached product-market-fit and receive support in building up a sales force or creating a marketing engine respectively

Requirements

• You are based in Europe or the Americas or open to relocate
• You are willing to take full responsibility for your own startup and scale it to €100M+ in revenues
• You have excellent communication skills in the English languageJoin us and build a €1B+ company with us!