Venture Advisor - San Francisco Bay Area

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch seeks a Venture Advisor in the San Francisco Bay Area for venture readiness assessment and founder introductions. This remote independent contractor role offers a fixed annual salary within the approved range, depending on experience and scope.

You will cultivate trusted relationships with founders, operators, investors, accelerators, and startup advisors, perform qualification conversations, and keep accurate records for follow-up and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience building trusted relationships with founders and ecosystem actors.
• Ability to assess founder-fit, timing, and confidentiality.
• Proven ability to manage a relationship pipeline independently.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with founders, operators, investors, accelerators, and startup advisors in San Francisco Bay Area.
• Identify founders whose companies fit qualification criteria.
• Conduct initial conversations to understand company, stage, goals, and needs.
• Obtain permission before introductions or sharing contact information.
• Provide concise context for internal teams to prepare founder conversations.
• Maintain timely records of outreach, introductions, status, and follow-up.
• Represent the organization accurately without promising funding or outcomes.

Skills

Founder relationships

Startup ecosystem

Communication

Pipeline management

Confidentiality

Relationship building

Job description

Career Launch works with founders and growth companies through strategic partnerships, capital, recruiting, and operating support.

The role

Career Launch is seeking a Venture Advisor focused on venture readiness assessment and founder introductions in San Francisco Bay Area. This is a salaried, remote independent contractor role for an experienced professional who already participates in the startup ecosystem.

The work centers on trusted relationships and qualified introductions. It does not authorize securities activity, legal advice, investment advice, or promises about funding or business outcomes.

What you will do

• Build trusted relationships with founders, operators, investors, accelerators, and startup advisors in San Francisco Bay Area.
• Identify founders whose companies and objectives fit the current qualification criteria.
• Hold an initial professional conversation to understand the company, stage, goals, and immediate needs.
• Obtain permission before making an introduction or sharing contact information.
• Provide concise, accurate context so the internal team can prepare for each founder conversation.
• Maintain timely records of outreach, introductions, status, and agreed follow-up.
• Represent the organization accurately without promising funding, customers, or business results.

What we are looking for

• Established relationships in the San Francisco Bay Area startup ecosystem.
• Experience as a founder, operator, investor, advisor, accelerator leader, consultant, attorney, accountant, recruiter, or partnership professional.
• Strong judgment about founder fit, timing, confidentiality, and consent.
• Clear written and verbal communication with senior professionals.
• Reliable follow-through and comfort managing a relationship pipeline independently.
• Ability to disclose conflicts and protect sensitive founder and company information.

This is a remote independent contractor engagement with flexible scheduling and a primary relationship focus in San Francisco Bay Area. The role offers a fixed annual salary within the approved range for the position. Final salary depends on experience, seniority, and the agreed scope of work.

Professional standards

Do not submit founder names, prospect lists, live deals, financial information, or confidential company material with your application. Introductions must be permission-based, conflicts must be disclosed, and all external communication must accurately describe the role.

Career Launch provides equal opportunity without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law.