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Your job is to find them first. As a Venture Associate at Capital Factory, you bring the technical credibility these founders want on their cap table. You’ll meet new founders everyday, determine the true breakthrough ventures and recruit the real ones into CF’s All Access Fund.\nWhat you will do…\nMeet the best technology entrepreneurs and recruit them into CF’s All Access Fund.\nParticipate in startup community events & programs as a speaker.\nUse Twitter, LinkedIn, and other digital platforms to discover new startups and connect with the founders.\nDevelop relationships with CEOs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capitalists and connect them with startups that matter.\nRead all of the local startup news and engage in social media. \nUse a suite of AI tools provided by Capital Factory to manage deal flow, publish deal memos and perform at a high level. \nGet ten years of venture capital experience in three years time!\nRequirements\nYou'll know you're successful if....\nYou sponsor 25+ DC startups who are accepted into Capital Factory’s All Access Fund each year.\nYou can convince a startup to join Capital Factory based on the benefits of being part of our community and not just because they need money.\nPeople think “you’re everywhere” because you are a speaker on a local or online panel or event every week and they are always seeing you at relevant community events and around Capital Factory.\nFounders, mentors and investors come to you to ask for introductions.\nEvery slot gets booked up at your office hours.\nYour leads are accurately and promptly tracked in our CRM.\nAbout you…\nYou are an expert in the making. Regardless of whether you launched an award winning initiative, lead a team in the military, have patents under your belt, or launched hardware off-world, you are an expert in the making in an area of technology which is changing the world.\nYou are a builder. You’ve built a community, product, team, program, startup or initiative and know the value and hard work of building something impactful\nYou have at least two years experience as a founder, employee, or investor at a tech startup.\nYou love founders and startups, \nYou are passionate about emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum, energy, agtech, advanced manufacturing, and robotics.\nYou are committed to building the best AI version of yourself. You are embracing AI tools and using them to delegate and supercharge your abilities.\nYou are outgoing and can talk to just about anyone.\nYou are a documenter. You make lists and spreadsheets.\nYou are a problem solver. You look for ways to make things work better and how to turn chaos into systems.\nYou are organized and plan ahead, but you don’t get stressed out when things change at the last minute… because they will. You roll with it.\nYou check your email in the evenings and are available to work during evening events and over the weekends when there is a tight deadline. You do what it takes to get the job done.\nYou have a reliable laptop computer & smartphone that you are comfortable using for work.\nYou plan to stay in Washington, DC for at least three years.\nAbout our team...\nWe have a passion for startups and technology. \nWe are transparent and we over-communicate.\nWe are AI first\nWe have excellent written and verbal communication skills.\nWe communicate when we are not able to meet a deadline and suggest a solution.\nWe are professional and presentable and greet everyone cheerfully. We’re ready to deal with an immature student, a pushy salesperson, top VC’s, a fortune 500 CEO, and even the President of the United States.\nWe are excited to work in downtown DC and have reliable transportation.\nWe have a quiet place where we can work remotely with fast internet. \nWe are security aware. We have a passcode on our computers and phones and use a password manager.\nWe are able to efficiently use the Google suite of productivity tools (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides).\nWe are available to work during SXSW (Spring Break), DREAMCON (one week long staff summits twice a year), and Austin Tech Week.\nWe respond to critical communications within hours and never more than 24 hours.\nBenefits\n4 weeks paid time off (one week is between Christmas and New Year’s) \nPersonal health, vision and dental insurance paid 100% by Capital Factory\nAdditional benefits such as 401k program (50% company matching), life insurance, short & long term disability and and employee assistance program\nParental leave including 12 weeks paid maternity and 4 weeks for paternity leave or adoptive parents\n$1,000 personal innovation budget on your first year anniversary and then an additional $500 each anniversary thereafter\nA priceless network\nAbout Capital Factory\nCapital Factory is a leading deep tech venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. We back the most ambitious founders working on the hardest problems, investing nationally from early stage through growth across defense, space, energy, advanced manufacturing, robotics, and the life sciences. 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