Associate, Entrepreneur First
£40-70k
+ Generous upside potential based on performance
Office located in Hoxton, London
Investing in individuals to build startups from scratch
Job no longer available
Investing in individuals to build startups from scratch
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£40-70k
+ Generous upside potential based on performance
Office located in Hoxton, London
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world's best investors.
Role
Who you are
- You are in the earliest stages of your career, maybe with 0-3 years experience post-university, keen to learn how to build your craft as a Talent Investor from scratch
- 1. You are intellectually curious: Talent Investors have a deep and persistent desire to increase their knowledge of the world. They seek out the foundational ideas behind a concept or belief system. They often have multiple interests and hobbies, some of which may be quite obscure. They’re constantly updating their knowledge and beliefs through self-directed learning
- 2. You are driven: Talent Investors are innately driven to achieve ambitious goals. They “run through walls” and find creative ways to achieve their desired outcomes. They are restless in their pursuit of excellence, and won’t take no for an answer
- 3. You are a network builder: Talent Investors enjoy building, and immersing themselves within, networks of exceptional people. They can build meaningful relationships with exceptional people; both at peer-level, and with individuals more senior to themselves. They enjoy making intra- and inter-network connections
- 4. You are a discerning judge of others: Talent Investors hold high expectations for themselves and expect the same of others. They are able to balance optimism and realism when they evaluate others. They are able to believe and see possibility in individuals where their potential may not be obvious to others
- 5. You understand and appreciate technology’s potential for impact: Talent Investors are fascinated by technology’s potential for impact, particularly through early stage company creation. Even if not a technologist by training, they will have developed an understanding of, and appreciation for, various different technologies, likely through self-directed learning
What the job involves
- Your job is to identify these outlier individuals before the pivotal moments in their lives, then make sure they reach their potential
- Once you’ve found them, help them build a moonshot
- Develop and execute theses on where you can find exceptionally talented individuals early in their career. Where’s the next Homebrew Computer Club?
- Become a trusted advisor to those individuals - help them unlock their ambition and reach their potential, from advising on career decisions to supporting them in building companies and raising funds
- Constantly improve your mental model of what these individuals look like
- Build relationships with experts in a broad range of fields
- Be a key influencer in deciding which founders and companies EF invests in
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Starting a company has never been easier to imagine, or harder to get right. The world is full of bright ideas, but turning one into a business takes the right people, money and support, often before there is even a product to sell. So that's where Entrepreneur First sees an opportunity, and backs people before they even have a company, rather than waiting for the next big thing to come along.
Entrepreur First (EF) brings talented people together and helps them build businesses from scratch. Through its programmes, it helps aspiring founders find co-founder, develop ideas and secure the early funding and practical support they need to get going. Think of it as a launchpad for entrepreneurs, giving promising people the chance to turn a hunch into something real.
EF's portfolio of companies are now worth more than $16B, and its latest $200M fundraising will help it reach even more founders and back more ambitious ideas. With investors including Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the message is clear, there is value in backing people before the rest of the world catches on. So now EF's next challenge will be turning that early promise into the next generation of standout companies.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2019
$153m
Sep 2016
$53.2m
Total funding: $206.2m
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Alice Bentinck
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alice is also the co-founder of Code First: Girls as well as the Author of 'How To Be a Founder', winner of the Startup Business Book of the Year in 2021.
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