Senior Business Development Executive, Crowdcube
£50-55k
+ 30% commission (OTE) uncapped (DOE). Offers share option plan (subject to the prevailing company policy at the time)
2-3 days a week in office
Crowdfunding platform
Be an early applicant
Crowdfunding platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
£50-55k
+ 30% commission (OTE) uncapped (DOE). Offers share option plan (subject to the prevailing company policy at the time)
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Crowdcube, is on a mission to make investing easy and rewarding for anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- A self-starter who needs little guidance and takes ownership
- Commercially focused and able to prioritise effectively to achieve activity, volume and revenue targets
- Confident in speaking with C level executives, business founders and management teams, with a natural flair for building relationships and negotiation
- Hardworking and able to embrace the change that is constant in a fast growth business
- An experimenter - someone who tries different approaches, learns, iterates and improves
- A curious and inquisitive person with a desire to learn and work outside one’s comfort zone
- A passion for start-ups, entrepreneurship, and alternative finance
- Previous consultative sales, business development and/or commercial partnership experience
- Experience of working in a targeted environment
- A natural relationship builder and negotiator
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of the London startup eco-system, ideally an existing network
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Business Develoment Executive to join the Commercial team, focused on bringing the best of early-stage businesses to the Crowdcube platform. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who has a keen interest in start-ups and business, is process driven, has experience in B2B sales and experience in the startup / investment ecosystem, and eager to help us shape the world of start-up finance and have a real impact on entrepreneurs' lives
- Deliver individual and team targets against revenue and volume
- Consistently achieve or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual volume-based sales activity targets
- Seek and approach new investment opportunities as part of outbounding
- Qualify new investment opportunities from our inbound and partnership channels
- Build a network around you of partners in the UK start-up ecosystem who will help you achieve your revenue targets
- Optimise and manage efficient processes for finding new investment opportunities using our sales tooling
- Consult start-ups on their upcoming rounds and negotiate Crowdcube terms
- Collaborate with colleagues from across the business, including marketing, to improve processes and provide feedback
- Cultivate a thorough understanding of the alternative finance/start-up/funding industry and keep abreast of significant developments
Application process
- Our interview process typically consists of an initial phone screen, an interview with the hiring manager and a task, followed by a final interview with other members of the team. There aren't any trick questions and the task will typically be based on a real scenario the team have worked on
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The number of startups looking for funding in Europe has grown dramatically over the last decade. Crowdfunding provides a solution to this, allowing companies to tap into the public rather than rely on institutional investors. The European crowdfunding market is predicted to be $5BN by 2025 and the amount of money pledged on crowdfunding platforms is now starting to rival traditional VC funding.
The company's best known competitor is Seedrs, and they both consistently compete to take on the most exciting startups as customers. For example, Revolut has hosted crowdfunding rounds on both Crowdcube and Seedrs. What set both companies apart though, has been their reach.
Crowdcube has worked hard to secure the first license to raise funding across European borders - not a measly feat by any chance. This gives them more than a leg up as the company can now expand its startup portfolio and present its users with a wider range of interesting companies to choose from.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2021
$13.3m
LATE VC
Nov 2018
$11.3m
SERIES E
Total funding: $59.4m
Company benefits
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- £1,000 budget for learning and development
- Share Options
- Volunteer Hours
- Additional Holiday for Tenure
- Flexible Working Policy
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Exeter, UK
Additional info
- Crowdcube experienced year on year growth since 2011 with over 750,000 registered investors
- Over 800 British businesses successfully funded on the platform, including Brewdog, Monzo, Eden Project and many more
Leadership
Darren
(CEO)Serial entrepreneur. Launched and exited two companies before starting Crowdcube
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