Lerer Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund. We invest in founders in the earliest stages of a startup’s life. We respect and seek out entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. When we are lucky enough to meet founders with these qualities, our hope is that they will choose us as a partner. We help our founders with product, go-to-market, biz dev, financing, PR, M&A and other strategic advice.  Everyone here starts and runs companies for a living. Lerer Ventures is where we invest in our peers.



Who we are looking for:
We are hiring one person who has proven himself/herself as exceptional in the venture/startup ecosystem.  We are a small team and this opportunity is only open to EXPERIENCED applicants.  



Please, only apply if you can check each of the following boxes:

• 1-2 years experience at a venture backed startup or major tech company (programming or design experience a major plus)
  
• Familiarity with standard venture terms and concepts
  
• Concrete demonstration of ability to identify and determine opportunities in the technology and media landscape
  
• Awareness of present state and future trends in all markets of focus Understanding of what to look for in a great founder, product and business
  
• Generally a sweet and cool person who can deal in both structured and highly unstructured environments
• A hustler and / or hacker who works smart and applies novel approaches to problem solving
• Self starting, extremely ambitious, ready to make a mark

Responsibilities·     

• Frequent evaluation of new investment opportunities 
  
• Assist with recurring / ad hoc reporting and financial modeling
  
• Support diligence and close of new transactions (end-to-end)
  
• Help define and execute on systems/process to enhance scalability of LV and value to our portfolio
  
• Active participation in the New York startup community, frequent attendance of events, panels, discussions.  You must become a pillar in the ecosystem if you are not already
  
• Support investment team in analysis, thematic research and knowledge acquisition

Details

• Start date is immediate
  
• NYC-based
  
• Two year role, pre-MBA preferred
  
• Competitive salary and health benefits 
  
• Our expectation is the candidate will two years at LV and then move on to a startup 

To Apply:
Please send CVto steve@lererventures.com with “LV JOB” in the title.  Also provide your online presence (i.e. your blog, twitter handle, personal websites, linkedin profile, crunchbase profile), one or two tech trends you’re tracking, and why Lerer Ventures is the right place for you. Please keep to a minimum of two pages. 



**We have found the most effective introductions are those referred/endorsed by people we know and trust, and we strongly encourage you to seek out a personal introduction to help support your candidacy.**