VC Investor - PreSeed & Seed

Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies. Headquartered in London, Founders Factory backs visionary founders with capital, dedicated support from a team of 60+ operators, and unrivalled access to a coalition of industry leading corporate partners. Since 2015, our 400 portfolio companies have raised $1.03bn follow-on funding from leading investors in four continents.

The Opportunity: Founders Factory is hiring for an Italian speaking Investor who can help source, invest in and support banking tech & insure tech investments, across Milan, Italy and London, UK. The role will require building relationships in the local community with founders, angels, VCs, universities. Good candidates should have outstanding people skills, hustle, resilience, deep empathy with founders and a high curiosity for technology and tech startups. You will also work with founders through the accelerator programme and beyond to help with defining their fundraising strategy, formulating their story, assisting with the creation/review of investment materials and supporting them to raise their next round of funding.

Responsibilities:

• Own the process for finding, diligencing and investing in startups, with a heavy focus towards fintech & B2B SaaS in Italy and the UK.
• Assess and qualify early-stage ventures, technology and founding teams, conducting diligence and negotiating investment terms with the support of our team.
• Develop ecosystem relationships with investors, founders, universities and corporates.
• Mobilise startup sourcing networks for international and local FF programs.
• Activating and growing our local network in London.
• Support our portfolio with their fundraising needs including fundraising narrative, investment materials and investor connections.

What you'll need:

• Understanding of what to assess when looking at an early stage investment opportunity and the ability to communicate your views clearly to the team and our stakeholders.
• Demonstrate relentless energy and passion for finding opportunities, building relationships and evaluating investments.
• Verbal and written fluency in Italian is a must.
• Personal networks that embrace the startup communities in Fintech and across Italy & UK based and international VCs.
• Ability to learn and synthesise new information about new sectors and build up your own investment thesis.
• Confident juggling multiple tasks and autonomously owning your own end-end investment process through from sourcing deals to executing and closing them.
• Ability to communicate authoritatively and passionately and share details of the Founders Factory vision, differentiation and operations.
• Previous VC investing expertise and network is a plus.

Characteristics we look for:

• Have a passion for fintech/ tech, its problems and opportunities within the sector.
• Have an ability to connect, emphasise and collaborate with top tier founder talent.
• Deal comfortably with the uncertainty of change and complex problems, effectively handles risk and can make a decision with incomplete information.
• Operate effectively, is calm under pressure and productive when plate spinning or when the future is unclear.
• Have a strong bias for action and persists in accomplishing objectives despite setbacks.
• Ability to work across geographies, time zones and multi-functional teams.

Why work with us: We are guided by a set of core values that shape the way that we think and act. We hold ourselves accountable to these, and measure ourselves against them. We are looking for candidates that share these principles and can help Founders Factory to thrive:

• Think big, act small, move fast.
• Value momentum over perfection.
• Embrace uncertainty and remain decisive.
• Suggest solutions, not problems.
• Prioritise diversity to strengthen our collective intelligence.
• Be polite, generous and show empathy to others, always.

Please Note: Salary between £60k - £70k pro rata (based on experience). Italian speaking is a must. Founders Factory is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where people can authentically be themselves and are free to challenge, take risks and think creatively.