Climate Capital Associate Role
Climate Capital
Hi there & thanks for your interest in Climate Capital!
We're on a mission to accelerate emissions reduction & reversal, as well as adaption. To date we've invested in 200+ companies and we're just getting started. This is a mission-critical role and we're excited to meet you.
Who you are: You want to enter the climate tech venture capital world. You can commit to Climate Capital for 12 months or more to gain first-hand experience working in VC. Prior VC experience is optional, but your strengths are your ability to research, learn new areas, compile investment memos, multi-task, and manage a community. You will also help us improve operations and ensure we provide the best support for our portfolio companies. The role will prepare the associate for a full-time associate/principal role at one of Climate Capital’s funds or a partner VC firm.
Compensation: $85k-$100k & carry on deals you work on
Time Commitment: Full-time
Location: Remote with ability to work in US time zones
Prior Experience: 2-3 years in consulting, Investment Banking, or Chief of Staff / operator at a start-up
Application Closes March 10th
Responsibilities
- Sourcing
- Supporting Lead Partner + Deal partners in sourcing via VC and incubator partnerships.
- Responsible for deal-flow digest into Deal partners on a weekly basis
- As time allows responsible for additional sourcing deals
- Maintenance of CRM
- Diligence
- The associate runs the nuts and bolts of diligence on every deal
- Pre-meeting research about the company, it’s competitors and a list of potential questions to cover on the call
- Diligence tasks defined by Lead Partner for C3 that can be accomplished using the data room of a company.
- The associate is responsible for the creation of the investment memo
- Raising
- AngelList deal setup
- Email updating across various LP lists.
- Drafting update posts to be sent by deal runner.
- Following up with LPs to ensure wires get in.
- Working with AL reps to close and wire deals
- Infrastructure
- Spend 10 hours a week supporting the lead partner in infrastructure initiatives (e.g., prep for & note taking at Tier 1 VC meeting, website modifications, Portfolio support)
- Community Management
- Manage our founder community
- Make sure founder questions are answered or directed to the right person
- Maintenance of CRM
- Content
- Manage the blog post on Climate Capital’s website
- Set up the live sessions with our founder community
- Ensure recordings are uploaded to google drive and shared with the community
- Make sure the website is up to date
- Fund Administration
- AngelList deal setup for CCRF investments
- Working with AL reps to close and wire deals
- Responsible for deal-flow digest into Deal partners on a weekly basis
- Make sure Climate Capital Funds and Syndicate leads have the resources to succeed
- Partnerships
- Build and manage partnerships with companies that can provide awesome resources to our founder community