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Engineer to be Associate/Principal on NFX’s investment team

San Francisco, California, United States

To our Associate or Principal – Hello.

We're putting this role out there for karma. If you're the best person in the world for this, you'll find your way to us.

We are NFX Capital, one of the largest seed-only VC firms in the world. We’re currently investing our 4th Fund of $325 Million. We’re growing our investing team by one in San Francisco/Palo Alto.

Who are you?

You’re an engineer by background, but good at talking to people.  We want someone with software knowledge to help us evaluate technical capabilities of the startups we look at. We look at 10,000 companies per year, so we need someone process-oriented and relentless to help us work through those. Once we identify our target founders, you will need to be able to have fun talking to them.  

You’re interested in the following investment sectors: consumer software, games and crypto. You will be working with a General Partner focused on those sectors, doing proactive outreach to founders, as well as fielding inbound introductions.  You’ll be helping to both host and attend events in search of companies in these sectors.

You're local to the San Francisco Bay Area. You’ve lived, worked, and networked here for at least 3 recent years. You know who to call, where to go, and what's hot or not. 

You hustle. You need to find the hot teams and companies before others do. VC is a sales job. VC is now a highly competitive sport that requires speed, decisiveness, empathy, dexterity, patience, and endurance.  

You're an amazing human being. Strong at heart, generous in spirit. Charismatic, perceptive, humble, humorous, confident, and driven…by that we mean not just “I can do it” confident, but “it’s ok if I can’t do it” confident. You’re a natural psychologist. You understand people and see patterns. You see things others do not about people and the mechanics that make businesses work.

You like being on a team. You care more about *doing* right than *being* right. 

NFX will probably *not* be a good fit for you if: You think investing is glamorous; you think investing will be a more balanced lifestyle than running a company; you want to work alone; you really like the Rosewood Hotel on Sand Hill; or you’re trying to decide whether to live in the SF Bay Area or somewhere else.

What is NFX like?

We run our venture firm like a startup. This is the venture firm we wish existed when we were running our own startups. 

We operate as a team, not as siloed Partners. We have fun, make it rain, and laugh a lot.

In addition to investing, we write code, develop content, make connections, and build exceptional leaders. 

Here are some of the software products we’re building for the startup ecosystem:

  • Signal, the network of VC’s and Founders
  • BriefLink, a tool for Founders to pitch VC’s

This is some of the content we’ve produced:

Because of our content, we are among the top few most-visited VC websites in the world. We are experts in network effects, growth, and fundraising.  

Our partners have started 10 companies worth over $10B upon exit. So we are known to have a unique ability to relate to, and coach, those we invest in. 

We have a mission to help keep Silicon Valley a “creativity-first” culture and avoid becoming a “money-first” culture. We think that drives higher returns, is better for us as people, and better for the ecosystem as a whole.

We invest in early-stage startups – pre-seed and seed.  We lead our investments 95% of the time, meaning we don't get FOMO and we have the confidence to decide. We are hands on helping with strategy, product, team, and the other critical aspects of companies. We are all Founders many times over, so we have been in their shoes and are often their best source of advice.

We’ve invested in 27 unicorns, including companies like Trulia, Lyft, Houzz, DoorDash, Poshmark, Honeybook, Outdoorsy, Incredible Health, SuperPlay, Mammoth Biosciences, Papaya Gaming, and many more.

This position is NOT a remote position. Please do not apply if you are not in the San Francisco Bay Area or cannot work out of the Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.

If you're the right person for this, you'll find your way to us.  Come to us oh-mighty-one…

Send us:

  • Your LinkedIn profile or resume
  • A note on why you want be part of the NFX investment team

Benefits

  • Salary range for this investing role is between $175,000 to $275,000
  • Carry dollars at work (compares to equity)
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for you and dependents 

  • 401(k) with generous match

  • Flexible Time Off

  • Parental leave

  • Mobile data credit 

  • Commuter benefits

  • Life and supplemental life insurance

  • Short-term and long-term disability
insurance
  • A team of high-caliber, principled, fun people
that are for startup tech professionals, not financiers


 

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