Investor
About 16VC
At 16VC, we're building the next generation of venture capital.
We're an early-stage venture firm and venture studio partnering with ambitious founders building category-defining AI and technology companies. Beyond investing, we work alongside founders to validate ideas, build products, accelerate growth, and help exceptional teams go from zero to one.
As a young, fast-growing firm, you'll have the opportunity to shape how we invest, build, and support startups from the ground up.
The Role
We're looking for an Investor to help identify exceptional founders, evaluate investment opportunities, and work closely with startups across our investment portfolio and venture studio.
This is a highly entrepreneurial role. You'll spend time sourcing founders, conducting investment research, supporting due diligence, working directly with startups, and contributing to how 16VC evolves as a firm.
If you're excited by AI, startups, venture capital, and building companies, not just investing in them, you'll thrive here.
What You'll Do
Source exceptional founders and early-stage startups across AI and emerging technologies.
Build relationships with founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem partners.
Conduct market research, competitive analysis, customer research, and commercial due diligence.
Evaluate startups by analyzing business models, market opportunities, product differentiation, traction, and founding teams.
Build investment memos, market maps, and investment committee materials to support investment decisions.
Monitor portfolio companies and work alongside founders on fundraising, hiring, go-to-market strategy, product strategy, and growth where appropriate.
Collaborate closely with the 16VC Venture Studio to identify opportunities worth building internally.
Stay ahead of emerging trends across AI, developer tools, fintech, enterprise software, infrastructure, and frontier technologies.
Represent 16VC at startup events, demo days, founder meetings, and industry conferences.
Location & Work Style
Remote-first
Work from anywhere with strong overlap across global teams.
Frequent travel required
This role involves regular travel to major startup ecosystems, including New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, and Berlin, for founder meetings, ecosystem events, investment activities, offsites, and portfolio support. Domestic and international travel is an important part of the role.
Required Experience
Non-Negotiable
1 to 2 years of post-graduate experience as an Investment Analyst or Associate at a Venture Capital firm.
Experience at a venture fund managing at least $100M USD in assets.
Demonstrated experience sourcing startups, conducting due diligence, and supporting investment decisions.
Preferred Background
Bachelor's degree or MBA in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
Strong understanding of venture capital and startup ecosystems.
Experience evaluating early-stage companies across AI, SaaS, fintech, or enterprise technology.
Ability to independently structure investment theses and assess opportunities.
What We're Looking For
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong commercial intuition and curiosity.
Ability to evaluate markets, products, founders, and business models.
Comfortable with financial modeling, market sizing, and competitive research.
Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
Self-starter who enjoys working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Passion for AI, startups, entrepreneurship, and venture capital.
Nice to Have
Experience working with founders or startups.
Exposure to venture studios, incubators, accelerators, or company building.
Familiarity with AI products, developer tools, no-code or low-code platforms, or product prototyping.
Technical background or experience working closely with product and engineering teams.
What You'll Get
Work directly with founders building the next generation of AI companies.
Be part of a new venture firm where your work has an outsized impact.
Exposure to investing, company building, and venture studio operations.
Opportunities to build your own investment theses and develop a strong VC network.
Frequent interaction with founders, operators, investors, and global startup ecosystems.
Competitive compensation and meaningful long-term career growth.