About Antler Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm backing founders from inception.
Founded on the belief that innovation is the key to building a better future, we partner with people across six continents to launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges.
With 30+ offices worldwide, Antler deploys meaningful capital at inception stage and has built a global founder community.
Our global community supports founders on deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding.
Fueled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we have helped create and invested in more than 1,500 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies.
Antler is structured to support founders well beyond inception, with the ability to continue backing conviction through later stages.
1. In seven years, Antler has grown from a new model into a global platform operating at a scale that few early-stage firms reach.
The institution is still being built.
This role comes with real scope to shape how Antler operates and what inception-stage investing becomes over the next decade.
2. The Role Antler invests in founders from inception.
To excel at that we find exceptional founders early and work closely with them as they build.
This role is at the heart of our core investment team.
You will identify, select, and invest in founders, and work further with them as portfolio companies through scaling and raising their next rounds.
You report directly to a Partner.
This is a hands-on, high-ownership role: fully in-office, high-intensity, and not a 9-to-5 job.
Responsibilities Find and back outlier founders Spend most of your time identifying and attracting outlier founders and businesses through active origination, e.g.
through content creation, marketing, outreach, conference and ecosystem engagement Build, nurture and leverage relationships in technical, operator, and founder communities Win over strong people to partner with Antler as their first investor Assess founders and businesses to decide who we bring into the office to work with Work closely with founders and companies over weeks, and ultimately drive which companies we invest in; prepare due diligence, bring decisions to IC.
Work with founders Work alongside founders before and after investment, e.g.
for sparring on validation and building momentum.
Much of the work happens in the office, sitting with founders as they build.
Nurture and leverage your connectivity in the ecosystem to support founders and portfolio companies, e.g.
with fundraising, winning customers, partners, and hiring when it matters.
Help build Antler Be an active leader in the small core team building Antler in Continental Europe Pull junior team members and interns along through example, ownership, and high pace.
Take ownership beyond your role when something needs fixing or improving - from emptying the dishwasher to running global initiatives across Antler.
Requirements You have 4+ years of experience in early-stage investing or as a founder/operator who has raised money.
You have proven yourself in highly competitive environments.
You are: Strong with people : sharp in conversation, good judgment, able to build relationships and followership Curious, fast-learning, and commercially grounded with strong energy and the desire to contribute to making a difference every day Highly independent and comfortable working without close oversight or frequent feedback Comfortable working with modern tools and automation (e.g.
Airtable, Zapier, n8n, Cursor).
We strongly prefer candidates with full technical backgrounds - software, hardware, or research - who have built or shipped real systems.
Able to run multiple threads without losing quality Who Should Not Apply This role is not a good fit if you: Want to spend most of your time on research, trends, or sector analysis and become an expert in a particular field of work Need constant feedback, validation, or tightly scoped instructions Are looking for a hybrid or remote role - this is 100% in-person Are uncomfortable with ambiguity, pace, or taking full ownership Want a predictable 9-to-5 schedule, or the flexibility to work Berlin winters from Cape Town Get frustrated by operational detail, logistics, or repetition Want to “learn VC” more than do the work Compensation Our compensation reflects the nature of the role and business.
Fixed salary is competitive but lower than many other top-tier VC funds.
In return, investment team members participate more meaningfully in long-term upside through carry.
This role is a good fit for people who are motivated by ownership, outcomes, long-term impact and upside.
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