VC Fellowship @ H/L Ventures in New York City, NY

H/L Ventures • New York City, NY • 5h ago

H/L Ventures is seeking an enthusiastic, innovative, dedicated, and mature Venture Fellow to join our family. This is a paid, part-time, project-based position.

About H/L Ventures

H/L Ventures helps mission-driven founders build inspiring, valuable companies from inception to exit. We believe that high returns and high impact are directly linked and our diverse group of founders share that ethos. Our powerful venture studio model supports our companies with daily active engagement, expertise, access, and capital throughout their entrepreneurial journey. We are based in New York City and founded in 2009 and have a track record of growing successful start-ups across many industries. We are committed to a culture of integrity, excellence, and hard work.

H/L Ventures works with companies from co-founding onward, using different vehicles. At our H/L studio, we start early, ranging from co-founding to just before a Series A. For companies at Series A and later, the opportunity goes to our CityRock fund, which invests in both our studio companies as they grow and in new companies that we meet at a later stage. Regardless of entry point, we provide holistic, relevant support through every stage of growth.

The Position

H/L seeks an enthusiastic, innovative, dedicated, and mature Venture Fellow to join our family. This is a paid, part-time, project-based position. We are looking for a professional with a passion for venture capital, entrepreneurship, social impact, and working hands on with early-stage companies. The primary activities for the Venture Fellow are to assist in H/L’s first line evaluation of start-ups, due diligence process, and support of existing portfolio companies. H/L is building a new model for venture, and our Venture Fellows are a crucial part of our team.

Areas of responsibilities:

Conducting due diligence
Finanial modeling
Performing general market research
Reviewing: business plans, financial models, and other due diligence materials of potential candidate companies, including deal structure analysis, market sizing, and competitive landscape analysis
Taking part in phone screens and meetings during the due diligence process
Producing internal memos and diligence reports on candidate companies.
Assisting in projects, analysis, and other value-add work for existing portfolio
companies.

Key Traits

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a number of important characteristics, including being:

Committed. Passion for positive social impact; deep sense of integrity and exceptional judgment.
Professional. Exhibit a high degree of professionalism and discretion, including situation-appropriate work and communication style.
Hard-Working. Possessing a strong work ethic, responsive, and detailed. Stays until the job is done.
Positive. Helpful can-do attitude as a mature team player; strong ability to build and curate relationships and trust; do-any-job attitude.
Proactive. Confident, with the ability to work flexibly and autonomously in an open-ended, self-directed work culture, especially given H/L’s compact team and relatively unstructured office environment.
Critical Thinker. Creative, intellectually curious, analytical, and truly engaged by difficult questions and new models.
Organized. Advanced organization and multitasking skills, allowing effective prioritization and meeting deadlines without fail.
Communicative. Possessing strong communications skills (written, verbal, and interpersonal), especially as the Intern will often be talking to entrepreneurs and stakeholders on behalf of the firm.
Technically-Adept. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, other technical and product-related skills beneficial; facility with Pitchbook and other research tools helpful
Academically Qualified. Excellent academic performance; at least a Bachelor’s Degree.