Venture Builder, NewsBreak AI Innovation
About The Position
About NewsBreak Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech. Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale. Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence. If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about Overview: NewsBreak is hiring a dynamic venture role based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ideal candidate would need to be Founder material him/herself and move freely in AI Founders circles, spend a significant portion of their time within the startup community focused on AI technology and media verticals. He or she is a high-energy self-starter who has an engineering background and can source AI deals from a technical angle, build trusted relationships with founders, generate consistent deals for our investment team, understand approaches to building products and companies, and drive value for founders through professional insights and special projects.
Requirements
- Computer Science, Engineering, or any hard sciences degree (undergraduate, masters or PhD) from top tier University
- 3+ year of software engineering, ML engineering experience; Founder experience preferred
- Progressive business experience in early-stage venture investing or recent graduate from top-tier MBA
- Existing network in the San Francisco Bay Area’s startup ecosystem
- Founder ’s mindset, builder’s mentality and strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills and strong executive presence with an ability to present thoughtful input to decision-making
- Passion for innovative technologies and artificial intelligence, with a strong pulse on key trends, themes and players
Responsibilities
- Actively source deals and manage our pipeline.
- Build relationships across startups, venture capital firms, startup accelerators, and other ecosystem partners
- Lead diligence and execute deals by evaluating thesis fit, financial models, leadership quality, business execution, and other relevant variables
- Serve as committed partner to portfolio teams as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey.
- Discern what makes portfolio companies unique and how NewsBreak can support their growth trajectories through technical enablement (user acquisition, product-led growth, monetization etc.)
- Lead internal firm operations, including quarterly reporting, fund administration, marketing efforts, portfolio gatherings, annual meetings, and platform operations
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
