AirTree is looking to add an Investment Manager/Associate to our team!

AirTree is a venture capital firm with a mission to back the most ambitious Australian and Kiwi founders who are building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow, right from the start. As one of the largest and most active funds in Australia and New Zealand, you'll be working with 80+ of the most exciting startups in our region, including Canva, Linktree, Who Gives a Crap, Employment Hero, Go1, Brighte, Eucalyptus, Immutable and Mr Yum.

In early 2022, we announced a new $700m fund with $250m dedicated to investing in early stage companies.

We're a down-to-earth team from diverse backgrounds but with the same passion: startups and technology. We've written a lot about what we do at AirTree, check out our blog and our team bios on our website.

We are committed to building a world-class VC platform for Australia and New Zealand startups with global ambitions. This is an opportunity to help shape AirTree and make an impact on our region's tech ecosystem.

About the role:

This role is crucial to AirTree’s success and we’re looking for a critical thinker with a passion for technology. You will bring a combination of empathy, curiosity and intellect to support the team to make better investment decisions and to help the lead investors support our founders more effectively. You will report directly to the Partners and become a key part of our investment team with a focus on Fund Strategy.

The Fund Strategy team is a subset of the investment team that touches almost all parts of the business. Beyond supporting on investments, this team also provides high quality analysis and insights at both fund and portfolio company level. This includes managing our reserves and monitoring the pacing of our funds, as well as tracking and benchmarking portfolio company operating data to identify opportunities to double down on our investments or lean in with additional portfolio support. This team also plays a key role in shaping the investment strategy of AirTree, and how we think about the sizing and deployment of future funds. We think of this role as a “Venture MBA”.

This is a full time, permanent role.

What you’ll do:

• Investment support and execution: supporting the process for follow-on investments and growth stage deals. This includes assisting with the due diligence phase - from competitor and market analysis, to financial analysis and modelling.
• Portfolio analysis: helping us monitor and deepen our understanding of the performance of our existing portfolio with a view to honing our follow-on investments and supporting AirTree leads/board members to be valuable thought partners for our founders and CEOs.
• This will include reviewing traditional financial data as well as operational metrics which indicate product health or might be a signal for future revenue potential.
• You will also help drive our thinking on metrics and benchmarking across a range of technology sectors, helping identify what best-in-class looks like and leveraging this analysis to make informed investment decisions.
• Valuations: helping drive our thinking on valuation methodology and owning the valuation review process.
• You won’t be expected to source new investments or take first meetings with companies.