Startup Relations Manager

A key role in our business, managing our startup relations. Ideal for a confident and commercially minded individual who is a great communicator and loves all things entrepreneurship.

What the role involves

• Manage the experience for startups throughout their whole journey with us
• Evaluate startups, analyse pitch decks and conduct market research
• Deliver weekly reports on applications and evaluated companies
• Attend discovery calls alongside the director to support with assessing founding teams
• Liaise with founders, communicating our feedback and decisions along the way
• Curate monthly pitch events for our investor community
• Track activity of our portfolio companies, championing them and sharing updates
• Hold the relationships with the founders of our portfolio companies, connect them where required, and develop our existing startup support package
• Build connections with contacts in our ecosystem and nurture existing ones
• Attend and occasionally speak at local networking events
• Own and deliver our startup engagement strategy to raise awareness of our community across the South East
• Build relationships with local founders ensuring a strong and diverse pipeline of opportunities
• Act as an intermediary between founders and our investor community
• Constantly refine and improve our startup process
• Curate, plan, and deliver external startup events

Our ideal candidate

• You’re interested in startups, startup investment, and entrepreneurship 
• You're scrappy and resourceful - you can figure things out, get things done and don't give up easily
• You're charismatic and able to develop rapport with any individual
• You are curious and like to ask ‘why’ questions
• You are an excellent communicator
• You can remain curious and humble in situations where you do not understand the subject matter, rather than letting your ego get in the way
• You’re a self-starter and love to work autonomously
• You are self-aware and can look introspectively when facing tough situations
• You enjoy self-development and are always learning
• You can be direct in your feedback whilst remaining empathetic
• You are tech-savvy and confident using modern SaaS tools such as Airtable, Mailchimp, Notion, Canva, and Event management software

Perks

• £300 annual personal development budget
• Extra time off between Christmas and New Year
• Coworking membership at a top coworking space in Brighton
• End-of-year bonus tracked against company targets
• Share option scheme after 18 months in role
• 3-week paid sabbatical after 3 years in role