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Join Blackbird as an Associate and be at the forefront of fueling Australia's most innovative startups with the nation's largest VC fund.
Overview
Salary
£120000
Location
Australia
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Blackbird is a leading force in the venture capital landscape of Australia and New Zealand, dedicated to propelling the region's most visionary founders. With a portfolio valued at over A$7B, Blackbird's impact spans over 130 companies, making it an exhilarating platform for those passionate about pioneering startups and transformative investments.
- Role Summary:
- Engage in the process of making critical investment decisions.
- Perform rigorous analysis and construct investment pitches for the Investment Committees.
- Collaborate with Blackbird Partners and Principals to scout and assess early-stage investment opportunities.
- Develop financial models and pinpoint key drivers of potential investment success.
- Role Requirements:
- Humility and a hospitality mindset.
- Ambition and clarity of thought.
- No prior experience in venture capital or startups necessary.
- Value placed on self-taught skills and established organizational experience alike.
- Benefits:
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Extensive parental leave policy.
- Personal development budget.
- Wellbeing benefits, including a healthy living allowance and 24/7 support.
- Provisions for a conducive home office setup.
- Personal 'kit-kat' days off and unplugged weekends.
- Regular team and company offsites, social activities, weekly lunches, and social clubs.
About the organisation - Blackbird is Australia's biggest venture capital fund whose mission is to supercharge Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders. We do this by raising venture capital funds, investing into the best startup companies and helping them succeed. Our portfolio is worth over A$7B, and includes more than 130 companies across Australia and New Zealand.
The role - As a Blackbird Associate, you will help us invest in Australia's most ambitious founders, right at the very beginning. You will help us make great investment decisions, undertake analysis and prepare investment logics to pitch to our Investment Committees. You will work closely with our Blackbird Partners and Principals to identify and analyse early stage investment opportunities, build models and identify key drivers of success for each investment.
Job requirements - Your background is less important than your key skills, which might include: Humility, Expressed ambition, Clarity of thought, Hospitality mindset. You do not need to have worked at a venture capital firm or startup — and you do not need to have any investing experience at all! We love it when people have bootstrapped themselves into a skill as much as gaining the skill from working at an established organisation.
Benefits - We offer: Flexible working, Generous parental leave, Learning & Development Budget, Wellbeing benefits including a monthly healthy living allowance, 24/7 access to wellbeing support, a home office allowance, personal kit-kat days, and more! Unplugged weekends, Connection through team and company offsites, monthly social activities, weekly lunches and our many social clubs.
Applications details - Blackbird has opened up applications for Associates to join our Australian team and invest in the most ambitious founders, right at the very beginning. Apply here!
