Talent Investor - Venture Studio
Founders Factory is a venture studio, accelerator, and investment platform that builds and funds early-stage startups. It supports founders with capital, operational expertise, corporate partnerships, and access to a global network.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
About Founders Factory
Founders Factory partners with entrepreneurs and leading companies to co-found new ventures, accelerate startups, and invest in early-stage businesses. Its activities include venture building, cohort-based accelerator programs, sector-focused investment funds, operational support, and corporate innovation partnerships across fintech, health, industrials, deep tech, and climate. It serves ambitious founders, corporate partners, and early-stage technology startups.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will identify exceptional founders and operators, assess their potential to build companies, and persuade them to join Founders Factory ventures. You will develop talent maps, build relationships with passive candidates, support founding-team recruitment, and improve founder-sourcing and assessment methods.
Requirements
- Ability to identify exceptional people and assess their potential
- Understanding of businesses, markets, and founder success
- Relationship-building and influence skills
- Creative talent-sourcing ability
- Ability to operate with limited information, ambiguity, and autonomy
- Ability to balance instinct with evidence
- Sound judgment and clear communication
- Relevant background in VC, executive search, strategy consulting, investment banking, startups, venture building, or talent
Responsibilities
- Identify exceptional founders across global networks
- Build talent maps and develop views on founder and operator markets
- Assess founder-market fit beyond CVs and conventional credentials
- Build relationships with exceptional passive candidates
- Persuade candidates to pursue entrepreneurship with Founders Factory
- Help founders recruit early teams across product, technology, commercial, and growth
- Develop founder-sourcing, assessment, and talent-intelligence practices
- Build a proprietary network of exceptional founders and operators
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Shares in the Founders Factory global portfolio
- Hybrid working, typically Tuesdays and Thursdays in the London office
- Up to 5 weeks working abroad each year
- 25 days annual leave
- One additional mental health day per quarter
- Monthly calendar freedom day
- Travel opportunities across global Founders Factory offices
- Access to a network of founders, investors, operators, and corporate partners