Venture Acceleration Manager
Skills
About the Role
You will oversee the venture acceleration program and related initiatives, coordinating with startups, mentors, investors, and enterprise partners to accelerate growth and enable collaborations across the ecosystem. You will drive program design, manage operations, guide portfolio companies on product market fit and go to market execution.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience running startup accelerators innovation hubs or corporate innovation programs ideally in fintech Web3 or digital infrastructure sectors
- 2+ years of active involvement in the Cardano ecosystem
- Experience in helping startups achieve product market fit including technical and business advisory
- Strong grasp of blockchain technology especially public infrastructure and decentralized systems
- Excellent network orchestration skills and the ability to engage founders mentors industry experts and enterprise executives
- Results oriented mindset
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Excellent networking and relationship building abilities
- Highly adaptable and resilient
- Strong ethical standards and integrity
Responsibilities
- Oversee and scale the accelerator program, managing cohorts of startups focused on building consumer facing and enterprise facing products on Cardano
- Manage program operations including resource allocation budgeting quality control cross department alignment and process improvements to support future scale
- Provide guidance and feedback to participating startups on product market fit blockchain strategy and go to market execution
- Curate a strong mentor and advisor network across industries and product development domains
- Drive ecosystem value creation by identifying synergies between venture initiatives and Cardano's technological roadmap
- Manage relationships with active and potential funds and investors through regular communications tailored updates and curated events or side sessions
- Conduct landscape analysis and track investor interests to inform the foundation future cohort themes and competitive positioning
- Coordinate investor involvement in Demo Day and other showcase opportunities to increase venture visibility and deal flow
- Design and oversee structured follow on investment pathways aligning demo days investor briefings and post program capital touchpoints with the foundation's funding strategy
- Coordinate closely with the ecosystem to drive venture acceleration and support ecosystem growth
- Champion community engagement by driving consistent communication inclusion and collaboration across the broader ecosystem
- Work cross departmentally to build bridges between startups and enterprise partners through matchmaking pilot initiatives and ecosystem showcases
- Represent the foundation at relevant industry events innovation forums and investor mentor networks
- Amplify ecosystem signals and success stories by working with Marketing and Partnerships to showcase venture progress pilot outcomes and real world adoption emerging from the Accelerator
- Feed ecosystem insights back into the Venture Hub strategy identifying gaps emerging needs and partnership opportunities that inform future Accelerator cohorts and enablement initiatives
Benefits
- Remote work with flexible hours
- Collaborative remote culture
- Annual learning budget for professional development
- Opportunities for growth and skill evolution
- Make a real impact contributing to blockchain technology and its real world applications
- Annual team building event and departmental team building day
- Extra days off for birthdays and milestone work anniversaries
- Work with passionate people in blockchain technology
- Equal opportunities employer with a discrimination free environment