Investor Relations Associate

Austin, Texas, United States

Ventures team reporting to Investor Relations Manager

This is an onsite role

The Investor Relations Associate will get to know every active investor in Texas and help facilitate millions in venture capital funding by connecting our portfolio founders to angels and venture investors.  You will be responsible for the execution of key Investor Relations programs including Investor Office Hours, helping portfolio startups understand different fundraising options and access IR resources, onboarding new investors into our community, and assisting with the launch of new IR initiatives. You’ll use Capital Factory’s network of active investors and proprietary software tools to curate matches between investors and founders. You’ll get three years of venture capital experience in a year by observing large volumes of early stage companies and learning how VCs view and evaluate potential investments.

Capital Factory attracts the best startups in the state and connects them with exactly who they need to grow their business - whether that’s their next partner, mentor, client, employee or investor. Our Ventures Team facilitates all of these interactions - and we’re seeking a strong leader with a proven background in the startup community to optimize and grow our programming opportunities across Texas.

Requirements

What you will do…

• You’ll make valuable introductions between founders and investors when there is mutual interest.
• Be the primary point-of-contact for investors, building a long term relationship. You’ll be responsible for sharing relevant startups, events, and other opportunities with them, and tracking their engagement.
• Organize office hours, in-person and virtual, for investors to meet with relevant portfolio founders.
• Network with venture capitalists and angel investors to establish deal flow relationships with them.
• Attend events with investors and introduce new portfolio companies.
• Take calls and meetings with investors to better understand their investment thesis and which companies to introduce them to.
• Make over a dozen curated introductions between investors and our portfolio founders everyday.
• Attend our weekly Ventures Team Sync, Investor Relations Sync and other relevant meetings.
• Attend our monthly First Look events.

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Benefits

About Capital Factory

Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S. Hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers, and designers gather day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes, and coworking. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors, and customers. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2010