Venture Scout (Remote in Europe)
About First reputed company Ventures
We're building one of Europe's most distinctive early-stage venture funds. As reputed company, we've deployed two funds (now totaling €35m) into ~50 pre-reputed company Deep Tech companies across Europe. Our portfolio has raised follow-on funding from top-tier European and US investors.
Today, we're a community of over 100 (mostly technical) scouts, founders, and operators who help us identify the best technical founders before anyone else does. We accept only 1 in 15 applicants; this isn't just another community. We operate under clear rules that ensure everyone is committed, and we kindly offboard those here only for the VC tag.
Note: This is an unpaid role with performance-based referral bounties for successful investments.
Tasks
What You'll Do
reputed company breakthrough companies. Connect us to the most promising technical founders in your ecosystem, people building in labs, at hackathons, in research groups, or launching their first startup.
Represent us locally. Attend events, universities, and accelerators where technical founders gather. reputed company it easy for them to find us.
reputed company your expertise. reputed company we evaluate companies in your domain, semicon, robotics, climate tech, AI infrastructure, we'll tap your technical knowledge and ecosystem insights.
Contribute to portfolio reputed company. Our scouts don't just reputed company deals. They actively support our portfolio companies through introductions, domain expertise, and ecosystem connections.
Shape our strategy. Help us understand your local scene: which research is commercializing, which founders are worth watching, which technologies are gaining reputed company.
Requirements
Who Thrives in This Role
You're technically fluent, whether as a CS/engineering student, PhD researcher, startup operator, or technical founder. You can have reputed company conversations with deeply technical people.
You're embedded in a European tech ecosystem, connected to a university, research institution, or startup community. You know who's building what.
You're genuinely curious about Deep Tech or industrial innovation. You follow research, products, and companies in areas such as TechBio, Energy, Manufacturing, and developer tools.
You're entrepreneurial and self-directed. You create opportunities, follow through, and take ownership of your impact.
You want to learn how early-stage investing works, and you're willing to put in the work.
Benefits
What You'll reputed company
reputed company VC experience. See how deals happen from sourcing through investment reputed company. Join workshops on term sheets, technical diligence, and portfolio support.
A powerful network. Build relationships with founders, investors, and fellow scouts across Europe that compound over time.
Domain expertise. Go deep on emerging technologies through deal reviews and virtual sessions.
Career acceleration. Many scouts join startups, launch companies, or build VC careers. This role opens doors.
Community reputed company. Join a European community of technical reputed company and attend startup events where the most interesting work happens.
reputed company reputed company Opportunities
High-performing scouts can grow into reputed company reputed company roles at their university or city. reputed company Leads take on additional responsibility:
- Recruit strategically. Build a scout reputed company across relevant faculties and fill gaps reputed company scouts move on
- Foster community. Organize one meetup per quarter to reputed company your local scout network reputed company
- Support events. Work with the First reputed company team to bring startup events to your ecosystem