Jobs at Entrepreneur First

Identify exceptional early-career individuals with founder potential, build trusted relationships with them, advise their career and company-building decisions, and help determine which founders and companies receive venture investment. The role involves developing talent-sourcing theses, building expert networks, evaluating people and opportunities, and supporting ambitious founders in creating high-impact technology companies.

Identify exceptional deep-tech founders, develop sourcing theses, build expert networks, advise prospective founders on careers and company formation, and help determine which founders and companies Entrepreneurs First invests in. The role requires deep understanding of frontier technologies, strong judgment, intellectual curiosity, drive, and exceptional relationship-building skills.

Two-year early-career fellowship learning venture capital across talent sourcing, founder support, company formation, and launch. The fellow identifies exceptional talent, builds founder networks, advises on career and fundraising decisions, develops investment theses, and contributes to founder selection and capital deployment. The role offers substantial autonomy, mentorship, event participation, and national or international travel, with potential progression into venture capital, startup operations, or founding a company.

Identify exceptional individuals with startup potential, build trusted relationships with them, advise their career and company-building decisions, and influence investment decisions. The role involves developing talent-sourcing theses, building expert networks, evaluating founders and companies, and supporting promising individuals as they create technology companies. Candidates should have founder, investor, or startup operator experience and strong intellectual curiosity, drive, networking ability, judgment, and appreciation for technology’s impact.

Advise pre-seed founders on product development, customer growth, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and investor introductions. Own delivery and measurement of EF’s three-month Launch program, organize workshops and events, coordinate advisors, and build relationships with venture capitalists and angel investors. Help startup teams accelerate their progress, secure customers, and raise seed funding.

Identify exceptionally talented individuals early in their careers, develop talent-sourcing theses, build expert networks, advise prospective founders, and help select founders and companies for investment. The role involves evaluating potential, supporting career and company-building decisions, and influencing the deployment of venture capital into early-stage teams in San Francisco.

Support investment decisions and founder development by identifying exceptional early-stage talent, researching talent clusters, building relationships with influential network nodes, advising prospective founders, and evaluating individuals and startups. The role involves contributing to investment theses, supporting company creation and fundraising, learning through apprenticeship, and helping maximize outcomes for founders and their companies.

Own operations for Entrepreneurs First’s founder residency, including talent pipeline management, candidate selection, dashboards, founder onboarding, paperwork, visa coordination, and product experience. The intern will also lead an independent improvement project or automation while working closely with founders and the EF ecosystem. Success requires ownership, initiative, strong organization, problem-solving, communication, and comfort in a fast-paced environment.

Lead the global People Operations function for a 110-person organization across London, Paris, Bangalore, and San Francisco. Responsibilities include employee relations, performance management, cash incentives, engagement surveys and events, workforce planning, immigration processes, and managing a People Ops team member. The role partners closely with leadership, Finance, managers, employees, and external employment counsel while balancing strategic planning with hands-on operational delivery.