Antler is where outlier founders come to go further, faster. The best founders choose Antler for the chance to generate momentum: to build alongside world-class talent, access capital, and work with partners who’ve been founders themselves.
Successful Antler founders will gain a first check and a clear path to scale from pre-seed to Series C. While our global fund provides scale-up capital from Series A onwards to propel the next generation of remarkable founders further.
With a presence in 25+ countries, we’re the most active investor in AI globally, while also capturing innovation across fintech, healthtech, climate tech, and beyond.
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The role
Antler is seeking an exceptional leader to join the firm as an Associate Partner in Sydney to lead our investment activities in Sydney and to join our global partnership to help build Antler. This role has the opportunity to have an incredible impact on the early-stage ecosystem in Sydney, and be a part of building the next wave of fast-growing technology companies in Australia.
This is a unique opportunity to break into VC leadership and back the best outliers in Australia.
About the role
In brief
- 11 employees across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
- You will be an Associate Partner, reporting to one of our General Partners
- Based in Sydney, you will lead Antler’s investment origination across Sydney and New South Wales to back and support outlier founders at the earliest stage
- You will be the primary leader for our Residency founders in Sydney
- You will play a key role in developing and delivering our portfolio strategy to achieve significant success and will drive post-investment outcomes as lead for selected portfolio companies
- You will make investment decisions as a voter on our Investment Committee and be a part of Antler’s global partnership group, with material fund carry exposure
- 7+ years of experience in a Tier 1 VC-backed start-up or a VC firm or as a founder who has raised VC
- Demonstrated elite achievement in education, sports or career
- Strong technical and AI depth: respected in conversations on product, engineering, and technology
- A genuinely active network of Tier 1 founders, investors, and operators across Australia
- Demonstrated understanding of how capital is raised and deployed
- Build a culture of team, ambition, enthusiasm and action bias
- A clear communicator able to deliver tough messages with empathy
- Sydney based
Preferred but not essential:
- Early stage investment experience
- Former founder
- Create a legacy and have a large impact: be part of building hundreds of disruptive companies that will define the next wave of tech
- An opportunity to build a high-volume investment track record both in early-stage companies and also in the later stages
- An international environment with significant room for growth
- Competitive salary, a significant share of the market fund upside
- 4-weeks remote working per year, birthday days off
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience at a Tier 1 VC-backed startup, VC firm, or as a founder who has raised venture capital
- Demonstrated elite achievement in education, sports, or career
- Strong technical and artificial intelligence depth, with credibility in product, engineering, and technology discussions
- Active network of Tier 1 founders, investors, and operators across Australia
- Understanding of how capital is raised and deployed
- Ability to build a culture of teamwork, ambition, enthusiasm, and action bias
- Clear communication skills and ability to deliver tough messages empathetically
- Sydney-based
- Early-stage investment experience
- Former founder experience
What We Do
Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 30 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor
