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Jennifer Zemel

Director of Strategic Partnerships – Moderne Ventures

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Moderne is looking for a Director of Strategic Partnerships who can manage programming and relationships across the firm, especially within its Passport, Solutions and Corporate Innovation Advisory practice.

Key responsibilities include program management and integration of key strategic programs at Moderne and their respective integration with the Fund:

Moderne Corporate Partnerships

  • Program Management to systematize Moderne’s corporate partner program

  • Be a conduit to bring portfolio companies together with C-level executives, facilitate introductions, recommend implementation best practices, advise on strategic decisions and build relationships

  • Develop and execute on custom programs which include facilitating strategy sessions, leading partners through innovation best practices and adapting Moderne’s program to their needs

  • Develop lasting client relationships and build business success stories by helping to provide measurable returns to our partners: work hands-on with to produce meaningful case studies and a means to educate other partners and investors of their success

  • Identify and understand our investors’ client challenges and communicating them to the Moderne investment team

  • Understand technologies within Moderne portfolio and outside of it that can address key industry challenges and which produce ROI and strategic value to the industry

  • Maintain the strong reputation Moderne has in the industry by continuing to service existing relationships and building new ones

  • Identify new growth opportunities for the firm, consider global opportunities and outreach and contribute to Moderne’s performance as a leading investment fund in the venture capital markets and broader industries it reaches

Passport

  • Establish Program Management Best Practices, processes and procedures

  • Create, schedule and build communications

  • Pilot procurement, facilitation and coordination

  • Event procurement and coordination

  • Facilitate financial metric tracking and coordination with the Investment Team

Moderne Solutions

  • Oversight and hands on development of mini-business plans and proof of concepts to determine market validity of new concepts in our industries

  • Coordinate with portfolio companies that may make up a solution

  • Requirements definitions

  • Test hypothesis with Moderne Network

  • Validate financial assumptions and make ‘go or no-go’ recommendations

Experience

Ideal Candidate has:

  • 10+ years in Management Consulting, Account Management, Operating and/or Client Services experience both as an individual contributor and senior executive in his/her firm.

  • In depth understanding and experience in Moderne’s industry and meaningful relationships

  • Experience advising, building and managing teams external to his/her organization

Instructions to Apply

Applicants may apply submitting the form below.

Only candidates with required experience should apply.

Fill out my online form.
Jennifer Zemel

Investment Principal – Moderne Ventures

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Moderne is seeking an experienced Investment Principal to join the team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Source and assess new deals

    • Build deal pipeline by generating company target lists from thematic research of compelling investment themes

    • Develop deal flow channels by (1) contributing personal venture capital and startup network and (2) building new relationships with VC peers and operating companies to identify high potential investment opportunities

  • Evaluate and structure investment opportunities

    • Analyze sensitized detailed financial operating and returns models

    • Analyze target companies and their industries by understanding competitive dynamics, market drivers, business models, opportunities and risks

    • Run comparable company analyses

    • Speak with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders of target investments

    • Help prepare detailed investment memoranda alongside Investment Associates/Partners for approval by the investment committee

  • Work with companies, partners and investors to help grow value of the underlying portfolio and create opportunities for our industry and venture network

    • Monitor and record financial and qualitative performance of portfolio companies

    • Track fund returns in conjunction with fund administrator

    • Improve the firm’s data management capabilities

    • Use the performance data to drive go-forward investment strategy and targets

Qualifications and Qualities of an Ideal Candidate:

  • Previous senior-level experience sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities at a top-tier Venture Capital fund or Growth Equity firm

  • Proven track record of sourcing, structuring, evaluating, and closing successful investments

  • Meaningful and broad existing connections within the venture capital and early-stage startup ecosystem

  • Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand business models

  • Exemplary interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills

  • Experience working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

  • Deep passion for technology, investing, startups, and entrepreneurship

  • Chicago-based or willingness to relocate

Instructions to Apply

Applicants may apply submitting the form found here.

Only candidates with required experience should apply.

Jennifer Zemel

Investment Principal – First Bight Ventures

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Responsibilities:

  • Working closely with Managing Partner and Fund advisors in providing everything from deal sourcing to assistance with due diligence and portfolio company management. The major duties include:
    • identifying and assessing potential investment opportunities from their network of contacts (business colleagues, venture incubators and accelerators, etc.) and new sources
    • preparing industry and competitive research on financing targets and presenting this information to the firm’s investment committee
    • working closely with managing partners to conduct due diligence (market, management, product, legal, accounting, etc.) on target companies to assess the strength of investment proposals (this includes screening potential business plans and helping to value the company using market comparable and discounted cash flow benchmarking exercises)
    • constructing financial models to assess a target company’s operation, financing, valuation, etc.
    • building relationships with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists at other funds
    • participating in the deal process (e.g., drafting term sheets and letters of intent, negotiation, audit, tax, legal, closing)
    • providing support to portfolio companies by conducting research, advising senior management, assisting with financing and acquisition activities, and attending board meetings
    • analyzing credit issues and equity opportunities at portfolio companies
    • serving on the boards of portfolio companies (or functioning as a board observer)
    • identifying and negotiating with potential buyers of the fund’s portfolio businesses
    • assisting partners during the exit process (i.e., initial public offering or merger)

Key qualifications:
Ideal candidate should have minimum of 5 years of work experience, with strong quantitative skills and research capabilities. The candidate must have advanced degree in Biology/Molecular Biology/Bio-Chemistry, Ph.D preferred. Minimum 2 years of investment related experiences at other financial institutions especially venture firms is required. Strong analytical skills, as well as domain experience in Synthetic Biology.

Location:
Preferably Houston based, for exceptional candidate willing to consider remote working arrangement

Compensation:
$100K+ negotiable, with bonus scheme upon Fund close and profit sharing in fund.

If you are interested in applying, please email veronica.wu@firstbight.com.

Jennifer Zemel

Senior Manager/Director – Program Management/Business Development – B Capital Group

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* Please note that this is a non-investment professional role. It is not a track towards the investment team.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Do you have experience working at a fast paced, high growth technology company? Do you have experience working in a high-performing sales, business development or sales operations team?

At B Capital Group, we’re seeking a Program Management/Business Development Sr. Manager/Director to join a team whose primary focus is to develop programs for our portfolio companies who are looking to accelerate and expand their revenue streams.

The ideal candidate will have unquestioned integrity and credibility, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and the ability to wear many hats. Additionally, we are looking for someone with experience working in companies with products and services delivering leading technologies, such as cloud-based platforms, SaaS solutions, AI/ML products, security offerings and other emerging technologies.

BASIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Strategically leverage the scale of a large portfolio of companies and an extensive executive network to build KPIs and revenue acceleration programs which will be utilized in both one-to-one and one-to-many formats
  • Represent BD team in front of leaders of all levels and demonstrate the value of newly developed acceleration programs to internal stakeholders and external technology executives
  • Collaborate with internal partners to understand the portfolio companies’ sales and go-to-market challenges and opportunities
  • Develop a framework to define optimal ways to assist the portfolio companies with addressing their sales and go-to-market challenges and opportunities
  • For the top challenges/opportunities, develop Playbooks to be leveraged across the portfolio companies
  • Perform and present data analysis of Playbooks and key metrics to measure success, and use these to identify improvement potential
  • Incorporate learnings into the Playbooks on an ongoing basis

BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Marketing or related field; MBA preferred
  • 8-10 years’ experience in a sales, business development or sales operations team for a large-scale ($100M+) technology business
  • 3-5 years’ experience managing customer pipelines, revenue growth and sales performance metrics, as well as go-to-market strategies
  • Strong program management experience, proven ability to prioritize and produce expected results in agreed upon timeframes
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, ability to visualize data and concepts in PowerPoint
  • Ability to create and develop structured programs from the ground up
  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in an evolving, dynamic environment
  • Previous experience building a business from scratch is a plus
  • Demonstrated honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments
  • Highly accountable and driven with heavy concentration of grit required. We value and celebrate it.

ABOUT B CAPITAL:

B Capital Group is a multi-stage, international investment firm founded in 2015 by Raj Ganguly, Eduardo Saverin, Howard Morgan, and Kabir Narang. B Capital invests in companies transforming large traditional industries across borders and geographies. Leveraging a global team of seasoned experts and a strategic partnership with BCG, B Capital helps founders navigate business challenges, raise capital, and attract talented leadership at every stage of the startup lifecycle. B Capital invests in enterprise technology (e.g., consumer enablement technologies, enterprise application software, infrastructure, security, AI/ML), fintech and insurtech, industrial and transportation, and healthcare tech and Bio IT. The B Capital portfolio includes global, industry-leading companies like Aetion, Atomwise, Bounce, Centivo, Carro, Dailyhunt, DataRobot, Evidation Health, FalconX, Icertis, Innovaccer, Kopi Kenangan, Ninja Van, Notable Labs, Payfazz, Synack, Ula, and YaloChat, XingYun. For more information, visit http://www.bcapgroup.com/.

B CAPITAL GROUP CORE VALUES:

  • B Honest & Trustworthy – Our people and our culture are the heart of our business. We are self-aware, supportive, and trust ourselves and each other. We speak the truth with positive intent. We hold ourselves accountable, are intellectually open, and are constantly learning and growing.
  • B Open & Inclusive – Our diverse composition gives us broad and varied perspectives that drive better investments. We find ways to better ourselves and our communities, increasing transparency, fairness, and respect in every interaction. We thrive on the unique qualities of our people, and how together, these qualities make us special.
  • B Collaborative – We believe in we vs I, and operate as one global team. We know that no one person has all the answers, and that we are better together. Our successes and failures are equally shared.
  • B Bold – We take risks and understand that at times we may fail. We learn from our failures; we don’t repeat them and are constantly striving to be better.
  • B Humble – We are humble and believe in winning together with gratitude, knowing that every finish line is the beginning of a new race. We are low ego, and lift each other up.
  • B Persistent – When we get knocked down, we rise back up. We persevere, with the enduring perspective that only grit can help us overcome. We know our individual and collective goals and won’t stop short of achieving them. We work hard and play hard.
  • B Evolving – We innovate and advocate with boundless curiosity and creativity. We always have a startup mentality.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
For those interested in this position, please submit your Cover Letter and CV to the B Capital careers website at https://grnh.se/167c63ff3us.

Jennifer Zemel

Chief of Staff – B Capital Group

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POSITION SUMMARY:

B Capital is seeking an experienced strategic thinker and executor to join the Operations team as Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, to help the COO and Managing General Partner with day-to-day processes and longer-term projects. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated “all-purpose athlete” who can be flexible with their skills to help with a variety of projects across different firm areas.

BASIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Strategize and draft communications on other’s behalf including company-wide memos, presentations, speaking engagements, press Q&A, etc.
  • Operationalize and streamline company management, including managing progress against goals
  • Coordinate scheduling & task management for Managing General Partner with his Executive Assistant
  • Develop and execute strategic projects (project management, status tracking, and updates)
  • Travel with the Managing General Partner to internal meetings, external meetings, offsites, or external conferences
  • Prep for and attend meetings with Managing General Partner and Chief Operating Officer, driving follow ups and action items to resolution
  • Work with individuals on investment, platform, and operations teams across B Capital’s global offices to manage and drive projects to completion
  • Be a thought partner & sounding board for long-term strategy and vision for the firm with an operational lens on how to accomplish these goals

BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • 5+ years of experience in an operations, startup or high-level administrative role from consulting, banking or government agency is preferred
  • Strong academic success with a BS/BA degree in a relevant discipline, MBA is a plus
  • Exceptionally strong project management, quantitative, and communication skills
  • Highly proactive, detail-oriented, organized and efficient
  • Experience working with a diverse client group including executives
  • Flexibility, resiliency, and ownership while working through challenging problems
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 60% of the time, as required by the role

DESIRED PERSONALITY TRAITS:

  • Innovative, collaborative and trustworthy with an entrepreneurial spirit
  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in an evolving, dynamic environment
  • A sense of humor and an appreciation for sharing in success with teammates
  • A keen emotional intelligence quotient and a contained ego
  • Demonstrated honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments
  • Highly accountable and driven with heavy concentration of grit required. We value and celebrate it.
  • Problem-solving, can-do orientation

ABOUT B CAPITAL:

B Capital Group is a multi-stage, international investment firm founded in 2015 by Raj Ganguly, Eduardo Saverin, Howard Morgan, and Kabir Narang. B Capital invests in companies transforming large traditional industries across borders and geographies. Leveraging a global team of seasoned experts and a strategic partnership with BCG, B Capital helps founders navigate business challenges, raise capital, and attract talented leadership at every stage of the startup lifecycle. B Capital invests in enterprise technology (e.g., consumer enablement technologies, enterprise application software, infrastructure, security, AI/ML), fintech and insurtech, industrial and transportation, and healthcare tech and Bio IT. The B Capital portfolio includes global, industry-leading companies like Aetion, Atomwise, Bounce, Centivo, Carro, Dailyhunt, DataRobot, Evidation Health, FalconX, Icertis, Innovaccer, Kopi Kenangan, Ninja Van, Notable Labs, Payfazz, Synack, Ula, and YaloChat, XingYun. For more information, visit http://www.bcapgroup.com/.

B CAPITAL GROUP CORE VALUES:

  • B Honest & Trustworthy – Our people and our culture are the heart of our business. We are self-aware, supportive, and trust ourselves and each other. We speak the truth with positive intent. We hold ourselves accountable, are intellectually open, and are constantly learning and growing.
  • B Open & Inclusive – Our diverse composition gives us broad and varied perspectives that drive better investments. We find ways to better ourselves and our communities, increasing transparency, fairness, and respect in every interaction. We thrive on the unique qualities of our people, and how together, these qualities make us special.
  • B Collaborative – We believe in we vs I, and operate as one global team. We know that no one person has all the answers, and that we are better together. Our successes and failures are equally shared.
  • B Bold – We take risks and understand that at times we may fail. We learn from our failures; we don’t repeat them and are constantly striving to be better.
  • B Humble – We are humble and believe in winning together with gratitude, knowing that every finish line is the beginning of a new race. We are low ego, and lift each other up.
  • B Persistent – When we get knocked down, we rise back up. We persevere, with the enduring perspective that only grit can help us overcome. We know our individual and collective goals and won’t stop short of achieving them. We work hard and play hard.
  • B Evolving – We innovate and advocate with boundless curiosity and creativity. We always have a startup mentality.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
For those interested in this position, please submit your Cover Letter and CV to the B Capital careers website at https://grnh.se/9431d12c3us.

Jennifer Zemel

Community Manager – Greycoft

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Greycroft is looking for a passionate and entrepreneurial Community Manager to join our Platform Team. In this role, you’ll create, lead, and execute Greycroft’s community strategy which focuses on creating meaningful connections for and among portfolio companies to help founders and enhance the Greycroft brand.

About Greycroft

Greycroft is a seed-to-growth venture capital firm with over $2 billion in capital under management and 200+ investments to date including Acorns, Archer Aviation, Bright Health, Bumble, Flutterwave, Icertis, Public, Scopely, Shipt, Thirty Madison, The RealReal, Venmo, and Yeahka. Our team has the privilege of partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs to build the world’s most transformative companies.

Location

Greycroft’s offices in Arts District area of downtown Los Angeles or Midtown Manhattan

Role and Responsibilities

  • Shape and define Greycroft’s community strategy and obtain buy-in from key internal stakeholders
  • Create and execute a well-structured operating plan with specific priorities, measurable goals, defined dates, and KPIs
  • Oversee and implement tailored CXO events to create connections among portfolio company executives
  • Identify relevant topics and organize subject matter expert webinars for portfolio companies to help accelerate their success
  • Help support business development events, functional corporate councils, and board director matching
  • Develop and execute Greycroft’s content strategy to showcase Greycroft’s expertise to the broader tech ecosystem and provide meaningful insights and actionable advice to entrepreneurs
  • Create and run processes to facilitate intra-portfolio knowledge sharing to help founders address start-up challenges
  • Serve as a “voice of the entrepreneur” by cultivating relationships with founders and other portfolio company executives
  • Measure how portfolio companies feel about Greycroft and what founders want from Greycroft
  • Identify and implement systems and processes to manage, engage, and track Greycroft’s engagement with key community stakeholders
  • Help shape Greycroft’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy and leverage the Greycroft community to support DEI goals
  • Share key insights from portfolio company interactions with Investment and Platform Teams
  • Support Investment Team in making key introductions to portfolio company executives to support due diligence and help win deals
  • Support Finance & Ops team in collecting key KPIs from portfolio
  • Partner with Head of Events to identify and execute events that support community strategy and goals
  • Partner with Head of Events and Platform Director to create community around co-investors, including venture capitalists, and angel investors
  • Partner with Technology and Data Science Team to create and manage community-related database(s) and CRM
  • Create and manage ad hoc initiatives and projects
  • Periodic travel for in-person events and meetings

Professional Qualifications

  • 5+ years of overall work experience
  • 3+ years in a relationship driven role with events and/or marketing focus
  • Venture capital or early-stage startup experience is a strong plus
  • Experience successfully building and scaling a community capability from the ground up in a fast-paced business is a strong plus
  • Proficiency in modern software and platforms
  • 4-year college degree at a top academic institution

Personal Characteristics

  • Strong intellectual horsepower. Superior abstract reasoning and analytical skills. Creative thinker who finds innovative solutions to obstacles.
  • Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguity. Makes decisions and moves initiatives forward.
  • A team builder, team player and leader who creates loyalty, trust and following. Collaborative attitude and desire to contribute outside primary areas of responsibility. Inspires others and highly respected.
  • Effective communicator, both written and verbal. Articulates concepts in a clear, structured, and succinct manner. Adjusts communication based on the audience.
  • Results-driven with bias for action and commitment to excellence. Self-directed, rolls up the sleeves and engages in all activities with sense of urgency. Gets it done on time, every time. Organized with excellent attention to detail.
  • Thrives in fast-paced environment of constant change. Manages numerous time-sensitive matters simultaneously. Positive, resilient, and open to candid feedback. Listens to and considers alternatives.

If interested in applying, please visit here. 

Greycroft is an equal employment opportunity employer. We foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Greycroft will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and any other applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Jennifer Zemel

Full Time Analyst, Director of Partnership Platform – ARCH Venture Partners

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We are looking for a full-time analyst to join ARCH Venture Partners (Chicago HQ). This analyst will play a central role in a high-visibility internal project, connecting corporate venture partners and tech scouts with cutting-edge research. Our ideal candidate is self-directed, detail-oriented, a skilled communicator, and comfortable exercising initiative and operating with minimal guidance. Candidates must be knowledgeable about emerging scientific technologies and comfortable going deep in a wide range of domains within the physical and life sciences. This role is ideal for a high-performing person who is early in their career and wants to learn about the commercialization of science, corporate technology scouting, and venture capital.

Job Description

The role is primarily focused on developing and maintaining relationships with corporate partners, guiding their technology scouting teams in the identification and diligence of new innovations.

You will help manage systematic deal sourcing from universities and maintain and curate a large database of new technologies and companies. You will manage many contacts across the top universities in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Strong organizational skills are a necessity.

You will also help develop investment theses in key scientific domains, create industry-specific analyses, and survey promising new fields of research. You will help coordinate a team of associates and interns contributing to these efforts.

While your primary focus will be on establishing and running internal systems to source and screen new deals and manage relationships with corporate partners, you will be exposed to a wider range of venture capital activities, including screening, diligence, new venture creation, and portfolio company support.

Responsibilities

  • Developing, sourcing, and maintaining relationships with strategic corporate partners
  • Managing systematic technology scouting and sourcing from top universities across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
  • Managing and developing internal software resources, including a database
  • Analyzing a wide array of new technologies across the physical and life sciences
  • Participating in due diligence processes
  • Guiding university research teams in interactions with corporate venture organizations
  • Generating deliverables for the ARCH team and corporate partners, for example decks and whitepapers on research trends
  • Supporting events, marketing efforts, and meetings

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or engineering discipline. Physical science preferred (e.g. physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering), but life science also a fit.
  • 1-3 years of work experience, especially in consulting or technology sourcing
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Experience in Salesforce, database management, and data analytics
  • Strong interest in and comfort with going deep in a wide range of scientific domains
  • Interest in physical and life science-focused startups and venture capital
  • Skilled at multi-tasking and prioritization in a fast-paced team environment with quick turnaround
  • High integrity, strong work ethic, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Live and work in Chicago, with occasional travel

If you are excited about contributing to a growing effort to guide corporate investment in innovation, please send a resume and cover letter to us at careers@archventure.com.

ARCH Venture Partners is one of the largest early-stage technology venture firms in the U.S. ARCH has co-founded and provided initial investments for more than 250 companies organized around innovations from research universities, national laboratories, corporate research groups, and entrepreneurs. By focusing on leading scientific innovators, ARCH has been at the forefront of investing in major areas of innovation in the life sciences and physical sciences, and has helped to catalyze revolutionary advances in genomics, nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and major disease treatments. ARCH has raised eleven primary funds with combined committed capital at the time raised of approximately $6.3 billion. ARCH Venture Partners is an equal opportunity employer. For more information, please visit www.archventure.com.

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