Wefunder

We're Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. Everyone can invest $100.

Head of Partnerships – Europe

Location
Berlin
Job Type
Full-time
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About the role

We allow everyday people to invest in the startups they love!

Wefunder is the largest funding platform connecting founders with their community. Over the past few years, we've helped fund over 1000 pre-IPO startups with $500M+, from early-stage moonshots to unicorns.

Wefunder's Story 💡  communityround.com/case-studies/wefunder

Our Public Benefit Corp Mission 🎙 https://wefunder.com/charter 

The Role

Wefunder is launching in the European Union. We launched in the US in 2012. Four years later the laws rolled out allowing us to operate, but it took until 2021 for them to be workable. Luckily, the EU just rolled out new laws that are as good as the current US laws, so there’s a lot of potential to scale quickly.

We want to bring on a Head of Partnerships to join our small launch team. In this role, you will  build strategic relationships with local angel investors, startup accelerators, and VCs. Our goal is to partner with them on inspiring 20,000 more founders to get started. We want to encourage founders to think bigger, hone their pitch, and give them the funding they need to prove to the "normals" in the world that they are not crazy (or, at least, crazy in a lucrative way).

You will...

  • Build strategic relationships with top tier founders, accelerators, incubators, VCs, and prominent angel investors within the European startup ecosystem.
  • Become a trusted advisor to partners, with the goal of driving high quality founder referrals to Wefunder.
  • Come up with creative fundraising strategies to help execute successful rounds for partners and founders.
  • Act as a leader on the launch team and contribute to building our EU processes, connections, and traction.

Our Dream Candidate

  • You have 5+ years of experience in the European startup ecosystem, such as with a reputable VC or angel group, accelerator, or as a startup founder.
  • You have a deep network in Europe that you can leverage to get intros to the right investor partners. 
  • You have experience in an early-stage company and know what it takes to be successful in a startup environment.
  • You’re passionate about helping more founders succeed.
  • You’re based in a startup hub such as Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, or Barcelona. You’re willing to travel when needed.
  • You’re fluent in German, French, Dutch, or Spanish.

Benefits

  • Generous stock option plan.
  • Excellent base salary.
  • Unlimited vacation days.
  • Equipment of your choice. Whatever you need.
  • Reimbursement for classes and conferences.
  • All-expense paid Wefunder vacation. We’ve taken three train trips across the country, and our next one will be across the EU.

Why Wefunder?

We’re a team of founder types, and pride ourselves on the lack of red tape at Wefunder. Your potential matters more than your background or experience; we’re the company where you can take your shot. Everyone is here to learn and grow, to work on a meaningful product, and to fix capitalism. We’ve spent years lobbying congress to fix the law, and in turn, created this industry.

Apply

Apply below or email Katie Powers at kapow[at]wefunder.com with your LinkedIn / CV and why you'd like to work with us. Brownie points: Include a survival skill you'd offer the team in a post-apocalyptic world.

If you feel like you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply anyways. We don't want a confidence gap and imposter syndrome to get in the way of meeting incredible candidates. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About Wefunder

We're the Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. We allow everyone to invest $100 in a startup they love.

Over the past five years, we've helped fund over 900 startups with $500m – including flying cars, space rockets, breweries, Hollywood studios, and potential Ebola cures.

We’re now doubling the size of our team to handle the growth. Trying to keep up!

We’re also a public benefit corporation with a mission of saving the American Dream (https://wefunder.com/charter). Our aim is to sprinkle the Silicon Valley fairy dust across the rest of the country, which often don’t have the same opportunities we take for granted.

Wefunder
Founded:2011
Team Size:35
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Greg Belote
Greg Belote
CTO
Nick Tommarello
Nick Tommarello
CEO