About Founders Future
Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a global investment platform backing the next generation of AI-first and transformative entrepreneurs. Backed by leading entrepreneurs, prominent European families, and institutional investors, Founders Future manages nearly $400M in assets.
With over 120 portfolio companies and 300+ founders backed to date, Founders Future has built one of the most dynamic early-stage investment platforms in Europe and is now accelerating its transatlantic expansion. The platform supports success stories across both continents, including Veesion, Omi.so, Raidium, Waterdrop, Lydia, Alma, Memo Bank, Taster, and Neat in Europe, as well as Databricks, Pinterest, Perplexity, and Function Health in the United States.
Today, Founders Future’s strategy focuses on AI, Fintech, SAAS and Healthcare, with a strong focus on supporting globally ambitious and transformative entrepreneurs. As part of its international expansion, Founders Future is actively building its US presence in key innovation hubs.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Seed VC Associate to join our US investment team and play a key role in identifying and supporting the next generation of seed-stage founders across North America.
This is a high-exposure, hands-on role combining sourcing, investment execution, founder engagement, and ecosystem development — with a particular focus on the earliest phases of company formation and validation.
Beyond the investment role, this is a unique opportunity to actively contribute to establishing and shaping Founders Future’s long-term presence in the US seed ecosystem. You will help build our sourcing engine, sharpen our investment theses, and strengthen our positioning among the most visionary early-stage entrepreneurs.
Key Responsibilities
Deal Sourcing & Origination
- Identify and source seed-stage opportunities across key US markets (SF, NYC, Austin, Miami), with a strong emphasis on pre-product, pre-revenue, and pre-seed/seed rounds.
- Build trusted relationships with first-time and repeat founders, accelerators (YC, Techstars, etc.), scouts, angels, and early-stage funds.
Investment Analysis & Execution
- Lead initial assessment of opportunities: team quality, product vision, go-to-market strategy, early traction, and market size.
- Support due diligence and internal IC processes, including investment memo drafting, cap table review, and qualitative founder evaluation.
Founder Engagement
- Act as a key sparring partner to founders: challenge product-market fit assumptions, prepare for follow-on rounds, and support early hiring.
- Help founders access our network across Europe and the US.
Ecosystem & Community Building
- Represent Founders Future at early-stage events, demo days, and community gatherings.
- Organize roundtables, dinners, and thematic initiatives to strengthen our brand among emerging founders and operators.
Thematic Research & Thesis Building
- Contribute to the development of our AI-first seed-stage theses and keep track of sector dynamics in Fintech, SaaS, and Healthcare.
Candidate Profile
- 2–4 years of experience in early-stage VC, startup operations, product management, investment banking, consulting, or entrepreneurship.
- Strong founder empathy and deep understanding of the challenges of company building from 0 to 1.
- Demonstrated passion for technology, startups, and seed investing — ideally with some exposure to AI, Fintech, SaaS, or Health.
- Analytical, curious, and intellectually rigorous, with an ability to go from market deep dives to founder calls in the same day.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust with ambitious early-stage teams.
- Entrepreneurial, humble, fast-moving, and autonomous.
- Full professional fluency in English; French or Spanish is a plus.
- Network or prior experience in San Francisco, New York, Austin, or Miami is strongly preferred.
Compensation
- Competitive base salary (depending on profile and experience)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive structure
Location
US-based; ideally San Francisco, New York, or Miami
Why Join Founders Future?
Joining Founders Future means joining a fast-growing, international tech investment platform with highly differentiated access to AI-first entrepreneurs across Europe and the US. You’ll be on the front lines of company creation — identifying bold founders before the crowd, helping them scale, and playing a defining role in their journey from idea to category leadership.
