Who We ArePillar VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston co-founded by 41 leading CEOs, including the founders of DraftKings, Iora Health, Ginkgo Bioworks and Constant Contact. We’re the first-capital-in for scientists and engineers building in deep tech and bio. We make big bets on big ideas at inception.Over half of our investments emerge out of universities. We work with founders months to years in advance of commercialization, collaborating with PhD students, postdocs and faculty. Our team helps by validating customer demand for a founder’s research, recruiting key team members, developing business plans, navigating licensing agreements, and building syndicates with strong co-investors. We’ve made over 50 investments in academic spinouts, including Algorand, Asimov, PathAI, Neural Magic, and Verve Motion.Our investments span enterprise/infrastructure, vertical SaaS, fintech, crypto, manufacturing, logistics, robotics, healthtech, SynBio, genomics, longevity and precision medicine, among other categories. We’re proud investors in companies including Jellyfish, Abridge, Higharc, Hometap, Kula Bio, and VideaHealth.We started Pillar VC with the belief that there has to be a better way for founders and investors to align. We began with a simple hypothesis — that if we treat founders the way we would want to be treated, good things will happen. That if we align every incentive, every action and decision to realize mutual benefit, we will engender trust, and from that, achieve profound results. It’s that simple.Your ResponsibilitiesThe best investors and founders in the world are voracious networkers. In this role, you will help develop Pillar’s community of founders, executives, mentors and board members, building relationships with leaders in the Boston community. In this role, you will work as an Associate on our Investing team, rapidly growing your personal network. You will work closely with members of Pillar’s investing team, including Jamie Goldstein, Sarah Hodges, Parker McKee and Alex Reinhart.This is a two-year role, during which you will have a behind-the-scenes opportunity to learn how our team builds relationships, makes decisions, and supports founders.We work alongside a community of founders in our office in Back Bay. You will be based in Boston and will work four to five days per week from the office.Our team operates in a high-velocity environment that is always changing. This role will require hard work, agility, and long hours – we set the bar high for each other to bring our best to the team.
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