Operations Associate
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Antler backs the world's most ambitious founders from the very start. Founded on the belief that innovation is the key to building a better future, we partner with people across six continents to launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges. Knowing that exceptional founders can come from anywhere with any background, we have offices in 30 cities, including New York, London, Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangalore, Singapore, Seoul, and Stockholm.
Our global community supports founders on deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. Fueled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we have helped create and invested in more than 1,500 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies.
A better future won't happen automatically—the world needs talented, determined, and resilient people to build it. Antler team members are part of an ambitious global community dedicated to helping the most driven founders move the world forward.
The role
This is a unique opportunity to break into venture capital and gain exposure to some of the most exciting early-stage startups in Australia and beyond. You'll work alongside outstanding founders as part of a high-performing team that's among the most active VC firms in the region. It's a rare chance to build your network, sharpen your investment instincts, and fast-track your career in VC.
The purpose of the role is to enable stellar investment decisions via assessing high-potential founders, delivering an exceptional founder experience and building processes geared towards operational efficiency. Now deploying our second fund, Antler has ambitions to invest in hundreds of companies in the region over the next few years.
Responsibilities
Investment Analysis & Residency Operations
* Perform diligence on founders and teams before Antler investment
* Support Investment Committee (IC) memo preparation and own processes leading up to IC meetings, e.g. completion of pre-investment checks
* Maintain internal systems to track pipeline performance, decision processes, and funnel health
* Develop pattern recognition by analysing key traits of successful Antler alumni and pre-seed breakout companies
* Own key investment and residency processes to optimise for founder experience and speed of investment
* Manage founder lifecycle throughout the residency including AI workflows, Slack management, and maintaining the Antler Hub, our proprietary CRM
* Enable the smooth delivery of Antler's residency content including managing in-person sessions, ensuring founders have access to resources, and owning the tech setup for session delivery
Scouting and Ecosystem
* Contribute to our Scouting efforts to find the best founders in Australia via events, outreach and interviews
* Attend ecosystem events and identify high-potential founders
* Proactively build relationships across universities, founder networks, accelerators, tech communities, and online channels
Requirements
* 1-3 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in a startup environment, early-stage VC or consulting
* Demonstrable passion for VC and working with founders
* Highly intelligent; proven educational track record
* Strong analytical skills, structured thinking and a good eye for talent and founder quality
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to write and speak in a structured and articulate manner
* Highly organised, proactive and comfortable with ambiguity; able to structure and execute multiple processes simultaneously
* Hands-on experience building or using AI agents, automation workflows (e.g. Zapier, Gumloop), or AI dev tools (e.g. n8n, v0, Lovable)
* Experience with CRMs and Airtable preferred
* Based in Sydney
* Hybrid Role:4 days per week (Monday to Thursday), in Antler's office, with the opportunity to work one day a week remotely
Not essential, but nice to have
* Strong founder network
* Entrepreneurial experience as a founder or early startup employee
What Antler offers
As part of this role, employees have the opportunity to be part of a growing global business, see the impact of their work on the day-to-day operations of the business, and join our mission to back the world's most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.
Along with that, you will:
* Create a legacy with an opportunity to impact the direction of Antler locally and across geographies
* Be part of a platform that helps build and invests in hundreds of disruptive companies every year
* Opportunity to grow your network and develop your understanding of the startup, VC and business innovation space, supported by a personal L&D budget
* The chance to work in a global and rapidly growing company with a truly global team and culture with significant local and global growth opportunities
* Flexible working hours where you are empowered to work in a way that brings the best out of you, along with 4-weeks remote working per year, birthday days off and Summer Hours
* A competitive salary, Fund Carry options and incentives to earn more through internal Scouting initiatives
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Administrative and General Business
* Industries
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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