GSV Ventures is Hiring an Investment Associate!
Want to join our growing team? Apply here.
Who We Are
At GSV Ventures, we are a venture capital firm investing in exceptional technology entrepreneurs creating scaled solutions in the “PreK to Gray” digital education and skills market. Additionally, we host the world-renowned ASU+GSV Summit annually in San Diego, CA, and virtually.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking to hire our next Investment Associate! GSV Investment Associates are primarily responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, conducting diligence on startups, as well as providing support to portfolio companies, driving global sector research, and developing content for GSV’s thought leadership at the ASU+GSV Summit.
Ideal candidates are highly curious, proactive, self-starting, tech-savvy, financially sophisticated, and passionate about transformative entrepreneurship. Ideal candidates also have 3–4 years of experience, experience in VC and/or growth fund with direct deal experience or are coming from an operating role within EdTech. Although an engineering degree or technical experience is not required, it is an advantage.
The expectations of the individual include:
- Be comfortable initiating dialogue and rapport with fund partners, CEOs of technology startups, and other senior industry experts
- Be highly inquisitive and relentless in identifying emerging trends
- Be constructively paranoid about missing out on the best emerging teams and companies
- Be adept in financial modeling and the quantitative analysis of companies
- Be able to aggressively sell the advantages of alignment with the GSV platform
- Be highly service and relationship-oriented when it comes to sector entrepreneurs and partners
- Have a hair on fire mentality in identifying companies and their founders that will have the greatest impact on the education/talent sector
- Be a self-starter who is collaborative and focused on elevating those around you
What It is Like Working at GSV Ventures
“At 11pm on the night before I accepted the offer, Deborah sent me a text telling me that she was excited to have me join the team. GSV is a firm that really operates like a team. On my first day at GSV, Deborah sent me a one line email asking me to take a look at India. At that point, GSV had never invested in emerging markets and had only made one investment outside the US. In the following 15 months, we did 13 international deals, including 10 in India. I actually just returned from a three week trip abroad. GSV is a firm that empowers you to go out there and make things happen.” — Mujtaba Wani, Investor
“Working at GSV is an incredible opportunity for anyone passionate about the intersection between education and investing. I have learned an enormous amount over the past year and have loved the level of autonomy and responsibility given to each team member.” — Sophie Hoffman, Investor
Does this role speak to you? Apply Here. If you know someone who could be a good fit, you can also connect them with our head of Talent Amanda Porter at amanda@gsv.com.
Note — We are based in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, but we welcome remote candidates. We are a global firm with team members in Paris, India, and beyond!
