Program Associate

About Outlier Ventures

Outlier Ventures is the world’s leading Web3 accelerator and most active Web3 investor, with a renowned reputation as the go-to authority for Web3 founders, investors and partners.

Founded in 2014, it works with startups at various stages of their lifecycle from pre-seed / seed (via Base Camp) to later stage about to launch (or live) token networks (via its Ascent program) specialising in a New Data Economy, Infrastructure, DeFi, AI, bringing together a network of 1,000 ’s of the world’s leading web 3 founders, protocols, VCs to mentor, and invest in start-ups.

Outlier Ventures’ portfolio includes leading Web3 projects including Biconomy, Boson Protocol, Brave, Cheqd, Cudos, DIA Data, Fetch.ai, Futureverse, IOTA, Ocean Protocol, Root Network and XAI.

About the role

In this role, you will be working alongside the startups and Outlier Venture teams to deliver success across the year to up to three cohorts of Web3 startups.

In true startup fashion you could end up doing nearly anything but we expect it to mainly consist of:

• Market research (including more crypto elements like token design)
• Startup business strategy
• Fundraising strategy (and core material creation) for pre-seed/seed and pre-sale level startups
• Networking building and mapping
• Enabling the cohort to excel and grow

This is a great way to see everything that happens in crypto venture at an early stage where we work with teams through the accelerator and through to their fundraising event - whether equity or a token.

This position is well suited to those looking to jump start their transition into startups, venture or crypto. You’ll get exposure to a broad range of founders, innovations and partners - as well as seeing under the hood of Outlier Ventures.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has the ability to take initiative and produce results
• Values learning about new ideas, concepts and business models
• Has the ability to collaborate effectively with a talented team
• Has super interpersonal skills
• Has the ability to suggest and carry out practical actions to deal with issues
• Hard working with a positive attitude
• Is organised
• Comfortable with working fully virtually
• Loves emerging technology
• Bonus: has personal experience with crypto