About the role
Path Ventures is hiring a Principal, its first full-time role besides the founder/general partner. The application is hosted through DealQuest, an interactive application that asks candidates to play through a simulated VC career.
Application process
Candidates enter their LinkedIn URL, play through the game, and receive application instructions after completing the relevant phase.
What the application evaluates
- Sourcing: Finding deals before anyone else through speed, pattern recognition, and network activation.
- Diligence: Separating signal from noise through financial analysis, market sizing, and founder assessment.
- Deal winning: Closing competitive rounds through term sheet strategy, relationship leverage, and timing.
- Marketing: Amplifying portfolio companies through storytelling, media strategy, and ecosystem positioning.
- LP relations: Managing backers through reporting cadence, expectation setting, and transparency under pressure.
- Brand: Building fund identity through thesis clarity, founder magnetism, and market perception.
Details
The application page states: resumes show history; DealQuest shows instinct. Gameplay is part of the application, and instructions are revealed after Phase 2.
Apply at principal.path.vc.