Associate

Full Time Associate Position

Top Corner Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Founded in 2020, Top Corner invests both debt and equity in Seed and Series A stage companies across enterprise software, fintech, consumer and healthcare.

Candidate Qualifications

• Based in the Bay Area
• Minimum of 2 years of experience post undergraduate school, preferably within investment banking, management consulting, venture capital or a technology company
• Strong academic performance and an undergraduate degree from a top institution
• Excellent analytical acumen with a financial background and demonstrated ability to work with financials and large data sets to build complex financial models
• Outstanding written skills and ability to write compelling investment memos, generate investment theses and distill communication with portfolio companies and investors
• Strong presentation and communication skills coupled with the maturity to work with Founders, CEOs, CFOs, other VCs, lawyers etc.
• Comfortable with outbound marketing, brand building, and networking, developing contacts, building social media presence and generating deal flow for the fund
• Ability and desire to work with early-stage companies, especially with Seed or Series A stage startups and a clear passion to build a career within the technology industry
• High integrity and a self-starter, able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment that requires one to be proactive, independent and organized

Associate Role

• Top Corner is an early stage fund that will require the Associate to take on many roles as it is a small team
• Strong focus on diligence and execution, which includes writing investment memos, modeling hypothetical returns and doing market research
• Communicating with existing portfolio companies, monitoring progress and updating financial models and memos
• Working with existing portfolio companies on fundraising and business strategy projects and discussions
• Proactive networking with other Associates at VCs and tech founders to generate deal flow
• Building Top Corner brand and leading marketing efforts, including social media
• Internal work on other miscellaneous projects to help continue to build Top Corner Capital
• Working very closely with the two managing partners in many different aspects of managing a venture fund
• Willing to do a wide variety of tasks and assuming a great deal of responsibility

Career Benefits

• Getting in at the ground floor of a growing venture fund
• Being one of the early builders of the firm, which allows you to add significant value and leave your mark
• Working with high-profile venture-backed tech companies and other venture funds
• Learning how to become an investor and how to build a career in venture capital
• Extensive networking opportunities in tech and venture capital
• Having a tremendous amount of responsibility
• Getting direct, unique exposure to learning from proven managing partners in venture capital
• Potential option to stay on after 2 years, if earned, and get promoted

Commitment & Salary

• Minimum 2-year commitment
• Competitive cash compensation and bonus
• Ability to participate in the upside of the fund through carried interest for top performers