Are you passionate about startups? Would your friends describe you as endlessly curious and are you obsessed with trying new products? Do you pride yourself on working quickly and being someone on whom others can depend? Do you try to help others without an expectation of anything in return?
Who are we?
Bloomberg LP"s venture capital firm, Bloomberg Beta, is looking to add a New York-based person to our team to work with one of our Partners. We invest in early-stage startups that make business work better (we were the first venture capital firm to focus on the future of work, when we launched in 2013) and we have a speciality in machine intelligence. We have invested in Flexport, Textio, MasterClass, Codecademy, LaunchDarkly, Meetup, Doma, Replit, Newfront, Domino Data Lab, and others (https://bit.ly/betaportfolio).
We aspire to be the most transparent venture firm (https://bit.ly/MeetOurFund). We"re data driven, we"re intense, and we treat customer service as a religion (hear from our founders here: https://workingwithbloombergbeta.capsule.video/) - just like the rest of Bloomberg. We"re a small, feisty team that relishes stretching our resources a long way. Returns that we generate go to fund Bloomberg Philanthropies, giving alongside Mike Bloomberg, to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people by focusing on the arts, education, the environment, government innovation, and public health.
You will succeed in this role if you"re curious about the founders and startups we back - in areas like machine intelligence, productivity tools, media, robotics, data, sales, and operations - and have a service focus. We want low-ego, high-throughput people who founders and our team want to be around.
In this role, we will trust you to (starting with the least glamorous):
You have (in order of priority):
Bloomberg Beta prides itself on supporting individuals as they progress in their careers. Most associate roles at Bloomberg Beta last for a few years and then teammates go into a startup -- or start one. Our alumni have worked everywhere from Opendoor and On Deck, to working for Elon Musk, other VC's, international media conglomerates and big technology companies, as well as executives at early companies, and starting companies in areas like cybersecurity and women"s empowerment.
We do not expect candidates for this role to have previous venture experience or an MBA. We welcome previous startup and software development experience, and we are most interested in someone who can demonstrate the above skills.