About the Role
Forum Ventures is hiring an Investment Analyst to join our team in Toronto and help find, fund, and support early-stage B2B technology startups for our Accelerator. We invest in 75+ early-stage companies annually across North America, backing ambitious founders with capital, hands-on support, and a deep founder community. As a member of our investment team, you’ll play a lead role in sourcing top-tier startups, supporting investment decisions, and representing Forum Ventures in the market.
Responsibilities
- Source high-potential early-stage startups across North America through outbound sourcing, founder referrals, community engagement, and data tools.
- Manage and evaluate inbound deal flow, from first screen to diligence to final investment recommendation.
- Build strong relationships with founders, operators, investors, and startup ecosystem players.
- Represent Forum at events, host founder coffees, and share your POV in the market.
- Support internal thesis development, including market mapping, trend analysis, and white-space identification.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with our Platform and Accelerator teams to ensure a world-class experience for the founders we back.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of experience in tech startups, or been a former founder.
- Obsessed with emerging technology and startups.
- Always learning, curious, and plugged into what’s next.
- Strong communicator and storyteller.
- Able to write tight memos, distill complexity, and make the case for a founder or market.
- Self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, energized by pace, and biased toward action.
- Love building authentic relationships and spotting talent early.
- Digitally native, comfortable creating content, sharing ideas online, and experimenting with ways to grow your network and get in front of founders.
- Bonus: Have built something yourself (side hustle, startup, newsletter, community) or have founder’s empathy from being on the other side of the table.
Skills
- Sourcing startups
- Deal flow management
- Relationship building
- Market analysis
- Thesis development
- Content creation
- Online networking
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
About the Company
- Forum Ventures is an early-stage fund, accelerator, and founder community helping B2B SaaS companies go from pre-seed to seed.
- Over the last decade, we’ve backed hundreds of companies who have gone on to raise $1B+ from top funds.
- We’re a tight-knit team of operators, investors, and builders who love this work and genuinely care about the founders we support.
- You'll have meaningful ownership, direct exposure to deals, and the opportunity to shape how we invest and scale in the years to come.
