About the Role
Capital One Ventures (COV) is the strategic investment arm of Capital One, seeking to invest in and partner with cutting-edge technology startups. COV identifies opportunities that drive financial return and strategic impact, enhancing customer experiences. The Venture Investing team supports strategy, sourcing, investing, and monitoring for a portfolio of venture capital investments that accelerate Capital One’s strategic priorities, focusing on direct investment strategy while supporting broader team initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Map and landscape companies and sectors to drive top-of-funnel outreach and relationship development, generating vetted new opportunities in target technology categories.
- Manage due diligence, financial analysis, and target evaluation for transaction opportunities, including preparing investment memos, overseeing legal negotiations, and managing deal execution.
- Collaborate with Capital One to identify and scope opportunities and sectors of interest, developing and presenting investment theses and opportunities relevant to specific technology areas.
- Engage proactively in strategic planning and portfolio development, including leading data collection, contributing to reporting, developing commercial opportunities with portfolio companies, and supporting portfolio management and compliance analyses.
- Provide mentorship and partnership to team members across the Ventures organization and serve as a cultural ambassador.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of professional experience in finance, strategy or technology
- At least 4+ years of experience in venture capital, technology product management, private equity, investment banking, software engineering, AI, startup operations, or technology strategy consulting
- Knowledge of startup technology development lifecycles from equity financing through monetization
- Demonstrated ability to source, evaluate and execute venture capital transactions
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Technology Product Management
- Private Equity
- Investment Banking
- Software Engineering
- AI
- Startup Operations
- Technology Strategy Consulting
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $179,700 - $205,100
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
About the Company
- Capital One Ventures (COV) is the strategic investment arm of Capital One, seeking to invest in and partner with cutting-edge technology startups.
- COV has team members across the country who work to identify new opportunities in enterprise tech, big data, cybersecurity, identity, payments, fintech and other sectors.
- Some of our investments include: Snowflake, Glean, Databricks, and Island.
Equal Opportunity
- Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace.
- Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.
