About the Role
Pantera Capital is seeking a Junior Partner for its San Francisco office to focus on early-stage investment opportunities in venture and early-stage tokens. This role offers exposure to the venture capital and hedge fund industries, opportunities to meet founders, and involvement in evaluating cutting-edge projects and sourcing new investments.
Responsibilities
- Proactively identify new investment opportunities and qualify inbound leads by meeting with entrepreneurs.
- Evaluate new investment opportunities through market research, product reviews, competitive analysis, metrics analysis, customer/user reviews, and technical diligence.
- Support the Pantera Capital portfolio by collaborating with the team.
- Contribute to the blockchain/cryptocurrencies community by organizing activities, participating in local events, and strengthening the Pantera team.
Requirements
- A minimum of 2-5 years of professional experience in banking, consulting, investing, or high-growth tech.
- A native understanding of blockchain technology with experience reviewing white papers or crypto projects.
- The ability to think analytically and strategically about investment decisions and ongoing work with existing portfolio companies.
- The ability to work well within a team and be self-guided on a day-to-day basis.
- Strong written and analytical skills for deal analysis and internal reporting.
- Strong relationship-building skills for connecting with entrepreneurs and the startup community.
- A demonstrated history of being proactive.
Skills
- Blockchain technology
- White paper review
- Crypto project analysis
- Analytical thinking
- Strategic thinking
- Teamwork
- Self-guidance
- Written communication
- Deal analysis
- Internal reporting
- Relationship building
- Proactiveness
- Technical background (bonus)
- Data science experience (bonus)
- Venture capital deal terms understanding (bonus)
- Crypto deal terms understanding (bonus)
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Junior
- 2-5 years
About the Company
- Pantera Capital is the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem.
- Pantera launched the first cryptocurrency fund in the United States in 2013.
- The firm subsequently launched the first exclusively-blockchain venture fund.
- In 2017, Pantera was the first firm to offer an early-stage token fund.
- Pantera manages $3.5bn across three strategies – passive, hedge, and venture – exclusively focused on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem.
