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About the Role
Courtside Ventures is seeking an Associate to work directly with the investment team across the full lifecycle of a deal, from initial outreach to portfolio support and follow-on decisions. This is a hands-on role within a small team, offering high agency, expectations, and upside, where you will own workstreams and engage directly with founders.
Responsibilities
- Build and run a sourcing engine across sports, entertainment, and consumer, including founder outreach, co-investor relationships, conferences, and scene-level presence.
- Lead primary research on live opportunities, including customer and expert calls, market sizing, competitive mapping, financial analysis, and reference checks.
- Help write investment memos and defend recommendations to the investment committee.
- Develop theses by picking categories, conducting deep dives, building market maps, and creating outbound sourcing plans.
- Support post-investment portfolio companies with hiring, go-to-market strategies, introductions, and follow-on financings.
- Track portfolio company KPIs, maintain records, and identify successes and challenges.
- Write publicly for the firm, including market pieces, category theses, and 'why we invested' posts.
- Represent Courtside at industry events and build a network of founders, operators, and co-investors.
- Contribute to LP reporting, portfolio tracking, CRM hygiene, and internal fund operations.
Requirements
- Prior venture capital (or similar) experience as an analyst or associate.
- Familiarity with data rooms, cap tables, and IC memos.
- Deep relationships within the VC ecosystem.
- Based in New York City or willing to split time in NYC (in office).
- Independence and ability to operate autonomously.
- Working fluency with AI tools and workflows for research, diligence synthesis, sourcing automation, and writing.
- Genuine interest and fluency in sports, entertainment, and consumer.
- Strong writing skills.
- Experience sourcing a deal that has been completed.
- Involvement in a scene or community where trends emerge early.
- Independent thought and judgment, willing to voice critical opinions.
- Proven track record of building something (company, product, newsletter, tool, following).
Skills
- Sourcing
- Diligence
- Thesis development
- Portfolio management
- Content creation
- Networking
- Fund operations
- AI tools and workflows
- Market analysis
- Financial analysis
- Writing
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- In office
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
- Not entry-level
- Opportunity to move up
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000 – $150,000
Benefits
- Participation in firm-wide carried interest pool
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (fully paid)
- Market-leading 401(k) match program
- Flexible PTO
About the Company
- Courtside Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and consumer.
- Founded in 2016 with a thesis focused on media, tech infrastructure, gaming, and health platforms around sports.
- Portfolio includes 130 companies, with notable investments like The Athletic, StockX, Draftea, Rythm Health, and Beam.
- Manages over $300M across its funds.
- Maintains a deliberately small team to ensure high agency for each member.