Head of Capital Formation
Alliance
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Nov 14, 2024
About Alliance
Alliance is the leading crypto accelerator and founder community. Since early 2020, we've helped the top 1% of crypto founders start and grow their companies. We do so through a 12-week program that culminates in Demo Day, the most prestigious Web3 spotlight. Alliance Accelerator graduates gain entry to Alliance DAO, an alumni community of exceptional crypto founders.
Origin Story
Alliance started in early 2020 as the “DeFi Alliance” working with founders who were building the very first decentralized finance applications. By helping these early projects source liquidity from professional trading firms, they became market leaders with a combined valuation of over a billion dollars. Leveraging our early success, we broadened our mission and now offer best-in-class acceleration across all verticals in crypto.
Products
Alliance Accelerator. A 12-week program featuring talks from leading experts, hands-on mentorship, Demo Day and more. Teams can expect a minimum of 20 hours of dedicated mentorship, over 20 lectures from industry experts and an exclusive Demo Day, covered by TechCrunch, and attended by more than 300 of crypto’s best investors.
Alliance DAO. Following demo day, accelerator graduates can join Alliance DAO — an alumni community of over 300 founders. Here they’ll find continued support from one another, from Alliance mentors, as well as access to exclusive tools including our community web app (”Space”), where they can connect with fellow founders and more.
What We Offer
🤩 Work with world-class crypto founders, investors, and other industry leaders and be exposed to the most exciting projects working at the cutting edge of crypto
🤝 Join a growing team with a strong reputation, investment portfolio, and accelerator business led by experienced entrepreneurs who have founded some of the leading companies in the industry
💰 Competitive salary
📈 Competitive equity compensation
🏝 Unlimited vacation policy
🦷 Medical, dental, and vision
🏡 A remote work environment with an international and diverse team
Overview
Location: New York City or Remote
Compensation: Competitive salary plus fund carry
Start Date: Immediate
Experience: Mid to Senior
Alliance is seeking a Head of Capital Formation to be accountable for all aspects of venture capital raising for Alliance’s accelerator-focused venture funds.
To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience in capital formation in a private credit, private equity, hedge or venture fund setting and are able to successfully build long-term relationships with institutional investors (including fund of funds, family offices, and wealth management platforms) and HNWIs. The ideal candidate should thrive in clear communication, sales, relationship-building, and strategic thinking.
You will report directly to the COO and work closely with the firm’s other general partners.
Core Duties & Responsibilities
- Capital Raising: Lead and execute a global strategic capital formation plan, targeting institutional investors. Be primarily responsible for lead sourcing and pipeline management. Help create proper messaging and marketing materials. Existing relationships with institutional allocators and HNWIs is a must.
- Investor Relations: Serve as the main point of contact for prospective investors, communicating Alliance’s strategies, performance, and key differentiators clearly and effectively. Build long-term relationships with fund of funds and other strategic allocators.
- Strategic Initiatives: Work closely with senior leadership to shape the firm’s capital formation plan, product offerings, and investment strategies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in capital raising, investor relations, or business development within private credit, private equity, hedge or venture fund settings with 2+ years of experience in the crypto industry.
- Proven track record of securing commitments from institutional investors and HNWIs, particularly within a venture fund context.
- Strong network with institutional investors, consultants, and other key stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with a high degree of professionalism.
- Experience with remote work tools like Slack, Google Workspace, Hubspot, and Notion.
- Exceptional ability to manage a pipeline and automate where necessary.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and high agency (self-driven with keen ability to identify areas of improvement and bring ideas/projects through to completion).
- Ability to travel globally frequently.
Highly Desired Attributes
- Experience being part of a startup fund.
- Experience in fintech and/or crypto/Web3 venture.
Alliance At A Glance
Alliance focuses on venture capital, incubators, accelerators, bitcoin, ethereum, cryptocurrency, and blockchains. We are a remote team of 20+.