Antler backs the world’s most ambitious founders from the very start. Founded on the belief that innovation is the key to building a better future, we partner with people across six continents to launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges. Knowing that exceptional founders can come from anywhere with any background, we have offices in 30 cities, including New York, London, Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangalore, Singapore, Seoul, and Stockholm.
Our global community supports founders on deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. Fuelled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we have helped create and invested in more than 1,500 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies.
A better future won’t happen automatically—the world needs talented, determined, and resilient people to build it. Antler team members are part of an ambitious global community dedicated to helping the most driven founders move the world forward.
The roleThis is a unique opportunity to break into venture capital and gain exposure to some of the most exciting early-stage startups in Australia and beyond. You’ll work alongside outstanding founders as part of a high-performing team that’s among the most active VC firms in the region. It’s a rare chance to build your network, sharpen your investment instincts, and fast-track your career in VC.The purpose of the role is to deliver an exceptional founder experience, build processes and systems geared towards operational efficiency, and enable high-quality investments. Now deploying our second fund, Antler has ambitions to invest in hundreds of companies in the region over the next few years.Responsibilities
Residency Operations
- Own key investment and residency coordination processes to optimise for founder experience and speed of investment
- Manage movements of founders throughout the residency including AI workflows, Slack management, and maintaining the Antler Hub, our proprietary CRM
- Alongside the Investments team, assist in the smooth delivery of Antler’s residency content including managing in-person sessions, ensuring founders have access to resources, and owning the tech setup for session delivery
- Own processes leading up to Investment Committee meetings, e.g. manage completion of pre-investment checks including ensuring submission of documents or pitch resources as required
- Maintain operational relationships with partners and external VCs that are invited into the Antler investment process including ensuring our communications to them are smooth, have robust information, and manage expectations effectively
- Support community and investor events including ordering food and drinks, setting up event spaces or organising external events, and communications required for event delivery
Scouting and Ecosystem
- Contribute to our Scouting efforts to find the best founders in Australia via events, outreach and interviews
- Attend ecosystem events and identify high-potential founders
- Provide a platform for L&D opportunities within the Antler team via collaboration with our VP of Operations and Antler teams around the world
- Own day-to-day relationship and operations with our office space providers
- 1-2 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in a startup environment
- Highly intelligent; proven educational track record
- Demonstrable passion for VC and working with founders
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to write and speak in a structured and articulate manner
- Highly organised, proactive and comfortable with ambiguity; able to structure and execute multiple processes simultaneously
- Hands-on experience building or using AI agents, automation workflows (e.g. Zapier, Gumloop), or AI dev tools (e.g. n8n, v0, Lovable)
- Experience in a fast-moving environment preferred
- Experience in a program-based operational or co-ordination role
- Strong founder network
- Entrepreneurial experience as a founder or early startup employee
As part of this role, employees have the opportunity to be part of a growing global business, see the impact of their work on the day-to-day operations of the business, and join our mission to back the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.
Along with that, you will:
- Create a legacy with an opportunity to impact the direction of Antler locally and across geographies
- Be part of a platform that helps build and invests in hundreds of disruptive companies every year
- Opportunity to grow your network and develop your understanding of the startup, VC and business innovation space, supported by a personal L&D budget
- The chance to work in a global and rapidly growing company with a truly global team and culture with significant local and global growth opportunities
- Flexible working hours where you are empowered to work in a way that brings the best out of you, along with 4-weeks remote working per year, birthday days off and Summer Hours
- A competitive salary, Fund Carry options and incentives to earn more through internal Scouting initiatives
