About the role
Misumi Ventures is newly launched. Our founding partners hold operating responsibilities within MISUMI Americas, which means the Investment Associate will be the fund's first dedicated full-time investment professional. The scope is correspondingly broad. You will build our deal funnel, own how the fund presents itself to founders and co-investors, support diligence and portfolio companies, and run the reporting cadence to our LP. You will report to the Managing Partner and participate in investment discussions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Two to four years in venture capital, investment banking, management consulting, corporate development, or an operating role at a hardware or deep-tech company
- Strong written communication. Memos, market analysis, and LP reporting constitute a large share of the work
- Established relationships in the venture, engineering or founder community a strong plus, or a clear plan for building them
- Comfort operating without an existing playbook, at a fund making its first investments
More about this role
MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Full-time
Misumi Ventures is a $50 million early-stage fund investing at the intersection of frontier hardware, robotics, automation and industrial AI.
We will build a portfolio of 20 to 30 seed and early-stage companies. Our thesis is specific. Hardware companies rarely fail because the idea was wrong — they fail in the gap between a working prototype and repeatable volume production. Our portfolio companies get direct access to MISUMI's manufacturing continuum: more than 30 million standard parts, 22 company-owned factories, 4,000 sourcing partners, and a five-region network across the Americas, China, Asia, Europe and Japan. That is what we put on a cap table alongside...
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