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At Oyster Bay we invest in ambitious founders to create a sustainable food system for future generations. We have previously invested in companies such as Oatly AirUp Stenon TrueGum Peas of Heaven GoodBytz and Hooked. Our first fund is in the top 10% of European VC funds in terms of performance and we are currently raising our next fund.

A sustainable food value chain would contribute to solving the climate crisis ensuring food security for our growing population and supporting soil health and clean water without creating billions of tons of waste.

The good news is its possible. Our generation can solve these challenges if we invest enough financial and human capital in scaling up and realizing the potential solutions across the value chain.

As a company and as stewards of wealth we have very clear values according to which we act. These are:

• Radical honesty
• Results driven
• No assholes
• Continuous learning

Tasks

In this role you will work as executive assistant to one of our Managing Partners. As such you will cover a wide variety of topics. You will be responsible for supporting the Oyster Bay Management Team in daily activities including:

• Deal Screening: Evaluate incoming startup ideas that could be an interesting investment opportunity for us
• Deal Searching: Actively search for and communicate with promising entrepreneurs that could build the next unicorn (e.g. attend fairs startup events)
• Deep Dives: Analyze different industry sectors to help us build a phenomenal knowledge base around these
• Investor relationships: Organise investor events (e.g. at portfolio companies)
• Other: Support the partner in all kinds of other daily tasks

Requirements

Ideally you have completed an apprenticeship and are now studying. A part from some core baseline requirements (such as you being able to work in English) the most important thing is your attitude and mindset.

If you are proactive see work that needs to be done and are hungry to learn as much as possible you are probably a good fit. Ideally you are very detail oriented and diligent and self directed. In this role you will have a lot of freedom to structure your own work.

Benefits

Oyster Bay is differentiated from other VC firms by its entrepreneurial DNA. During your time here you will learn firsthand from a strong management team that has founded and sold their own companies in the past.

Additionally we offer plenty of other benefits such as:

• Participating in meetings with portfolio companies and potential investees
• Having regular feedback meetings with your supervisors
• Flexible home office days
• Competitive salary (18/hour)
• Steep learning curve

Please only apply if you like a challenge.