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How did you hear about Motivate?
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Please email your investor presentation (deck, exec summary, funding docs, etc.) to PITCH @ MOTIVATE.VC or submit links to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc below
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Briefly describe the Company and the problem you are solving
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What is the general founding story?
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Founders' entrepreneurial history?
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B2B, B2C, Other?
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How do you generate revenue? Is it Transactional, Recurring, or Repeatable?
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Current Revenue?
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Current Monthly Burn (net of Revenue)?
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How much capital are you currently raising?
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Type (Equity, Note, SAFE) with terms (valuation, cap, liq pref, discount, interest)
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Round (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A)
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If you have a lead investor for this round, please provide the name and contact information
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List your three biggest investors in this round and amounts
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List your three biggest investors in previous rounds and amounts
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Detail your Use of Funds from this raise
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How many months of runway will this round give you?
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When do you plan to raise the next round?
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If you have a product, summarize its state of development (alpha, beta, in market)
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Initial traction (in revenues, users, etc)
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Monthly growth rate of clients or users
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Who are your primary competitors?
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What are the biggest challenges to the business?
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Size and composition of your Total Addressable Market (TAM)
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What is the size of Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula
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What is the size of Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula
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Why is NOW the perfect time to launch this business?
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Related Experience and Qualifications
PLEASE INDICATE WHICH OF THESE POSITION RELATED SKILLS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH and QUalifications you meet
POSITION-RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Oversee execution of all non-investment functions, including finance, legal, operations, and HR.
Create positive change and facilitate productivity with clear direction and accountability.
Establish and maintain business operations for accuracy, productivity, and reliability; create and standardize SOPs across the business.
Work with a third party fund administrator to ensure proper books and reporting.
Manage SPV processes from start to finish.
Refine and execute processes for investment closings, portfolio reporting, and quarterly LP reporting.
Maintain internal financial models, update metrics, and forecast cash flows.
Properly allocate and pay relevant bills/payables.
Launch and optimize marketing efforts, including social media and website management. Help build and brand content for LinkedIn and website blog.
Organize and secure all internal files and investment paperwork.
Liaise with external accountant on Annual Audit for funds and SPVs.
Maintain internal systems, including CRM, email marketing and portfolio model software.
Create and help execute proper interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and offboarding policies.
Assist with fundraising.
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At least two years of experience in analytical or strategic roles, including Finance/Operations roles. Experience working at a startup or fund (PE, VC, Hedge Fund, etc.) is a plus.
Extremely organized, high sense of prioritization and ownership. Able to juggle multiple projects while maintaining keen attention to detail.
Solution-driven, moves things forward.
High EQ, low ego. Earns trust quickly, a tactful communicator, and leads by example.
Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity. Self-starter.
Good, positive energy. Likes to laugh.
Willingness to jump in; no job too big or too small.
Open, honest, & direct communication â able to communicate comfortably in 1-1, group, and written settings.
Nimble: process-oriented, with the ability to take action to adapt to the situation.
Curious, collaborative, confident, biased toward action, and acts and thinks like an owner.
Legally permitted to work in the US.
WHEN CAN YOU START?
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Functions
FUNCTIONS
What functions at Motivate or our portfolio companies are you interested in?
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Functions
what functions are you interested in helping with at motivate and/or our portfolio companies?
Functions at Motivate Ventures
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Close investments and managing the investment/company afterward (experience required)
Perform market and financial diligence on investments
Talent acquisition for portfolio companies
Source companies to analyze for investment
Manage day to day operations of the firm
Investor relations (experience required)
Fund administration (experience required)
Manage events
Thesis creation and research
Content creation
Social Media
Web3 / Crypto advice
Incubate a new venture (EIR)
Run one of our companies (experience required)
Helping anywhere and everywhere while you learn the ropes
Functions at our Companies
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Technology Leadership
Web3 engineering
Advanced Software engineering
Entry Level Software Engineering
UI/UX
Design
Managing tech hardware (devops)
Financial Leadership
Compliance
Bookkeeping
Operations Leadership
Managing events
Marketing Leadership
Social Media
Content creation
Email marketing
Customer acquisition
Sales Leadership
Enterprise Sales
Middle Market Sales
Entry Level Sales
SaaS Sales
Supporting customers
Community building
Partnerships
Legal matters
Helping anywhere and everywhere while you learn the ropes
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Company Name
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Sector/Industry
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Location
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Company Website
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Contact Name and Title
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Email
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Crunchbase profile URL
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AngelList profile URL
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How did you hear about Motivate?
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Please email your investor presentation (deck, exec summary, funding docs, etc.) to PITCH @ MOTIVATE.VC or submit links to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc below
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Briefly describe the Company and the problem you are solving
*
What is the general founding story?
*
Founders' entrepreneurial history?
*
B2B, B2C, Other?
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How do you generate revenue? Is it Transactional, Recurring, or Repeatable?
*
Current Revenue?
*
Current Monthly Burn (net of Revenue)?
*
How much capital are you currently raising?
*
Type (Equity, Note, SAFE) with terms (valuation, cap, liq pref, discount, interest)
*
Round (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A)
*
If you have a lead investor for this round, please provide the name and contact information
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List your three biggest investors in this round and amounts
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List your three biggest investors in previous rounds and amounts
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Detail your Use of Funds from this raise
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How many months of runway will this round give you?
*
When do you plan to raise the next round?
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If you have a product, summarize its state of development (alpha, beta, in market)
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Initial traction (in revenues, users, etc)
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Monthly growth rate of clients or users
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Who are your primary competitors?
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What are the biggest challenges to the business?
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Size and composition of your Total Addressable Market (TAM)
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What is the size of Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula
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Why is NOW the perfect time to launch this business?
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