Associate, Capital Team

Associate, Capital Team
Description

Location: New York or San Francisco (flexible)

Start Date: January 15, 2026

Works with: Works with: Allen Taylor (Managing Partner, Endeavor Catalyst), Margaret Pollack (Senior Director, Head of Investments & Capital), Jaysel Shah (Lead Manager, Investor Network & Paths to Liquidity), Anna Hubbell (Senior Manager, Investments & SF Capital Lead), Isabela Carvajal (Senior Associate, Capital), Amber Cohon (Associate, Capital)
About the Role

The Associate on the Capital team will gain broad exposure to each of the workflows that fall within the Capital team. The focus of the role will be delivering Endeavor's core service offerings to entrepreneurs raising capital - this work is central to Endeavor's mission of adding value to Entrepreneurs and will play a key role in Endeavor Catalyst pipeline and portfolio-related objectives. This will involve preparing entrepreneurs to raise venture capital (pitch deck review, mentorship, identifying target VCs), recruiting new VC contacts into Endeavor's network + managing these relationships, and supporting later-stage Endeavor companies navigating decisions around IPO preparation and M&A processes. This is an unique opportunity to work with top founders from Elsewhere (read article linked for how we define this!), as well as leading venture capital and growth equity investors, and to build meaningful relationships with both.

Responsibilities include:

• Access to Capital: The Capital team supports the journey of Endeavor Entrepreneurs raising capital from the point of selection to fundraising to Endeavor Catalyst investment and beyond. Your role will include:
  
  • Analyzing and compiling information on newly selected companies each month to ensure the Capital team has relevant context on each new company for Endeavor Catalyst's pipeline and our next steps for supporting each company.
  • Working directly with Endeavor Entrepreneurs from Day 1
  • Identifying and executing value-add mentorships related to capital raising, leveraging Endeavor's global network of mentors
  • Connecting entrepreneurs across markets and industries to facilitate peer-to-peer learning
  • Identifying investors that could be a fit for Endeavor companies based on their specific investment thesis based on Endeavor's insights and data
  • Drafting materials to be shared with mentors and investors related to Endeavor companies and fundraising
  • Executing follow-ups as needed to facilitate introductions with mentors, investors and other founders
• Investor Network: Endeavor maintains active relationships with over 300 top venture capital, growth equity, and late-stage capital markets players. You will support our team in recruitment, engagement and relationship management of these investors. Your role will include:
  
  • Supporting management of investment thesis data of 300+ global funds
  • Preparing materials (emails, slides) to showcase Endeavor Entrepreneurs and our markets to be presented to investors
  • Leading on research to build out quarterly recruitment targets and ultimately owning a segment of our investor recruitment by pitching Endeavor and our portfolio companies
  • Supporting design and execution of flagship events that bring together founders and investors. These will include Investor Breakfasts, Endeavor Catalyst AGM (September 2027 in London), Endeavor Week in NYC (December 2027 in NYC), in addition to other global events where we seek to bring together our LPs, founders and co-investors.
• Paths to Liquidity: Over the past 2 years, Endeavor has extended our core 'Access to Capital' support to our later stage portfolio of founders through M&A, IPO. Your role will include:
  
  • Maintaining a robust database of mentors across all stages of the capital raise process, from seed to IPO or M&A.
  • Coordinating mentorships for later-stage Endeavor Entrepreneurs according to their unique challenges
  • Facilitating connections between public markets investors and founders pre-IPO
  • Identifying gaps in our network to support recruitment efforts
  • Helping plan content sessions leveraging the insights from experts on different aspects of the public listing, corporate M&A, or secondary fundraising process
• Endeavor Catalyst Investments & Portfolio: The Capital Team is the primary 'entrepreneur-facing' team of Endeavor Catalyst that leads all co-investments into Endeavor companies globally and plays a critical role in managing performance updates and support for all Endeavor Catalyst portfolio companies. In this capacity, this role will include:
  
  • Drafting memos for both Management & the Endeavor Catalyst Rules Committee related to investments & exits
  • Preparing prep work and coordinating follow ups from Quarterly Portfolio Reviews
  • Drafting memos for co-investment opportunities to be shared with LPs

Who We're Looking For

As a mission-oriented company, Endeavor seeks someone who is aligned with our values:

• Entrepreneur First: You are mission-oriented and believe in Endeavor's model to change the world through high-impact entrepreneurship
• Go Big: You are someone whose curiosity drives them to dream (and execute!) big as Endeavor reimagines its service offerings to entrepreneurs. You proactively identify gaps, improve processes and anticipate challenges, and have a strong ability to synthesize large amounts of information and complex ideas.
• Network of Trust: You're great with people! You naturally build and maintain relationships with key players and have the superior interpersonal skills needed to build trust with our entrepreneurs, mentors, and teams in over 40 markets.
• Pay It Forward: You're someone with a service-oriented attitude who asks, "What can I do?" before asking, "What can I get?" You are a team player with a knack for problem-solving.
• One Endeavor: You're comfortable working across cultures and will thrive on working with colleagues in over 30 different countries around the world on joint projects and knowledge sharing about in-country context and portfolio information. You have a vision for what you want to do in-region to build Endeavor Catalyst Network, and you have a bias for action to make it happen.
• Always Agile: You believe in the importance of planning but never hesitate to change plans in the face of new data and circumstances. You can wear many hats, are open to change, and can be a creative problem-solver. You are resourceful, adaptable, flexible, and able to work calmly under pressure.

In addition:

• 1-2 years of professional experience including investment and corporate banking, venture capital, consulting, start-up experience preferred.
• Hardworking + high attention to detail and organization is a must.
• Public speaking and presentation experience is a plus. Financial acumen and knowledge about venture capital and entrepreneurship is a plus.
• If you are a globally-minded, mission-driven individual looking to combine and build both 1) technical and analytical skills with 2) business development and long-term relationship-management skills in the world of entrepreneurship and VC, this is a great role for you.

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Expected salary range: $80,000 USD - $90,000 USD, eligible for additional annual bonus.
• 401K match is 5%
• Health / Dental / Vision Insurance: fully covered monthly premiums
• international travel to Endeavor's markets (expect minimum of 2 international trips in 1st year)
• Access to Wellhub (Wellhub is an Endeavor company!)
• unlimited paid time off
• network of 600 amazing colleagues in 50 countries