Founder experience with a successful track record in building and scaling a company.
Deep expertise in startup environments, particularly in crypto and/or AI.
Demonstrated strong judgment and ambition in evaluating technical founders and market opportunities.
High emotional intelligence and discretion in sensitive situations.
Responsibilities
Mentor founders through the accelerator, focusing on product-market fit and strategic insights.
Assist startups in preparing for fundraising, including crafting Demo Day pitches and investor introductions.
Evaluate and select exceptional founders through admissions interviews for the accelerator program.
Provide support as a trusted confidant during pivotal moments and challenges for founders.
Create engaging content related to the accelerator's mission through various media channels.
Benefits
Opportunity to shape the futures of innovative startups in an accelerator environment.
Engage deeply with founders and be instrumental in their success journey.
Develop and expand a powerful network in the startup ecosystem, especially in emerging fields.
Work in a dynamic, high-energy environment alongside other builders and innovators.
Full Job Description
Location: NYC (onsite only - not remote)
We9re hiring a General Partner to mentor Alliance founder and support them through their journey, from admission to fundraising. What you9ll do
Provide mentorship to founders going through the accelerator: Guide teams toward product-market fit through structured feedback and strategic input. Advise and provide tactical insights across product, growth, fundraising, and more.
Prepare teams for fundraise. Help startups get their Demo Day pitch right, introduce to investors, and work hands-on with teams until their seed rounds are closed.
Select exceptional founders for the accelerator: Conduct admissions interviews and evaluate companies for acceptance into the accelerator. Develop conviction around founders, markets, and early signals of breakout potential.
Serve as a trusted confidant to founders and support founders through key inflection points. These include pivots, cofounder breakups, and other high-stakes moments.
Produce engaging content through podcasts, writing essays, and posts for social media platforms such as X and Linkedin.
What we9re looking for
Founder experience: a proven track record building and scaling your own company. Deep understanding of the founder journey, from 0 to 1 and beyond.
Domain expertise: deep expertise in building and scaling startups, crypto and/or AI.
Strong judgment and ambition in assessing technical founders, markets, and ambition.
High emotional intelligence and discretion.
Strong qualifications (nice to have)
Investor experience: demonstrated success investing in early-stage companies.
A strong crypto or AI investor network.
Why NOT join us
Not willing to get hands dirty: doesn9t matter how important you were in past organizations; at Alliance we9re all builders, not managers (even though many of us were managers in past lives).
Prioritizing work/life balance: this role demands focus, hunger, and a career-defining level of commitment. You must be locked in.
Low agency: if you need someone else to set your priorities or keep you on track, you will fail.
You can9t relocate to NYC. This is non-negotiable: our founders are here, and so are we.
Why join us
Work with the most ambitious founders in crypto and AI. Learn firsthand from hundreds of startups succeeding - or failing.
Join a small, high-trust, high-performance team with outsized impact. We9re ex-Meta, WhatsApp, Coinbase, YC, and have collectively founded multiple venture-backed startups.
We9re backed by S-tier investors including Initialized Capital, Founders Fund, Multicoin, and Dragonfly, along with angels such as Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase CTO), Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI), Kevin Lin (Twitch co-founder), and Jeremy Allaire (Circle CEO), among many others.
Direct ownership and visibility: your work shapes how the next generation of founders discovers Alliance.
Career accelerator: this role sets you up, experience- and network-wise, for any high-impact path in crypto/AI - at startups, venture firms, or your own company.
Alliance startups are reinventing industries - from media to payments - and improving the lives of everyday people. You9ll have a front-row seat as they change the world.
About Co Alliance Llp
Co-Alliance, LLP is an agricultural cooperative that provides energy, agronomy, and grain marketing services. The company offers propane, diesel fuel, gasoline, and lubricants, as well as crop protection products, seed, and fertilizer. Co-Alliance also provides grain marketing services, including grain storage, transportation, and risk management. The company serves farmers and rural communities in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky. Co-Alliance was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Avon, Indiana.
