WHO WE ARE

XRC Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in technologies that consumer brands and retailers need to service the ever changing needs of their customers. Since 2015, XRC has invested in over 150 Pre-Seed through Series A startups across three distinct fund strategies - Accelerator Fund, Opportunity Fund, and Brand Capital Fund. 

We are in a pivotal phase of growth - actively raising institutional capital and building the systems, team and relationships to scale our LP base. This is an opportunity to join a small, high-performing team at a meaningful inflection point.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are building out our fundraising infrastructure. Today, most fundraising-related activity sits with senior leadership - spanning strategy, outreach, CRM management, materials and relationship development. We are looking for a driven, organized professional to help us create a repeatable, scalable process that generates high-quality LP meetings without sacrificing quality or personalization. 

The role is part-time, with a possible full-time opportunity for the right candidate.

WHO YOU ARE

You are a polished, proactive professional. You thrive in lean environments, take ownership over your work, and can translate ambiguity into organized, executable action. You are an exceptional written communicator, highly-detail oriented, and comfortable working cross-functionally with senior leadership. 

Venture capital and investor relations experience is preferred but not required. You do, however, need to understand how to build trust-based relationships over time, manage a pipeline with discipline, and communicate with sophisticated audiences.

Please Apply Here: Investor Relations & Fundraising Part-Time Manager Application

WHAT YOU WILL DO

1. Pipeline Development - Identifying & Qualifying New Leads

• Monitor LP-focused publications, venture databases, and funding announcements to identify institutional, family office, and HNWI prospects

• Use LinkedIn and network mapping to surface mutual connections and warm introduction paths to priority targets

• Compile and organize potential introducers in structured formats for leadership review, enabling strategic prioritization

• Segment and maintain both warm-referral and cold-outreach prospect lists with appropriate sourcing notes

• Continuously refine the target list based on pipeline feedback and strategy evolution

2. CRM Management (Hubspot)

• Own day-to-day CRM hygiene in Hubspot, ensuring all prospect records, outreach statuses, meeting notes, and follow-up tasks are current and accurate

• Maintain clear targeting and categorization across warm, cold, and inbound leads to support reporting and prioritization

• Identify and flag pipeline gaps or stalled conversations for leadership review on a weekly basis

• Recommend and implement process improvements or tooling to improve CRM efficiency and outreach tracking

3. Meeting Preparation & LP Briefings

• Prepare concise, well-researched one-page bios and briefings ahead of LP meetings, converting background, investment history, priorities, and relationship context

• Recommend high-priority meeting opportunities to leadership ahead of travel or conference schedules, using CRM and pipeline data to inform recommendations

• Support updates to investor-facing materials in the data room and assist with inbound diligence requests

4. Outreach Messaging & Strategy 

• Draft personalized outreach emails, LinkedIn messaging, and follow-up sequences 

• Develop and iterate on messaging frameworks that resonate with family offices, HNWIs and institutional allocators

• Manage follow-up cadence with discipline, ensuring no warm lead or pending conversation goes cold

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of professional experience in sales, fundraising, business development, or a related field

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - able to draft polished, concise outreach 

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping the ball

• Experience managing a CRM (HubSpot strongly preferred); understands what “good hygiene” looks like in a pipeline context

• Proactive and self-directed; comfortable working autonomously in a lean, fast-moving team

• Track record of building trust-based relationships with sophisticated or senior stakeholders

• Strong research instincts - able to synthesize background on people, organizations, and markets quickly

• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and comfort with data-driven workflows

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background in financial services, private markets, or adjacent industries

• Experience supporting or participating in a fundraise, capital formation process, or LP/client relations function

• Familiarity with LP audiences including family offices, endowments, foundations, and corporate strategics

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

• Status: Part-time (Up to 25 hours/week) with a possible full-time opportunity for the right candidate

• Location: Remote; New York locals preferred, occasional in-person in New York City for events and meetings

• Reports to: Chief of Staff

COMPENSATION

• Hourly: $40/hr - $60/hr dependent on experience

OUR EVOLUTION

XRC Ventures has evolved structurally since our inception as the XRC Labs accelerator in 2015. From the onset, we brought together a retail and consumer ecosystem of financial leaders, retailers, brands and founders to inform and accelerate the growth of innovative startups. 

We migrated from a traditional accelerator, which is often characterized as spray-and-pray, to a pre-seed and seed investing model that identifies and delivers the bespoke services needed to ensure that the startups continue to scale and achieve their next round of funding effortlessly. 

We are actively investing in experienced talent to grow the fund into our next phase. We have learned many lessons, and our most important is that human capital is the most valuable asset. We are prioritizing excellence and people that can hit the ground running from day one. XRC Ventures is a small team, and we give our employees ownership to contribute across the organization in a meaningful way.

OUR VALUES

Companies and teams are held together by shared values. They are tangible statements of the performance we aspire to. These values drive our business in every transaction and interaction. 

Our Values:

• Win Together - move, grow, and win as a team

• Be Flexible and Adaptable - no task is too big or too small for anyone to take on

• Stay Curious - dig deep, thirst for knowledge, and don’t be afraid to ask why or why not

• Collaborate to Innovate - share and exchange ideas to generate new solutions

• Listen to Understand - uncover what is really being communicated

• Be Compassionate - advocate for fairness and equality, treating everyone with respect and dignity

XRC Ventures provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.