About Human Ventures

Human Ventures is a leading New York based startup studio and early-stage venture fund investing in pre-seed through Series A technology companies innovating around the human needs economy. Focused on providing an unparalleled network and platform, Human Ventures takes a human-first approach to finding and accelerating builders from the very beginning. Founded by General Partner and CEO Heather Hartnett and serial entrepreneur Joe Marchese, Human has invested in and co-built more than 65 companies, with key investments including Reserve (acquired), Komos Tequila, Current, TheSkimm, Tiny Organics, and Tia Health. To learn more, visit www.human.vc.

Role Overview

As a Business Analyst, you’ll be a critical point person responsible for collaborating across several different key stakeholders (founders, investors, product owners, and customers) to explore and launch new companies.

You will work directly with Human Ventures’ senior leadership to take early ideas and ambiguous market insights and turn them into concise, structured proposals for new business opportunities and support high-impact initiatives across our portfolio.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Human Venture’s senior leadership to support strategic initiatives including deal evaluation, portfolio operations, and the development of new businesses.
• Write investment cases and analysis to support investment decisions.
• Help manage the day to day business cadence, communicating progress and performance.
• Support portfolio companies as needed, developing analyses, strategy recommendations, and product initiatives.
• Evaluate new market opportunities, prioritize these opportunities and build business cases to support recommendations.
• Track patterns and trends and identify new opportunities for growth within portfolio companies and via M&A.
• Help manage portfolio company updates, draft investment memo's, LP updates and create presentations related to the current portfolio companies across all investment vehicles.
• Support project management efforts, to scope, plan and keep track of progress across multiple concurrent work streams.
• Liaise across the Human Ventures organization and extended network to gather relevant data, socialize new ideas, and source information necessary to company building.

Who You Are

• Passionate about new technologies, media, emerging trends, and cultural shifts—curious about where the world is going with your finger on the pulse of culture.
• An independent thinker and operator who thrives in creating order out of ambiguity while working across multiple projects and priorities.
• Have distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business judgment.
• Adaptable, passionate, and eager to learn and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Enjoy initiating and driving projects to completion with minimal guidance
• You enjoy working cross team, from engineering to sales to marketing and beyond in order to ideate.
• NYC-based and excited to work in person with a tight-knit, collaborative team.

Human Ventures is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.