[Hiring] Venture Scout @First Momentum Ventures

Role Description

We're building one of Europe's most distinctive early-stage venture funds. As students, we've deployed two funds (now totaling €35m) into ~50 pre-seed Deep Tech companies across Europe. Our portfolio has raised follow-on funding from top-tier European and US investors.

Today, we're a community of over 100 (mostly technical) scouts, founders, and operators who help us identify the best technical founders before anyone else does.

We accept only 1 in 15 applicants; this isn't just another community. We operate under clear rules that ensure everyone is committed, and we kindly offboard those here only for the VC tag.

Note: This is an unpaid role with performance-based referral bounties for successful investments.

Tasks

What You'll Do:

• Source breakthrough companies.
• Connect us to the most promising technical founders in your ecosystem, people building in labs, at hackathons, in research groups, or launching their first startup.
• Represent us locally.
• Attend events, universities, and accelerators where technical founders gather. Make it easy for them to find us.
• Share your expertise.
• When we evaluate companies in your domain, semicon, robotics, climate tech, AI infrastructure, we'll tap your technical knowledge and ecosystem insights.
• Contribute to portfolio success.
• Our scouts don't just source deals. They actively support our portfolio companies through introductions, domain expertise, and ecosystem connections.
• Shape our strategy.
• Help us understand your local scene: which research is commercializing, which founders are worth watching, which technologies are gaining momentum.

Qualifications

• Technically fluent, whether as a CS/engineering student, PhD researcher, startup operator, or technical founder.
• Embedded in a European tech ecosystem, connected to a university, research institution, or startup community.
• Genuinely curious about Deep Tech or industrial innovation.
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed.
• Willing to learn how early-stage investing works.

Benefits

What You'll Gain:

• Real VC experience.
• A powerful network.
• Domain expertise.
• Career acceleration.
• Community access.

Chapter Lead Opportunities

High-performing scouts can grow into Chapter Lead roles at their university or city. Chapter Leads take on additional responsibility:

• Recruit strategically.
• Foster community.
• Support events.

Company Description

As a first investor, we help founders and startups achieve breakthrough success with their tech ventures.