We’re looking to expand our investment team at Peterson Ventures by hiring a Senior Associate with at least 4 years of full-time work experience to focus on managing our $12M fund dedicated to digital health and wellness. Ideal candidates will have investing or operating experience in the health and wellness space.
This person will work moderately autonomously across all aspects of the investment process of the dedicated digital health and wellness fund, as well as contribute as a key member of the investment team for our core fund. This role must be based in either Salt Lake City, UT (preferred) or the San Francisco Bay Area.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who has a passion for healthcare, venture investing and partnering with founders in building early stage startups to join an established and growing early-stage venture fund.
If you’re interested in applying, please send an email to recruiting@petersonventures.com with the subject line “Peterson Ventures 2021 Senior Associate Hire — [Name]” and include your resume.
Full-Time
Salt Lake City, Utah (preferred) or San Francisco Bay Area
About Peterson Ventures (www.petersonventures.com):
Peterson Ventures (PV) is a pre-Series A stage venture fund ($250MM AUM) based in Salt Lake City, UT and the venture arm of Peterson Partners (www.petersonpartners.com), a leading alternative asset manager ($1.4B in AUM).
PV was formalized as a seed-stage venture firm in 2008 and began raising outside capital in 2012. Since 2012, we have raised more than $250MM across 3 funds and invested in more than 80 companies resulting in 6 unicorns. Portfolio companies include Allbirds, Bonobos, Cotopaxi, Eargo, Ethos, Collective Medical, Nomi Health, SmartAsset and Lucid Software. We invest in companies that operate in a large and growing market with capital-efficient business models, broadly speaking this falls into one of two buckets:
1) SaaS (including healthcare tech, future of work, ecommerce infrastructure)
2) Digital Commerce (including digital health, retail, fintech, consumer-enabled marketplaces)
Roughly 40% of our portfolio companies are in Utah, 40% in the Bay Area, and 20% throughout the country.
Opportunity:
Alongside our core fund, Peterson Ventures manages a $12M fund dedicated to digital health and wellness. The Sr Associate will have the opportunity to directly manage the sourcing, diligence and management of investments made out of our dedicated health and wellness fund. This role provides the unique opportunity to directly manage investments in a dedicated fund, but also be a core member of our investment team for our core fund.
Sr Associate Job Scope:
Overview
Deal Sourcing and Diligence
Portfolio Management
LP Management and Reporting
Market Research and Thought Leadership:
Core Fund Activities:
Sr Associate Qualifications: