Director of Capital Formation
Who We’re Looking For
We’re a small but growing firm and we’re looking for a business leader to bring their investor network to bear and augment our team on the capital formation and investor relations dimensions of venture capital. The opportunity to meaningfully move the needle here also means that this person must be highly energized and thrive in an environment that encourages individual motivation, merit, and responsibility ownership.
The Way You’d Drive Our Firm Forward
You’ll accelerate capital formation for TVP’s expanding opportunity set. You will lead our team as our most senior fundraiser to partner with institutional investors and family offices, aligning our investor relations processes to build successful long-term relationships.
Core Responsibilities:
- Senior responsibility for the overall marketing and fundraising effort for new venture capital funds
- Generate new leads and manage overall pipeline across institutional, family office, and individual Limited Partners
- Generate meetings with appropriate target investors
- Drive organization and sales process discipline for follow-up meetings and investor relationship development
- Develop and extend the firm’s digital CRM processes
- Co-create KPIs with firm partners for investor relations and capital formation team
- Understand and articulate TVP’s investment strategy objectives, portfolio construction parameters, risk tolerance, as well as limited partner appetites and objectives to qualify appropriate opportunities
- Differentiate the TVP brand and expertise with the competitive landscape from other fund managers
- Understand market needs and work with firm partners to develop new product opportunities based on market insights
- Cultivate TVP-hosted and co-branded in-person marketing and communications events to expand the firm’s reach
These Characteristics Should Describe You
- 7+ years of experience raising significant capital for venture capital and/or private equity firms
- Phenomenal sales skills with a verifiable history of success with investment products
- A wide network of contacts within the institutional investor community, which should include limited partners, in addition to investment advisors, consultants, and outsourced CIOs
- Ability and enthusiasm to build, coach, and lead sales teams
Elite Profiles:
- Successful institutional capital raise experience at a major crypto VC fund
- Excellent knowledge of the Bitcoin Network and the growing investable landscape
Travel and Location
Position is based at our offices in Austin, Texas, where the team works in-office full time and is a requirement at TVP. Some travel should be expected. Relocation unavailable.
About Trammell Venture Partners
Founded in 2016 by partners Christopher Calicott and Dustin Trammell, Trammell Venture Partners (TVP) is an Austin-based venture capital firm focused on investing in seed- and early-stage startups building on the Bitcoin protocol stack. Our focus derives from our market thesis on the emergence of Bitcoin as the internet’s native monetary layer and its unique long-term role. Our investment style is high-conviction and high-concentration in markets we feel exhibit very large, asymmetrical return potential.