We're Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. Everyone can invest $100.

Head of EU

Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
1+ years
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About the role

Wefunder is like Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. We're the largest funding platform that helps normal people make investments in startups they love. Over the past few years, we've helped fund over 900 startups with $450M+ including flying cars, space rockets, breweries, Hollywood studios, and cancer cures.

Now, we’re expanding to Europe and looking for a Head of EU to lead our European team. We aim to sprinkle the Silicon Valley fairy dust across the world. Our goal is to inspire 20,000 more founders to get started, encourage them to think bigger, hone their pitch, help them focus, and give them the funding they need to prove to the "normals" in the world that they are not crazy (or, at least, crazy in a lucrative way).

We launched in the US in 2012. Four years later the laws rolled out allowing us to operate, but it took until 2021 for them to be reformed to be workable. Luckily, the EU just rolled out new laws that are as good as the current US laws, so there’s a lot of potential to scale quickly. However, it’ll take an organized effort from the EU launch team to build the momentum and convince the best EU companies to raise with us. We’re looking for someone who will thrive in this type of environment & inspire a team to do the same.

OUR DREAM CANDIDATE: Founder-type, ready to hustle

  • You’re a founder, so you have empathy for other founders on their journey. Helping founders succeed is your North Star goal.
  • You’ll help us build a scalable funnel to identify the best companies in the EU to raise with us.
  • You’re skilled at pitching & you’re excited to pitch founders, their Board Members, investors, and lawyers on Wefunder.
  • You’ll establish partnerships within the startup ecosystem to drive more investor & founder referrals.
  • You’re a fearless, data-driven leader who will mentor the budding EU-based team.
  • You thrive in the “zero to one” space, because you’ve been there before. Ambiguity doesn’t scare you or slow you down.
  • You’re based in the EU full-time (or are willing to relocate)You have an existing network in the EU startup ecosystem that you can leverage.

SKILLS

  • You are a founder & a leader. You get it done. You’ve been there, done that and now you want to help other founders get off the ground. You’re excited to lead our launch in the European market and help us scale quickly!

BENEFITS

  • Market-rate salaries and stock options, scaling with experience.
  • All-expense paid Wefunder vacation.
  • Equipment of your choice.
  • Lots of free food and drinks.
  • Reimbursement for classes and conferences.

APPLY

Email Katie Powers at kapow(@wefunder.com) with why you'd like to work for us. Brownie points: include a survival skill you'd offer the team in a post-apocalyptic world.

*** If you fee like you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply anyways. We don't want a confidence gap and imposter syndrome to get in the way of meeting incredible candidates.

ABOUT WEFUNDER

On May 16, 2016, it became legal for regular people to invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Since then, we have become the largest equity crowdfunding platform. We've helped hundreds of startups and small businesses – including flying cars, space rockets, breweries, Hollywood studios, and potential Ebola cures – raise millions of dollars.

We're a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to revitalize capitalism and keep the American dream alive. GDP growth is slowing. Wealth inequality is increasing. Entrepreneurship is dying across America; falling from 10.6% to 3.6% among those under 30 since 1989. We're reversing these trends by funding more deserving businesses across all of America, not solely tech startups in Silicon Valley.

Want to help? Join us! We're a team of founder types: enjoy autonomy, responsibility, the opportunity to learn, and no red tape. Just make it happen.

Wefunder's story: https://wefunder.com/wefunder

Our Public Benefit Corp mission: https://wefunder.com/charter

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Why you should join Wefunder

We're the Robinhood for pre-IPO startups. We allow everyone to invest $100 in a startup they love.

Over the past five years, we've helped fund 826 startups with $362,349,253 – including flying cars, space rockets, breweries, Hollywood studios, and potential Ebola cures.

We’re now doubling the size of our team to handle the growth. Trying to keep up!

We’re also a public benefit corporation with a mission of saving the American Dream (https://wefunder.com/charter). Our aim is to sprinkle the Silicon Valley fairy dust across the rest of the country, which often don’t have the same opportunities we take for granted.

Wefunder
Founded:2011
Team Size:75
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Greg Belote
Greg Belote
CTO
Nick Tommarello
Nick Tommarello
CEO