Venture Associate
Sources and filters early-stage opportunities, builds the founder pipeline, executes initial diligence rounds. Maintains thesis-aligned funnel for VC/angel principals.
Continuous deal-pipeline operations for VC and angel principals. Sources from public-network and cold channels; filters against your thesis; executes initial diligence packets (founder bios, market sizing, comp analysis); maintains the founder-CRM with relationship history; produces weekly pipeline reports. Cuts associate workload from 40 hours to 5.
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Under the hood
Primary model
claude-opus-4-7
Auxiliary models
claude-sonnet-4-6
Vector store
pgvector
Multimodal
Text only
What it ships with
- Multi-source deal sourcing (network, cold, paid feeds)
- Thesis-fit filtering with tunable criteria
- Initial-diligence packet generation
- Founder-CRM maintenance with relationship history
- Weekly pipeline reporting
- Reverse-image-search and identity verification on founders
- Co-investor and follow-on tracking
- Term-sheet comp database
- Outreach with founder-friendly cadence
- Weighted scoring across thesis dimensions
Primary responsibilities
- 01Sourcing across network + cold + paid feeds
- 02Thesis-fit filtering
- 03Initial-diligence packet generation
- 04Founder-CRM hygiene
- 05Pipeline reporting
Secondary responsibilities
- Co-investor tracking
- Term-sheet benchmarking
Workflows
- Loop 1
Daily: new-deal scan + thesis-fit filter + diligence-packet prep
- Loop 2
Weekly: pipeline review + relationship-nurture sweep
- Loop 3
Monthly: thesis recalibration based on deal-flow signals
How we measure it
- Deals sourced per week
- Thesis-fit hit rate
- Initial-diligence-packet turnaround
- Founder-meeting acceptance rate
Integrations
Tools this agent connects to. OAuth scopes are minimum-necessary by default.
Data sources
Information this agent reads at runtime. All scoped to your organization.
Compliance
ROI
How the math works
VC associate loaded $150–250k. Compresses sourcing+initial-diligence from 40 hrs/week to <5.
Human equivalent: VC associate ($150–250k loaded)
Risks & mitigations
What could go wrong
- Missing nontraditional founders — mitigated by network-effects sourcing weighted alongside data feeds
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