Venture Analyst

RockawayX

You will join a tight, collaborative investment team. You will develop broad coverage across crypto verticals, build the technical fluency to engage credibly with founders. You will create detailed investment memos, build a network, and generate deal flow.

Key responsibilities

Deal Analysis

• Conduct due diligence on early-stage crypto projects across sectors and architectures
• Assess businesses end-to-end including team, market, product, business model, and tokenomics
• Build investment memos, market maps, and competitive analyses
• Develop and refine views on emerging verticals and technologies

Deal Sourcing

• Generate deal flow through proactive outreach, community engagement, and ecosystem presence
• Build relationships with founders, builders, and other investors
• Screen inbound opportunities and manage pipeline tracking
• Represent the firm at events, hackathons, and conferences

Portfolio Management

• Monitor portfolio company progress against milestones and market developments
• Prepare portfolio updates and performance reports
• Support portfolio companies with research, introductions, and strategic input

Research & Thought Leadership

• Track sector trends and contribute to the firm's evolving investment theses
• Publish blog posts and knowledge nuggets (Medium, Twitter)
• Represent the firm in public-facing research and ecosystem conversations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher, flexible on background but preference for technical (CS, engineering, or equivalent)
• Generalist orientation with the technical capability to read a technical documentation and engage with founders on architecture and design choices
• Prior investment experience required, at a crypto or traditional venture fund, or in an investing capacity at an operating company
• Curiosity across the crypto stack, with a point of view on where the interesting opportunities are forming
• Excellent research and communication skills; clear, structured writing
• Self-starter who works independently