**About Cybernetix Ventures**

Cybernetix Ventures is a venture capital firm leading the way for investment into early-stage robotics, automation, and AI startups. Headquartered in Boston, the world’s epicenter for robotics innovation, Cybernetix connects its portfolio to the national and global robotics ecosystems, bringing unparalleled expertise to companies poised to make major impacts in sectors including advanced manufacturing, logistics/warehousing, architecture, engineering and construction and healthcare/medical devices. The fund will also invest in key robotics-enabling software companies in AI/machine learning, cloud robotics, cybersecurity, autonomy, and sensors/edge computing. 

**Position Overview: Associate / Senior Associate role**

This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to be part of building and growing a pioneering venture capital firm. We are seeking a key member to work directly with our General Partners who are leaders in the robotics space. We are looking for applicants with early stage venture capital experience specifically in the medical devices and healthcare space. Entrepreneurial and leadership experiences are also valuable. We expect the new team member to help source and lead new investments across all verticals of focus, be active in portfolio management, lead community building initiatives, and work with our strategic investors to identify areas for co-investment.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

**Finding and researching investment opportunities**

- Source, evaluate and prioritize a robust pipeline of early stage tech startups with focus on pre-seed, seed, and series A
- Actively support all aspects of the deal flow process and workflows
- Develop and maintain a broad network of industry contacts to support the highest quality deal flow

**Leading new investments**

- Lead and support due diligence into investment opportunities, including expert and customer interviews, assess market opportunities, and financial review and analysis
- Author investment memos and manage the investment processes from start to finish including coordinating with legal and finance contacts
- Support the formation of SPVs for some investment opportunities

**Portfolio management and portfolio reviews**

- Draw on own network and team network and expertise to support portfolio companies
- Manage complex situations within the portfolio including performance management, follow-on rounds and exits
- Contribute to portfolio reviews and benchmarking
- Portfolio company financial modeling

**Support General Partners on projects**

- Venture fund financial modeling
- Perform market research and maintain market database
- Attend webinars and events and share insights
- Conduct industry research and write summary reports
- Supervise interns and new team members 

**Qualifications:**

- An engineering or sciences undergraduate degree in biotech, life sciences or a related field
- A business degree and/or graduate degree is a plus
- At least 3 years of experience in a reputable early stage VC firm 
- Originated, led and executed investments in early stage VC
- Operational experience at a start-up is a plus
- Supported and monitored portfolio companies
- Experience in building internal processes and systems in a company or VC firm
- Deep knowledge of technology investing and understanding of the VC ecosystem
- Outstanding qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
- Proactive, self-motivated, highly organized, and detail-oriented
- Exceptional interpersonal and communications skills

**Location:**

- Boston-based with a mix of in person and remote work (Hybrid)
- Occasional short term travel may be required
- Occasional evening  events participation will be needed



***Equal Opportunity:** We are committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age or gender.* 

Investment Associate / Sr Associate

Within Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JJDC is the corporate venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson (J&J).  JJDC is currently recruiting for a Business Analyst, JJDC Analytics, to be located in Boston.  J&J is the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based manufacturer of health care products and is a provider of related services, for the pharmaceutical and medical technology markets.  The more than 265 operating companies employ over 125,000 people worldwide.  

Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJI) has four Innovation Centers (ICs) in Asia-Pacific, Boston, California, and London.  Most of JJDC’s investors reside in these locations and bring decades of domain experience in financial, operational, and strategic support.  The ICs constitute a platform from which J&J identifies, catalyzes, contributes to, and accesses the most promising healthcare innovations.  The mission of JJDC is to source equity investments and utilize relationships within the private venture community to support innovation, accelerate entrepreneurship, and build a pipeline of innovative products that will benefit patients and create options in areas of strategic interest to J&J. 

JJDC manages a broad equity investment portfolio, balancing strategic returns with financial risk and return considerations.  JJDC’s investment flexibility enables J&J to invest at a variety of stages and structures, including seed investments, equity investments in private companies, structured deals with an equity investment and PIPEs.  In 2022, JJDC made over 50 new and follow-on investments and deployed over $375 million in capital. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

JJDC is seeking a talented Business Analyst who will support making new equity investments, manage equity portfolio, and provide competitive insights to maintain JJDC’s leadership in corporate venture capital.   The successful candidate will work closely with the JJDC investment team and be responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and evaluating investments in target markets and companies, with a principal focus on the medical technology market.   Target companies may include new technologies, digital healthcare, product platforms or new businesses for J&J.  This person will build and maintain collaborative business relationships within JJDC, J&J Innovation and senior leaders within the J&J operating companies.  Additionally, they will engage externally with entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, banks and academic centers. 

This person will be an important member of the JJDC investment team and will achieve business objectives through collaboration, coordination, and teamwork.  They will demonstrate their leadership skills by participating in and presenting to JJDC’s investment committee and helping to drive the entire investment process on key transactions. 

   • Specific areas in which the successful candidate will lead activities are:

   • Track emerging growth areas and support identification of new white spaces within the MedTech market.

   • Support market research (primary/secondary) for white space and adjacency areas exploration;

   • Recommend new white space areas based on deep dive analysis of white space areas including competitive landscaping,  key market trends etc.   (White spaces markets may include but limited to: Interventional oncology, Robotics, Stroke, Structural heart disease, Heart failure, Biomaterials, Urology etc)

   • Evaluate and forecast market size and growth trends in white space areas.
   • Support diligence (clinical, commercial, reimbursement etc) in new pipeline opportunities.
Develop preliminary market entry strategy.

   • Analyses of healthcare investment trends in venture capital including corporates; Identify appropriate databases etc to ensure access to the trends. 
    • Valuation support on new and follow-on investments

   • Maintain resources to manage the portfolio (compensation data, Pitchbook)

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Scientific field/Engineering required. Advanced Scientific Degree or MBA preferred 

Experience

   • 6+ years of healthcare experience including 3+ years R&D/BD/VC, analyst, management or strategic Consulting, Private Equity, Banking.

   • An advanced degree counts towards 2 years of experience with a total of 6 years

   • Excellent written, analytical, presentation, and interpersonal skills

   • Proficiency in financial modelling, market research, and business model analysis

In addition to the requisite investment domain experience, the candidate must have a history of success throughout his/her life including business, academia and other pursuits.  Moreover, it is essential that the candidate has demonstrated the ability to initiate and cultivate meaningful relationships within the investment, academic and entrepreneurial communities.  To do so, he/she must bring the requisite credibility, interpersonal and negotiating skills and the commercial strategic insight to formulate and support the highest quality investment recommendations. 

More specifically, the ideal candidate will likely possess a track record including many of the following technical competencies and personal characteristics:

   • Performing deal-side due diligence: conducting market opportunity and competitive analysis, analyzing company performance, gathering diligence inputs from internal and external experts building valuation analysis and models
   
   • Supporting portfolio companies: developing product, business model and go-to-market strategies, and leveraging JNJ Medtech and industry resources and networks to support portfolio growth.
   
   • Proven experience with transaction structuring and negotiation including equity and debt financings, merger and acquisition, licensing agreements, joint ventures, etc.
   
   • Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills, coupled with the presence and self-confidence to interface with the key constituents of the firm and J&J internal stakeholders, management teams of portfolio companies, deal sources, service providers and others.   
   
   • Ability to rapidly be conversant with the company’s technology platforms, therapeutic products and markets coupled with the ability to deeply and thoroughly analyze and dissect a business; i.e. understanding the components and drivers of success beyond the financials.
   
   • The capacity to work individually and as part of a team effort.  Additionally, he/she will be able to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm and diplomacy and have demonstrated the ability to develop less senior investment team members, lead by example and influence to encourage collaboration across functions, levels, and groups to achieve shared objectives.
   
   • A strong business orientation combined with unquestionable integrity, dependability, ethics and financial skills. This person must have a penchant for delivering the highest quality output with a strong sense of urgency to a variety of stakeholders.
   
   • Strong problem-solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses. 

   • Self-awareness, maturity and irreproachable integrity.
   
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Analyst, Venture Investments

The Senior Associate (B.Next) will assist IQT Investment Partners in sourcing and screening investments, assisting in deal execution, due diligence, and taking an active role in VC networking.  The Senior Associate (B.Next) also assists IQT activities related to driving specific market research in targeted technology sectors (primarily biotech, life sciences, medtech, and healthcare) with an emphasis on delivering high quality presentations and/or reports resulting from this research.  The Senior Associate (B.Next) would ideally be a post-MBA or individual with prior VC, entrepreneurial, operational or startup experience in engineering biology, biotechnology, genomics, synthetic biology, biological big data, biological manufacturing and/or AI for biology. The ideal candidate will bring unmatched enthusiasm for, contributing to IQT’s mission, working with technology focused startups, and demonstrating world-class rigor in analysis and a bias towards output.  

IQT’s B.Next practice pursues early stage (and, selectively, growth stage) investment opportunities across the entire engineering biology spectrum including platform technologies, applications of engineering biology, and companies at the intersection of engineering biology and other major industries. We engage with startup companies and venture capital partners to accelerate advances to strengthen economic and national security and promote technological solutions to address common global threats.  

**Responsibilities: **

- Driving specific market research projects 
- Under the direction of Senior IQT team members conduct market research on specific VC backed global or domestic tech sectors 
- Connect with and document prospective companies within domestic and global sectors 
- Network with and talk to VC’s that invest in this target sector, sharing those findings and identified companies  
- Quantitative and qualitative research in specific projects directed by Senior IQT staff 
- Synthesizing research and findings into high quality and clear presentations and/or reports 
- Build class-leading expertise in assigned technology areas through a rigorous effort of research and outreach to academics, entrepreneurs, and investors  

Deal Sourcing & Relationship Management 

- Develop and nurture a strong network of relationships with top-tier venture capitalists at the Partner, Principal, and Senior Associate levels to generate high quality and consistent deal flow for In-Q-Tel 

- Constantly promote the In-Q-Tel brand within the venture community as a high-quality venture capital investor and strategic partner 
- Develop external reputation and credibility within specific technology sectors of focus 
- Maintain broad awareness of venture industry and technology market trends, challenges, and opportunities 

Deal Execution 

- Directly support strategic investments, taking ownership of key diligence efforts 
- Help guide the activities of legal, finance, technology and administrative resources towards high quality deal preparation and timely execution 
- Build and sustain relationships across other In-Q-Tel groups, based on shared mission objectives and mutual respect  
- Support other Investment Team Members in transaction diligence, related investment committee document preparation, and deal execution activities 

**Qualifications:**

- Enthusiasm for the In-Q-Tel mission 
- Passion for the venture capital industry and a desire to become proficient as an investor 
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. MBA, PhD, or other relevant graduate degree preferred. 
- 5+ years of experience  
- Superior critical thinking, interpersonal, and written/verbal communication skills 
- Highly motivated self-starter, able to work in unstructured environment 
- Prior relevant experience in VC, investment, entrepreneurial, operating, strategic, and/or finance roles 
- Ability to quickly, research, understand and assimilate new technology sectors and companies 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

Senior Associate - Biotechnology

Partners are responsible for developing In-Q-Tel’s portfolio.  Specifically, Partners are expected to identify and target companies of interest to In-Q-Tel and our Intelligence Community Partners, helping to negotiate complex equity and technology delivery transactions, provide ongoing support to In-Q-Tel portfolio companies and coordinate research efforts.    

The Partner will represent IQT as a Board of Directors observer on targeted investments and assist these companies in understanding the IQT model, our Intelligence Community Partners, executing our strategic objectives, and assisting portfolio companies to gain the most value out of the In-Q-Tel relationship. 

The Partner will take ownership of and drive strategies and activities related to leading specific market research in targeted technology sectors with an emphasis on delivering high quality presentations and/or reports resulting from this research.   

The ideal candidate will bring an unmatched network and enthusiasm for; contributing to IQT’s mission, working with technology focused startups, and demonstrating world-class rigor in strategy, analysis and a bias towards output. The candidate would ideally be a post-MBA or individual with at least 10 years experience leading VC investments and serving on company boards in engineering biology, biotechnology, genomics, synthetic biology, biological big data, biological manufacturing and/or AI for biology. 

IQT’s B.Next practice pursues early stage (and, selectively, growth stage) investment opportunities across the entire engineering biology spectrum including platform technologies, applications of engineering biology, and companies at the intersection of engineering biology and other major industries. We engage with startup companies and venture capital partners to accelerate advances to strengthen economic and national security and promote technological solutions to address common global threats.  

**Responsibilities:** 

Driving specific market research projects

- Conduct market research on a specific VC backed global or domestic tech sectors 
- Connect with and document prospective companies within domestic and global sectors 
- Network with and talk to VC’s that invest in this target sector, sharing those findings and identified companies  
- Drive the efforts to synthesizing research and findings into high quality and clear presentations and or/reports 
- Build class-leading expertise in assigned technology areas through a rigorous effort of research and outreach to academics, CVC’s, entrepreneurs, and investors  

Deal Sourcing & Relationship Management

- Develop and nurture a strong network of Senior relationships with top-tier venture capitalists to generate high quality and consistent deal flow for In-Q-Tel 
- Constantly promote the In-Q-Tel brand within the venture, academic, and startup communities as a high-quality venture capital investor and strategic partner 
- Become known in the entrepreneurial, VC and CVC communities as a leader in their respective technology focus area 
- Maintain broad awareness of venture industry and technology market trends, challenges and opportunities 
- Become visible and active in presenting In-Q-Tel and our strategy at appropriate industry and/or customer meetings/events 

Deal Evaluation & Due Diligence

- Evaluate companies to identify high quality investments from both a financial and customer impact perspective.  
- Effectively and appropriately weigh/balance strategic vs financial risk and impact – i.e. being able to “make the right call” to move forward or not move forward as appropriate and not just moving every deal forward.  

Deal Execution

- Lead and manage all aspects of deals including sourcing, negotiating, structuring, and executing 
- Negotiate complex financial terms involving equity, technology licensing, and development funding to maximize total overall value and return for In-Q-Tel and our partners 
- Manage the activities of legal, finance, technology and administrative resources towards high quality deal preparation and timely execution 
- Drive and deliver high quality investment committee documents and presentations 
- Work well with technical and program management counterparts 

Portfolio Company Strategy & Support

- Serve as active, contributing advisors to portfolio company CEOs and serve as observers of the Boards of Directors over the multi-year lifetime of these relationships 
- Ensure that In-Q-Tel’s requirements are understood, and our interests are protected 
- Serve as primary champion and advocate of portfolio companies internally at In-Q-Tel, across the customers we support, and within the broader government community 
- Serve as the primary In-Q-Tel representative in press and PR activities relating to portfolio companies 

Internal/Operations

- Represent the Investment Team within the In-Q-Tel organization 
- Build and sustain relationships across other In-Q-Tel groups, based on shared mission objectives and mutual respect 
- Build and develop trusted relationships with In-Q-Tel’s Intelligence Community partner base to better understand our Partners’ technology needs 
- The Partner assists in managing the workload and professional development of Principals and Associates 

Strategy Development

- Support the development and presentation of investment and market strategies in your targeted focus areas 
- Present these strategies to In-Q-Tel Intelligence Community partners 

**Qualifications:**

- The Partner position requires significant investment experience and a broad breadth of business experience 
- Partner candidates should have at least ten (10) years of experience leading venture capital investments in engineering biology, biotechnology, genomics, synthetic biology, biological big data, biological manufacturing and/or AI for biology. 
- Partner candidates should have 10+ years of experience in a variety of business disciplines such as venture capital, sales, marketing, business development, Investment banking, and/or management consulting. 
- Partners must be strong, experienced negotiators who are comfortable negotiating high-value transactions with minimal oversight 
- Specifically, Partners should have experience negotiating equity investments and have a working knowledge how venture capital agreements and transactions are structured  
- Candidate should have a deep and broad network in the technical, VC and/or entrepreneurial sectors we target 
- Partner should have prior experience as a member of VC backed Board of Directors 
- Relevant work experience in one of In-Q-Tel’s technology focus areas is required 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

Partner - Biotechnology

Principals are responsible for developing In-Q-Tel’s portfolio.  Specifically, Principals are expected to identify and target companies of interest to In-Q-Tel and our Intelligence Community Partners, helping to negotiate complex equity and technology delivery transactions, provide ongoing support to In-Q-Tel portfolio companies and help coordinate the research efforts.   The Principal will represent IQT as a Board of Directors observer on targeted investments and assist these companies in understanding the IQT model, our Intelligence Community Partners, executing our strategic objectives and assisting portfolio companies to gain the most value out of the In-Q-Tel relationship. 

The Principal will take ownership of and drive activities related to leading specific market research in targeted technology sectors with an emphasis on delivering high quality presentations and or reports resulting from this research.  The Principal would ideally be a post-MBA or individual with prior VC, entrepreneurial, operational or startup experience in engineering biology, biotechnology, genomics, synthetic biology, biological big data, biological manufacturing and/or AI for biology. 

IQT’s B.Next practice pursues early stage (and, selectively, growth stage) investment opportunities across the entire engineering biology spectrum including platform technologies, applications of engineering biology, and companies at the intersection of engineering biology and other major industries. We engage with startup companies and venture capital partners to accelerate advances to strengthen economic and national security and promote technological solutions to address common global threats.  

**Responsibilities: **

- Driving specific market research projects 
- Conduct market research on a specific VC backed global or domestic tech sectors 
- Connect with and document prospective companies within domestic and global sectors  
- Network with and talk to VC’s that invest in this target sector, sharing those findings and identified companies  
- Quantitative and qualitative research in specific projects directed by Senior IQT staff 
- Synthesizing research and findings into high quality and clear presentations and or/reports 
- Build class-leading expertise in assigned technology areas through a rigorous effort of research and outreach to academics, entrepreneurs, and investors  

Deal Sourcing & Relationship Management 

- Develop and nurture a strong network of relationships with top-tier venture capitalists at the Partner, Managing Director, and Principal levels to generate high quality and consistent deal flow for In-Q-Tel 
- Constantly promote the In-Q-Tel brand within the venture, academic, and startup communities as a high-quality venture capital investor and strategic partner 
- Develop external reputation and credibility within specific technology sectors of focus. 
- Maintain broad awareness of venture industry and technology market trends, challenges and opportunities 

Deal Execution

- Lead and manage deals with little oversight from Senior investment team leads 
- Negotiate complex financial terms involving equity, technology licensing, and development funding to maximize total overall value and return for In-Q-Tel and our partners 
- Manage the activities of legal, finance, technology and administrative resources towards high quality deal preparation and timely execution 
- Drive and deliver high quality investment committee documents and presentations 

Portfolio Company Strategy & Support 

- Serve as active, contributing advisors to portfolio company CEOs and work as observers of the Boards of Directors over the multi-year lifetime of these relationships 
- Assist corporate management teams in developing new products/services and in navigating the company’s growth 
- Lead government outreach strategic planning for portfolio companies, including planning and execution of strategic events and contacts; manage combined efforts within In-Q-Tel, including marketing, technical, and federal outreach activities 
- Ensure that In-Q-Tel’s requirements are understood, and our interests are protected 
- Serve as primary champion and advocate of portfolio companies internally at In-Q-Tel, across the customers we support, and within the broader government community 
- Serve as the primary In-Q-Tel representative in press and PR activities relating to portfolio companies 

Internal/Operations 

- Represent the Investment Team within the In-Q-Tel organization 
- Build and sustain relationships across other In-Q-Tel groups, based on shared mission objectives and mutual respect 

**Qualifications: **

- Masters/Advanced Degree or equivalent experience 
- 10+ years of prior relevant experience in entrepreneurial and/or operating roles a must; past early-stage venture experience a plus 
- Robust, well-maintained network of venture, technology and professional contacts across biotech, engineering biology, biotechnology, genomics, synthetic biology, biological big data, biological manufacturing and/or AI for biology 
- Superior critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills 
- Ability to quickly research, understand, and assimilate new technology sectors and companies 
- Highly motivated self-starter, able to work in unstructured environment 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

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