Investor (Open Source)

TL;DR

Investor (Open Source): Identify and research promising open source projects to build investment cases with an accent on commercial potential and early growth. Focus on launching companies as interim CEO, driving product strategy, GTM, and recruiting leadership.

Remote - Strong Preference for SF Bay Area

Company

Venture firm starting companies around promising open source projects, founded by GitLab co-founder.

What you will do

• Research and evaluate OSS projects for commercial potential
• Identify CTO candidates from these projects
• Launch companies as interim CEO, driving early product strategy and GTM
• Help identify and recruit CEO candidates once the company has momentum

Requirements

• Move fast: live for velocity and rapid iteration
• Founder mentality: do whatever it takes, take big swings with imperfect information
• Understand technology: fluency in software concepts required, technical background or top-tier software company experience ideal
• Relentlessly curious: dig deep to understand how things work at their core
• Sweat the details: nothing falls through the cracks
• Bias toward action: balance big ideas with concrete execution

Culture & Benefits

• Cash compensation commensurate with market and experience
• Direct equity issuance in incubated companies (e.g., 1% equity vesting over 9 months)
• Favorable risk-adjusted path to wealth creation compared to traditional VC carry or founder equity
• Build portfolio across multiple companies (e.g., 12%+ aggregate equity over 3 years)