Co-founder

Company Description

10x Value Partners is the think tank and investment firm established by serial entrepreneur and investor Christian Schroeder. We focus on value investing across a number of asset classes with a focus on technology start-ups and impact investing. We have a strong focus on industry roll-ups with two successful roll-ups created by us and several roll-up investments that have raised in total >$1 billion in funding. 

Through this co-founder role, we are looking to team up with talented executives to start the next generation of $100m-1bn roll-up companies. We have a short-list a number of pre-approved, validated business models for which we are looking for the right teams (product/founder fit). In the last 4 years, we have created 10 companies, 50% of which went on to raise >$10m in follow-on funding each. 

After joining us for the roll-up co-founder role, we will work with you on picking the right industry, generating a pipeline of deals and creating a presentation for our investment committee to receive 7-digit Seed Funding. 

More information can be found on our founder's blog: https://christianschroeder.substack.com/

Job Description

• Taking co-founder level responsibility for running an innovative, VC-driven tech company
• Leading the M&A / transaction execution and/or the operations / value creation work stream of the company (we will pair you with a complimentary co-founder if you cannot cover both)
• Running the business as a general manager with responsibility for profit, revenue, cash and quality targets
• Building, leading and motivating your own energetic and results-oriented team
• Identifying opportunities and potentials for improvement in an entrepreneurial manner
• Managing relationships with key stakeholders and business partners (internal and external)

Qualifications

• You have the strong desire to found a company, but you want to get support for finding the right idea, raising funding and making sure you make the right decisions in pivotal moments of the company
• You have gained working experience in a top-tier consulting, investment banking or private equity and/or as a senior manager in a successful, venture-backed technology start-up 
• You have deep expertise in an industry that is well-suited for a roll-up and ideally bring an initial pipeline of deals for acquisition
• Ideally, you have experience in the origination, negotiation and execution of M&A transactions in a private equity context
• You have an outstanding degree/MBA from a top university 
• You have a proven track record of personal, academic and professional achievements 
• You can effectively work in an independent, structured and goal-oriented manner 
• You have a high degree of comfort with analytics, numbers and the capability to draw decisions based on both intuition and data 
• You are team oriented and ambitious 
• You are fluent in English

Additional Information

• Opportunity to lead a company with high likelihood of success of creating a $100m plus economic outcome (we provide the full playbook on how to run a successful roll-up)
• Highly generous equity package in line with your experience
• Market related salary upon receiving Seed Funding
• A fast-paced working environment with challenges which let you grow day by day