Operating Partner: Capital Formation

Responsibilities

Capital Formation

• Source and cultivate prospective Limited Partner relationships.
• Generate qualified introductions to family offices, institutional investors, fund-of-funds, corporate venture investors, and strategic capital partners.
• Support fundraising through investor engagement, relationship development, and meeting facilitation.
• Participate in LP meetings, diligence conversations, and fundraising activities.

Investor Relationships & Network

• Expand and strengthen the C10 investor base in New York City and nationally.
• Build relationships with angels, venture firms, family offices, emerging managers, and industry leaders.
• Make strategic introductions between investors, corporates, founders, and portfolio companies.
• Represent C10 Labs at venture, startup, and technology events, and create durable engagement over time.

Platform Growth

• Identify partnerships that expand the firm’s reach, capital base, and visibility.
• Introduce relationships that support portfolio company growth and commercialization.
• Contribute to broader platform and ecosystem-development efforts.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the leadership team.

Preferred

• Prior experience as a founder, venture partner, or corporate development leader.
• Experience supporting venture fundraising or capital formation.

The Opportunity

This is not a traditional operating role.

It is a partner-level seat for someone who wants real ownership in building one of the leading AI venture platforms in New York and beyond. We are looking for a deeply connected operator, investor, or executive who will work capital formation and high-value partnerships in parallel — bringing capital in and putting the relationships around it to work for C10 and its portfolio companies.

The right person brings two things at once: deep limited-partner relationships across venture capital, family offices, institutional investors, and corporate venture; and the standing to open doors with corporates, strategic partners, and commercial buyers. What changes outcomes here is not a title — it is who trusts you, and what you can set in motion on both sides of that ledger.

This role is built for someone motivated by long-term ownership — building something durable alongside the C10 leadership team, not collecting a salary.

Required

• Experience in venture capital, fundraising, investor relations, business development, private markets, or strategic partnerships.
• A track record of building and closing corporate or strategic partnerships.
• A strong network across investors, corporates, founders, and operators.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
• An entrepreneurial, self-directed work style.

Preferred

• Existing relationships with LPs, family offices, corporate venture arms, or strategic partners.
• A real interest in AI, deep technology, and venture creation.

What We Are Looking For

• A natural connector who builds relationships that last.
• Credible inside investor and startup communities.
• Someone who enjoys opening doors and creating opportunities for others.
• A long-term thinker, motivated by ownership rather than transactions.
• At your best with autonomy and little structure.
• Equally comfortable with investors and corporate counterparties.

How You’ll Be Measured

• This is an active operating role, not an advisory seat. Success looks like:
• Qualified LPs introduced and closed.
• Strategic and corporate partnerships closed.
• Corporate venture and commercial relationships activated.
• Capital commitments sourced or influenced.
• Partnerships that drove portfolio company revenue, pilots, or distribution.
• Investor meetings facilitated.
• Growth of the C10 investor and partner network.

Compensation & Alignment

This is an equity-based Operating Partner role that ties long-term contribution to long-term ownership.

Compensation is built around

carried interest and management-company participation partner economics that reward the long-term success of the fund and the platform, not any single transaction. As a partner, your stake is sized to reflect your contribution, network, and involvement, and vests over time. Specifics — including how your role in growing the fund is recognized in your partner economics - are discussed directly with the leadership team.

Engagement: a part-time commitment of roughly 5–10 hours per week.

Why C10 Labs

• Real ownership and long-term upside.
• Direct access to leading founders, investors, operators, and corporate partners.
• A hand in shaping Fund II and future investment vehicles.
• The chance to build one of the most connected AI venture platforms in New York City.
• Work alongside experienced founders, investors, and company builders.
• A direct role in backing the next generation of AI companies.