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Job Overview And Responsibility

About Antler Antler is the investor backing the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness. Founded on the belief that people innovating is the key to building a better future, we partner with people across six continents to launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges. Knowing that exceptional founders can come from anywhere with any background, we have offices in 25 cities, including Austin, New York, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Bangalore, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, and Sydney. Our global community backs people from the beginning with co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. Fueled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we have helped create and invested in more than 600 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030. A better future won’t happen automatically—the world needs talented, determined, and resilient people to build it. Antler team members are part of an ambitious global community dedicated to helping the most driven founders move the world forward. We ease the path to entrepreneurship so more exceptional people can launch and scale companies that disrupt the status quo, create employment, contribute to GDP, and drive technology development and adoption. As the world presents an ever-increasing number of opportunities and challenges, founders are more needed than ever to address them. Join us to support them and help make progress inevitable. The role Antler is seeking an exceptional leader to join the firm as a Director in Malaysia to take the lead in building Antler Malaysia. A Director in Antler has the opportunity to have an incredible impact on the early-stage innovation ecosystem, and be a part of building the next wave of fast-growing technology companies in Malaysia. If you are up for the challenge, we promise an incredible experience and an unparalleled opportunity to work with extremely motivated individuals, accomplished entrepreneurs, and the founders of future startup successes. Responsibilities - Build and lead an exceptional team: in each new location, we build a strong team of 4-7 individuals, composed of manager/associates with responsibilities in recruitment, program, ops/finance, marketing and other. - Build 20+ companies every year with the strongest possible founders: Bring in the most ambitious and brilliant potential founders to the program, and work with founding teams to build their companies from scratch. This includes building strong co-founder teams, brainstorming new products and business models, coach and mentor teams to speed up their execution. - Drive thoughtful investment decisions: take part in the Investment Committee selecting the companies that receive a pre-seed investment from Antler - Partner with portfolio companies to achieve success: Build a deep network in the VC and angel ecosystems and support the portfolio companies in closing their seed and Series A rounds, support them in the company strategy, as well as using the Antler network to introduce them to customers, employees, advisors and other supporters - Invest in follow-on breakout successes: identify the highest-potential startups where Antler will be increasing the ownership stake from an initial 12% to a target 15-20% in the next round - to concentrate our investment into the most successful companies - Fundraising: Expected mid term. We have just closed our SEA Fund II but will expect the Director to be involved in raising for SEA Fund II, starting late 2024 or early 2025.

Required Skills and Experience

Key Experience - Demonstrated spikes in either: + Early-phase startup experience - having founded or been a very early employee of a fast-growing successful technology company, or + Significant experience in early-stage venture capital, with a track record of leading investments in the seed/series A stages - Deep network in the local founder, VC, and angel investor ecosystems (Malaysia region) - Prior experience leading teams and individuals that have excelled in high-paced and challenging environments - Proven experience in successfully managing complicated projects - Bachelor or above degree from an accredited University and at least 07 years of work experience - At least 5+ years of working experience in Malaysia and is well-connected in the startup ecosystem Personal attributes - Exceptional leadership – identifies, attracts, develops, and retains high-quality teams - A genuine passion for entrepreneurship and a belief the world needs more change-makers and innovators - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Accomplished and structured problem-solver - Independent and proactive with a focus on execution and results orientation - Comfortable with ambiguity, quick changes, tight deadlines, and moving targets

Why Candidate should apply this position

- Create a legacy and have a large impact: be part of building hundreds of disruptive companies that will define the next wave of tech - An opportunity to change the lives of hundreds of people about to turn into entrepreneurs - An opportunity to build a high-volume investment track record both in early-stage companies and also in the later stages - An opportunity to greatly impact the direction and success of Antler globally - Competitive salary and upside


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