About Fresh

Fresh Ventures is a mission-driven startup studio and venture building program, based in The Netherlands. We build ventures using systems thinking and an ecosystem approach to address some of the most important challenges in our agri-food system. We co-found these companies with experienced professionals and entrepreneurs to address deep, systemic challenges in the food system.

What we're looking for

Fresh is looking for a venture builder to join our team. In this role you will lead the support for- and drive the success of the ventures we're building.

You will work alongside the teams within our studio — driving progress towards key milestones, helping them to avoid pitfalls, de-risking further investment and connecting them with the right resources & expertise, both internally and externally.

Since we build ventures that can both thrive in- and shift the current economic system whilst having profound impact on the structural barriers in the current agri-food system, you will also play a key role in nurturing our transformative venture building approach. This means weaving together new forms of ownership, financing, organising and in general innovating on many traditional aspects of start-ups & businesses.

The position is designed to be full-time and while hybrid work is common within Fresh, you would be expected to work from our Rotterdam office a few days per week.

Responsibilities

  1. Work directly with the ventures from validation until first rounds of significant funding — ensuring foundations are solid.
  2. Helping shape teams’ strategy, approaches to product development, customer development, fundraising, and partnership building.
  3. Pulling in external resources that can lead venture teams to succeed.
  4. Shape further our venture building approach, as well as accompanying infrastructure, templates and business development — in collaboration with the broader Fresh team.
  5. Delivering key expertise within our pre-studio program.

Qualifications