Venture Studio Associate

Design and run the twelve week programme end to end, including the week by week curriculum covering legal setup, engineering, product, marketing, and go to market

Recruit each cohort, including outreach to founders, universities, accelerators, and the local technology community, then run selection

Build and manage the mentor and industry network, including operators from Onni's businesses, external founders, investors, and service providers

Run demo day, including format, guest list, investor attendance, founder preparation, and follow on capital conversations

Negotiate and document studio investments, including equity terms, and coordinate with counsel on the standard instrument

Manage the studio space, cohort logistics, and the day to day operating rhythm of the programme

Track cohort outcomes, including product progress, revenue, follow on funding, and graduate destinations, and report on programme performance

Source direct venture opportunities through the studio, Onni's network, funds Onni backs, and the founder community

Screen opportunities and prepare investment recommendations with a clear view on team, market, product, and why Onni specifically should be on the cap table

Run diligence on direct investments, including market work, customer references, technical assessment, and financial review

Support term sheet negotiation and closing, working with counsel

Monitor the venture portfolio, maintain relationships with founders, and identify follow on opportunities

Build the pipeline between studio graduates, venture investments, portfolio company roles, and Onni Capital itself

Identify where a studio company solves a problem inside Onni's operating businesses and broker that first customer relationship

Represent Onni Capital in the Vancouver founder and investor community, including events, sponsorships, and partnerships

Document processes, decisions, and operating standards so each cohort runs better than the last

Contribute to internal investment discussions, product reviews, demonstrations, and Onni Capital events

Two to five years in venture capital, an accelerator or venture studio, startup operations, or as a founder. What matters is that you have been close to early stage companies and have seen what makes them work and fail

Evidence of having built or run something yourself, whether a company, a product, a programme, a community, or a recurring event with real attendance

Genuine credibility with founders. This job does not work if founders do not want to talk to you

Strong commercial judgment and the ability to assess a team, a market, and a business model quickly and say what you actually think

Financial modelling capability sufficient to build a business case from a blank sheet and to read a cap table and a term sheet without help

Excellent programme and project management instincts. A twelve week cohort with twenty companies is a logistics job as much as an investment job

Demonstrated ability to use modern AI tools to research, analyse, prototype, automate, and produce high quality work

Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to present to executives without jargon and to give a founder difficult feedback well

A bias toward action and comfort making progress with incomplete information

Comfort working in a small, fast moving team where responsibilities change as the programme develops

High personal standards for accuracy, quality, ownership, and follow through

Experience running or working inside an accelerator or venture studio programme

An existing network in the Vancouver or Canadian startup ecosystem

Founder experience, including a company that did not work out

Exposure to proptech, construction technology, climate technology, fintech, or vertical software

Technical literacy sufficient to assess a product and talk credibly to engineers

Experience running events, community programmes, or investor days

Familiarity with tools such as Claude, Claude Code, Linear, Slack, or similar platforms

Success in this role is measured by the quality of the companies brought into the studio, the strength of the investment pipeline created, and the value the programme produces for both founders and Onni.

In the first twelve months, you should be able to show:

Strong, repeatable deal flow producing high quality studio applicants and direct venture opportunities

A well run cohort of approximately twenty companies with strong founder participation and completion

Meaningful connections between studio companies and Onni operating businesses, including pilots, customer introductions, and commercial opportunities

High quality investment recommendations supported by clear diligence, financial analysis, and investment judgment

A growing pipeline of direct investments and follow on opportunities from the studio and broader founder network

A credible Demo Day that attracts relevant investors, operators, and industry partners

Measurable progress across the studio portfolio, including revenue growth, product milestones, follow on funding, and customer traction

Strong founder satisfaction and an alumni network that becomes a source of referrals, talent, investment opportunities, and future mentors

A disciplined operating system for applications, deal tracking, diligence, portfolio reporting, and cohort performance

A programme that improves each cycle and develops a reputation as one of the strongest founder platforms in Canada

You will build a venture programme rather than join one. In a single cohort cycle, you may be involved in:

Deciding what the twelve week curriculum actually teaches

Choosing which twenty companies get in and which do not

Negotiating the equity terms with each of them

Introducing a founder to an Onni operator who becomes their first paying customer

Running demo day in front of investors and industry

Recommending a follow on cheque of ten times the studio investment

Bringing a studio graduate into a portfolio company as an operator

Deciding, honestly, whether the programme is working and what to change

The expectation is high ownership. The studio is yours.

Onni Capital is creating a new headquarters in downtown Vancouver designed for builders, founders, investors, product teams, and portfolio companies, not traditional corporate administration. The space is intended to become a home for company creation, collaboration, product demonstrations, investment discussions, founder events, and the broader Onni Capital community.

Team members will receive:

Direct exposure to senior Onni executives, investors, operators, developers, and founders

The opportunity to help launch products and businesses from the ground up

Access to Onni's operating businesses, technology resources, real estate portfolio, and investment platform

Competitive compensation and a discretionary performance bonus

A comprehensive company paid benefits package

An annual education and professional development allowance

Regular product demonstrations, founder sessions, investment discussions, and team events

Free access to a fully equipped gym

Friends and family rates across participating hospitality brands

Employee discounts at participating restaurants, retailers, fitness providers, and other businesses

A generous employee referral program

Salary Range:

$85,000

Onni

For over half a century, Onni has been building communities for people to live, work, and play. Our success reflects our commitment to our employees and partners, and our dedication to quality construction, innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. Our expertise expands across North America, with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, and Chicago.

This role may involve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support research, analysis, content development, design, reporting, or operational efficiency. Employees are expected to use AI responsibly and in compliance with company policies, data privacy requirements, confidentiality obligations, and applicable laws.

All AI-generated or AI-assisted outputs must be reviewed for accuracy, quality, and appropriateness before use. Employees are also expected to disclose when AI tools have been used in the creation of work and must not present AI-generated content as solely their own original work.