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A venture capital resume example for Berlin and European VC funds hiring operator-investors. Blends two years of product management with three years of sourcing, diligence and portfolio support — the hybrid profile seed and Series A funds increasingly screen for.
Warum dieser Lebenslauf so aufgebaut ist
Sam’s arc is operator → investor: PM bullets show shipping and metrics; VC bullets show sourcing, diligence packs and portfolio work. A portfolio custom section lists representative investments without crowding experience. Slate template keeps a formal single-column read while allowing accent styling. Technical skills (SQL, Notion) sit below sector fluency. No banking tombstones — unit economics and founder diligence language instead.
Professional Summary
Venture investor with operator background in B2B SaaS. Five years across product and VC — sourcing Series A opportunities, running founder diligence and supporting portfolio pricing and GTM experiments.
Experience
- Sourced 40+ Series A SaaS opportunities; advanced 6 to partner diligence in 12 months
- Built unit-economics diligence packs covering CAC payback, NRR and cohort retention
- Supported two portfolio companies on pricing experiments that lifted ARPU 8–12%
- Mapped competitive landscapes for 3 new sectors; co-led 2 term-sheet processes
- Owned activation funnel for a B2B workflow product; raised D7 retention from 26% to 34%
- Shipped Salesforce integration used by 35% of accounts within one quarter
- Ran bi-weekly customer discovery; prioritised roadmap using RICE scoring
Selected Portfolio
- Supported pricing rollout; ARPU +11% in two quarters
- Led commercial diligence; advanced to term sheet
Education
Focus: software systems and entrepreneurship
Skills
Languages
Slate template · see layout
Worauf Recruiter achten
- Sourcing volume and conversion to diligence or term sheet
- Operator credibility — shipped product, metrics, customer discovery
- Unit economics fluency (CAC, NRR, payback)
- Portfolio support with measurable outcomes
- Sector thesis or community presence (optional but differentiated)
- Clear split between investing and operating years
Häufige Fehler
- Banking-style tombstones with no VC sourcing or portfolio language
- Listing “interested in startups” without operator or investing evidence
- Burying PM experience when funds hire operator-investors
- Keyword stuffing “venture capital” without metrics
- Omitting stage focus (seed vs Series A vs growth)
ATS-Keywords
| Keyword | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Sourcing | Deal flow generation |
| Series A | Stage focus |
| Unit economics | SaaS diligence |
| NRR | Retention signal |
| Diligence | Investment process |
| Portfolio | Value-add post-close |
| Term sheet | Process milestone |
| B2B SaaS | Sector focus |
Häufig gestellte Fragen
No. Many European funds hire operators, consultants or engineers who show sourcing, diligence and product metrics.