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Sunset

Guides venture-backed startups through dissolution

Growth Marketer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/19/2026
$175k - $235k/yr
Mid, Senior
New York, NY, USA
In PersonFive days per week in person at the Dumbo office.
Growth & MarketingGrowth Marketing

About the job

Requirements
  • Three to five or more years of experience in growth or performance marketing, ideally at an early-stage company with end-to-end channel ownership.
  • Be willing to work in person five days a week from the Dumbo office.
  • Be willing to work hard and pursue high performance.
  • Be comfortable making fast decisions with incomplete data and working without a fixed playbook.
  • Be able to independently build landing pages, workflows, and automations using AI tools.
  • Have experience testing a breadth of channels and approaches.
  • Be able to interpret marketing results and assess performance.
Responsibilities
  • Own top-of-funnel growth end-to-end by selecting channels, running experiments, and scaling successful approaches.
  • Generate qualified marketing leads for the Wind-down and Data Partnerships business motions.
  • Build and launch landing pages, campaigns, and workflows using AI tools.
  • Make timely decisions based on incomplete data, discontinuing ineffective approaches and expanding effective ones.
  • Track and report results accurately.
  • Generate marketing qualified leads, the role's stated performance measure.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience marketing to founders, startups, or other B2B or technical buyers.
  • Familiarity with AI training, data licensing, or model evaluation.
  • Experience launching a channel from zero without an existing playbook.

About the company

Sunset provides business dissolution consulting aimed at venture-backed tech startups that are winding down. It offers an end-to-end service package including due diligence, legal and accounting support, and assistance with asset sales. The model is fee-for-service, charging clients for the specific services they need. Sunset works by coordinating a team of specialists to manage the dissolution process, helping founders and investors save time and money while handling compliance, asset liquidation, and other closing activities. Distinguishing factors include its specialization in startup shutdowns for venture-backed companies and the integration of legal, financial, and transactional services under one roof to streamline the process. The company’s goal is to help clients wind down operations efficiently, reducing time, effort, and costs associated with dissolution.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • TechCrunch reported Sunset raised $1.45 million in February 2024, validating investor demand.
  • Sunset claims hundreds of wind-downs by 2026, signaling repeatable operational execution.
  • Acquire.com referrals create a steady funnel from acquisitions and acqui-hires into shutdowns.

What critics are saying

  • SimpleClosure raised $15 million in May 2025, outspending Sunset on automation.
  • Law firms and accounting firms already own dissolution workflows and client relationships.
  • If shutdown volume stalls, Sunset's referral-led model and narrow niche cap growth.

What makes Sunset unique

  • Sunset specializes in VC-backed startup wind-downs, not generic law-firm closings.
  • Its one-team model bundles attorneys, CPAs, and client success under one fee.
  • Acquire.com partnership targets post-sale stay-behind entities, a narrow and valuable niche.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Gym Membership

Company News

X Corp.
Mar 5th, 2024
Brendan Mahony on Twitter / X

"Sunset announced it has raised $1.45 million in seed funding to make the process of closing a company more affordable, quicker and less complicated."Thanks so much @bayareawriter for the incredible writeup on Sunset's recent fundraise and the ecosystem as a whole.…— Brendan Mahony (@bmaho2211) February 28, 2024

TechCrunch
Feb 27th, 2024
Why VCs are investing in startups that help other startups shut down

Earlier this month, equity management startup Carta revealed that it was getting into the game as well with a new offering called Carta Conclusions.