Full-Time

Venture Strategy Associate

Venture Building, Investment Strategy

Posted on 6/20/2025

Improbable

Improbable

51-200 employees

Metaverse developer and brand venture builder

No salary listed

London, UK

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Market Research
Investment Banking
Requirements
  • 4+ years’ experience within one or more of strategy consulting, investment banking, venture capital, or corporate development, contributing to buy-side investment processes (venture, M&A) or sell-side capital activity (raising capital, M&A)
  • Strong analytical and commercial acumen, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and fast-changing data
  • Track record of driving rigorous analyses and delivering clear recommendations that inform high-stakes decisions
  • Strong proficiency in financial modelling and experience building business cases, and contributing to investment memos, or board-level presentations
  • Thrive in collaborative, entrepreneurial environments and can confidently engage with founders and senior stakeholders
Responsibilities
  • Conduct deep market and thematic research across priority investment areas to shape opportunity pipelines and support thesis-led investing
  • Lead and contribute to business case development for ventures incepted by Improbable, as well as the commercial and financial due diligence of external start-ups, including market sizing, competitive benchmarking, unit economics, and scenario modelling
  • Produce clear, concise investment recommendations and materials for internal Investment Committee deliberations
  • Work alongside portfolio founders and executive teams to define business models, validate go-to-market strategies, and build operating plans
  • Provide ongoing strategic decision support to ventures post-investment, such as pricing analysis, fundraising readiness, and strategic planning
  • Monitor industry trends, investor activity, and portfolio performance to inform Improbable’s investment strategy
  • Collaborate with senior team members to evolve and scale our end-to-end investment processes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bonus: experience working in early-stage startups, venture studios or founder-led teams

Improbable builds and runs metaverse experiences for brands. It designs, hosts, and maintains virtual worlds and events powered by gaming, blockchain, and AI technologies. The company also acts as a venture builder, using its platform to launch new businesses in the metaverse. Its goal is to create practical, revenue-generating virtual experiences for brands that enable entertainment, social interaction, and business applications.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$914M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2012

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What believers are saying

  • $97.1M sale of Multiplayer Group to Keywords funds Web3 pivot.
  • Somnia mainnet launches post-10B testnet transactions for real apps.
  • Victory League co-launch creates interactive virtual football experiences.

What critics are saying

  • Somnia blockchain adoption fails, eroding Web3 confidence in 6-12 months.
  • Epic Unreal Engine 5.4 obsoletes Morpheus and SpatialOS in 12-24 months.
  • SEC labels $SOMI token securities, halting Otherside in 6-12 months.

What makes Improbable unique

  • SpatialOS enables server swarms for unprecedented virtual world scale.
  • Venture builder launches metaverse ventures like Somnia blockchain.
  • Morpheus powers interoperable MSquared network from 2022 $150M raise.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-3%
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