Cofounder + CEO
Interplay
Cofounder + CEO
Interplay
VC-backed startup formation, incubation, funding
LOCATION
Full Time, Remote
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Studio is the division of Interplay that builds new companies from scratch. We come up with ideas internally, diligence them hard and when we can’t kill them... we build them.
We are seeking a Cofounder & CEO to lead the launch and growth of a new venture focused on Industrial Bottleneck Intelligence. You will be responsible for taking the concept from a validated idea to a scaled production powerhouse. While you run the entire company, Interplay provides the institutional "back-office" to help you succeed.
Interplay is a startup ecosystem that supports founders via venture capital, an accelerator, a studio, a platform of core business services, and a multi-family office.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the development of a new company.
Define company strategy & vision.
Develop the go-to-market strategy and operational model.
Recruit the team.
Raise capital.
Scale.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Have built a company before.
Laugh (often).
Have a great attitude and are willing to get your hands dirty.
Are willing to run through brick walls without a helmet.
Love problem solving and winning
Have relevant industry experience.
Have direct experience building or commercializing data, analytics, market-intelligence, alternative-data, supply-chain, industrial-research, or AI-enabled intelligence products.
Are credible with hedge funds, public-market investors, asset managers, private equity firms, venture investors, corporate strategy teams, and other sophisticated buyers of investment intelligence.
Understand one or more relevant domains such as defense, industrials, energy infrastructure, grid equipment, semiconductors, critical materials, advanced manufacturing, logistics, or supply-chain risk.
Have demonstrated experience raising institutional or venture capital; prior leadership in a successfully exited VC-backed company is strongly preferred.
Are hyper-organized.
Have the ability to work well in an unstructured environment.
Bachelor’s degree is required, MBA is a plus.
Minimum of 5 years of work experience.
Interplay is a venture firm that starts companies with great people, helps teams develop their business, and then invests in them. Its process is described as three core activities: COFOUND (starting companies with strong teams), INCUBATE (helping great teams grow their business), and INVEST (financing companies led by capable founders). The organization emphasizes a family-oriented approach, using services that power about 10% of all VC-backed companies. The leadership and operating partners span multiple roles across major U.S. locations, signaling a hands-on, operational, and talent-focused model. Its goal is to support entrepreneurs from formation through scale by combining cofounding, structured development, and investment under one umbrella, differentiating itself with its focus on a broad, hands-on “family” network and service platform that fuels a large portion of the VC-backed ecosystem.
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