Venture Analyst

RockawayX

RockawayX backs founders building the next generation of crypto infrastructure, applications, and middleware. As our Venture Analyst, you will help us source, evaluate, and support early-stage investments across the stack. Whilst predominantly a venture role, you will be expected to look at liquid opportunities on occasion. You will join a tight, collaborative investment team. You will develop broad coverage across crypto verticals, build the technical fluency to engage credibly with founders. You will create detailed investment memos, build a network, and generate deal flow. Key Responsibilities Deal Analysis - Conduct due diligence on early-stage crypto projects across sectors and architectures - Assess businesses end-to-end including team, market, product, business model, and tokenomics - Build investment memos, market maps, and competitive analyses - Develop and refine views on emerging verticals and technologies Deal Sourcing - Generate deal flow through proactive outreach, community engagement, and ecosystem presence - Build relationships with founders, builders, and other investors - Screen inbound opportunities and manage pipeline tracking - Represent the firm at events, hackathons, and conferences Portfolio Management - Monitor portfolio company progress against milestones and market developments - Prepare portfolio updates and performance reports - Support portfolio companies with research, introductions, and strategic input Research & Thought Leadership - Track sector trends and contribute to the firm's evolving investment theses - Publish blog posts and knowledge nuggets (Medium, Twitter) - Represent the firm in public-facing research and ecosystem conversations Requirements - Bachelor's degree or higher, flexible on background but preference for technical (CS, engineering, or equivalent) - Generalist orientation with the technical capability to read a technical documentation and engage with founders on architecture and design choices - Prior investment experience required, at a crypto or traditional venture fund, or in an investing capacity at an operating company - Curiosity across the crypto stack, with a point of view on where the interesting opportunities are forming - Excellent research and communication skills; clear, structured writing - Self-starter who works independently Benefits - Private Health Insurance - Paid Time Off - Work From Home - Training & Development - Performance Bonus Please mention the word **INEXPENSIVE** and tag RNTIuMjM0LjQyLjM1 when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RNTIuMjM0LjQyLjM1). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.