Senior Associate/Principal (w/m/d)

With Oyster Bay, we invest in ambitious founders to create a sustainable food system for future generations. We have previously invested in companies such as Oatly, AirUp, Stenon, TrueGum, Peas of Heaven, nukoko and GoodBytz. Our first fund is in the top 10% of European VC funds. In 2025 we closed our oversubscribed second fund.

A sustainable food value chain would contribute to solving the climate crisis, ensuring food security for our growing population, and supporting soil health and clean water without creating billions of tons of waste.

To invest our second fund and to support our existing portfolio, we are looking for a Senior Associate/Principal to join us.

Only apply if the following values resonate with you:

• Radical honesty
• Results driven
• No assholes
• Continuous learning

As Senior Associate/Principal (m/w/d) at Oyster Bay you are responsible for ensuring that we are at the leading edge of the AgTech & Food ecosystem in Europe. You will be an integral part of our investment team and expected to lead investments quickly.

• Dealflow & hypotheses Driven Research: Develop hypotheses for potential investment deals, research relevant companies and build a strong network across the European start-up ecosystem.
• Lead Investments: Perform in-depth due diligence on potential investments. We only invest in companies that pass our investment scorecard, which you will be responsible for assessing.
• Portfolio Monitoring & Portfolio Support: Work closely with our portfolio founders. You will very quickly be asked to take over board mandates.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with our limited partners to illustrate our approach to investments, management and measurements.

Oyster Bay is an entrepreneurial firm - we expect every team member to be self-motivated and driven to deliver outstanding results in their respective responsibilities.

Our ideal candidate has technical/scientific background combined with experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking or own venture backed start-up experience.

You are looking for an entrepreneurial environment, where you can leverage her expertise for a greater positive personal impact.

The key attributes of someone who will excel at this role are:

- great attention to detail

- strong relationship skills

- constant drive to improve

- independence of thought

Note: We are explicitely looking for someone with more than 7 years of work experience for this role, who feels comfortable negotiating investment contracts and leading deals.

Oyster Bay is differentiated from other VC firms by our entrepreneurial DNA. Everyone at Oyster Bay participates in our carried interest.