Chapter One

Posted on May 03, 2022Read on Mirror.xyz

Hiring Summer Interns at Chapter One

At Chapter One our vision is to enable people to own their time, money, and ideas by investing in delightful products that make crypto easier to use.

Over the past four months, we’ve built our team as a full-stack startup across Product, Design, Data Science, Research, and will be announcing Talent & Community hires soon. We also launched Studios, our inaugural web3 incubator, as Chapter One looks to build alongside best-in-class founders over a 6-month program. As we continue to grow, we’re excited to share three new summer internship roles that we are hiring for across Investing, Data Science, and Studios.

If any of these roles speak to you, fill out the application form and we will get back to you!

Applications are rolling but we urge you to apply soon. Link to apply: HERE

About Chapter One

Chapter One is a first check crypto fund focused on the web3 economy. We believe the best companies in web3 will win by making web3 more user-friendly and accessible, and we strive to be a founder’s first check to build products with powerful narratives.

The fund has backed meaningful companies from the earliest stages in crypto & web3 including The GraphCompound FinanceDapper LabsMoonPayBlockfolio (acq FTX)SyndicateDharma Protocol (acq OpenSea)RabbitholeOndo Finance, Guild, Wonderverse, and more.

  1. Investing Intern
    1. Scope
      1. Choose a vertical to get expertise on. Operate across investing scope
      2. Anywhere from DeFi, gaming, infrastructure, and consumer
    2. Responsibilities
      1. Source companies that align with investment themes
      2. Attend first calls with investment partners
      3. Support investment memos and diligence process
      4. Work with investment team to write investment proposals
      5. Attend founder experience calls with C1 portfolio companies
    3. Output
      1. Research report on vertical expertise
      2. Have worked on deals that were closed
      3. Have a slate of articles and learnings to add to the web3 community
  2. Data Science Intern
    1. Scope
      1. Contribute to the development of bespoke sourcing methods through the collection and analysis of off-chain and on-chain metadata
      2. Research web3 ecosystems and trends to inform investment decisions
    2. Responsibilities
      1. Use analytical techniques to provide data-driven insights
      2. Build datasets and data pipelines using Python/ETL frameworks
      3. Develop real-time SQL dashboards to summarize and synthesize data
      4. Collaborate across the investment, research, and founder experience teams to apply data to business needs
    3. Output
      1. Application of data science to evaluate cryptocurrency markets and web3 ecosystem
      2. Contribution to real-time investment decisions
      3. Experience working across multiple data sources and APIs
      4. Development of real-time data pipelines and reporting dashboards
      5. Contributed-to cutting edge sourcing methods
  3. Studios Intern
    1. Scope
      1. Own the project planning and execution for our Studios Incubator
      2. Be connective tissue between our incubator and greater Chapter One team
    2. Responsibilities
      1. Work with Incubator leads on managing incubator program; includes workshopping sessions with the Chapter One team and ensuring that incubations have access to resources
      2. Sharing company updates externally and helping incubations with public-facing content
      3. Navigate ambiguity with all the logistics of running an incubator. Supporting incubations with any needs and challenges that may arise
    3. Output
      1. Document that outlines a repeatable web3 incubator. Framework for future incubations and how to best serve early-stage web3 projects
      2. Build sustainable systems to track, manage, and support incubator

At Chapter One we value a strong culture and the highest people standards. Characteristics that are paramount at Chapter One:

  • Low ego, high humility
  • Constantly strive to improve
  • Flexible, adaptable, and open to changing priorities
  • Strong opinions, loosely held
  • High integrity

We offer competitive benefits and compensation for every member of the team.

Competitive Benefits & Compensation:

  • We offer competitive internship compensation
  • Beautiful office space in Santa Monica, Los Angeles (remote OK)

We invest in each team member’s web3 journey through Degen Perks.

Degen Perks:

  • Hardwallet ledger and ENS domain
  • Crypto gas fee reimbursement
  • Eth stipend for investing experiments
  • Alpha
  • Always open to new ideas to support team member’s web3 journeys

We look forward to reading your applications! Link to apply: HERE

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Chapter One