Investment Sourcing Lead @ in Chicago, IL

About 11 Tribes

11 Tribes Ventures is an early‑stage investment firm that proactively invests in the resilience of entrepreneurs. We are radical in our allocation of resources to develop our founders, investing real dollars in their mental, emotional, and spiritual well‑being. Our approach is proving that healthy founders will lead to healthy returns without compromising mission or profitability. By rejecting the status quo of dollar‑driven, people‑indifferent investing in lieu of an approach that centers around building businesses that are profitable and sustainable, we are changing the narrative of traditional venture from burnout to flourishing.

We are the firm where capital and care converge.

Over the past few years, there has been a necessary reckoning in the venture capital industry, where the traditional “growth at all costs” mindset has been challenged and disrupted. As many funds reel and reposition, there is a massive opportunity for any organization that is consistently authentic, humble, and focused. We are eager to assume the privilege and burden of applying healthy pressure to what is broken in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

We are seeking another individual who is fiercely committed to sidestepping paths of least resistance to deliver outsized returns to investors through excellent capital allocation and radical founder care. Earlier this year, we closed our second fund, a significant step forward for our firm. We have invested in 11 companies to date and intend to make 10‑15 more investments over the next 18‑24 months.

That’s where you come in.

We are hiring an Investment Sourcing Lead to serve as our first point of contact for founders. You will be our firm’s “front door,” architecting and leading our sourcing engine.

• You will design an innovative outbound sourcing strategy, helping us create market maps, and will cultivate meaningful relationships across our ecosystem of founders and co‑investors.
• You will lead our inbound opportunity process by establishing a relationship with the founder(s).
• You will set up and prep partner calls with crisp briefs, surface the right questions fast, and move opportunities to a clear yes/no with speed and respect. You will balance your autonomy and speed with genuine empathy, reflecting our commitment to be the firm where capital and care converge.

Success looks like a dependable, data‑driven top‑of‑funnel approach: consistent weekly founder meetings, higher conversion rates from screening calls to partner calls, and tight write‑ups that separate signal from noise. You will run the operating system for our pipeline, allowing the partnership to select and win the right 8‑12 investments per year.

While you’ll naturally represent the firm in founder‑facing settings, your focus is sourcing, qualification, and pipeline velocity, not content or brand campaigns. Your work strengthens the flywheel by improving selection quality, sharpening our information advantage, and delivering a consistent, founder‑respectful process from first touch to decision.

Character Traits:

• Self‑starter: energized by ambiguity, learns by doing
• Deeply curious: asks the non‑obvious questions that sharpen our selection
• Relational: builds trust quickly with founders, partners, and LPs
• Confident: shares the values of the firm externally, helping to build 11 Tribes’ reputation

Hard

Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication: can synthesize founder calls into tight briefs and clear decision memos
• Pipeline management: keeps deals organized, on pace, and prioritized
• Research & analysis: identifies overlooked verticals and promising founders others might miss

You are deeply relational. At some point along the way, you…