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Portfolio Job Boards for Venture Capital Firms

How venture capital firms can showcase portfolio company jobs.

Venture capital firms increasingly use portfolio job boards to add value for their companies and attract top talent to the ecosystem. A centralized job board showcases opportunities across all portfolio companies in one place.

Why VC firms need portfolio job boards

Add value to portfolio companies

Your companies need to hire. A portfolio job board helps by:

  • Centralizing opportunities across all companies
  • Leveraging your brand to attract talent
  • Reducing recruiting costs for early-stage companies
  • Showcasing the ecosystem to potential candidates

Attract talent to your ecosystem

Top candidates want to work at high-growth startups:

  • Curated opportunities from vetted companies
  • Trusted source backed by your reputation
  • Career mobility across portfolio companies
  • Startup culture seekers find their tribe

Differentiate your firm

In competitive fundraising environments:

  • Demonstrate hands-on portfolio support
  • Attract founders who value talent help
  • Build reputation as founder-friendly investor
  • Create ongoing touchpoint with tech community

Portfolio job board features

Showcase your companies

Highlight each portfolio company:

  • Company profiles with funding stage
  • Team size and growth trajectory
  • Culture and mission information
  • All open positions in one place

Aggregate opportunities

Automatically collect jobs from portfolio companies:

  • Use backfill to import existing jobs
  • Companies can post directly
  • Fresh content without manual curation
  • Categorize by stage, sector, or role type

Drive applications

Send qualified candidates to your companies:

  • Job seekers apply directly to companies
  • Track which companies get most interest
  • Measure value delivered to portfolio

Setting up a portfolio job board

1. Plan your structure

Decide how to organize:

  • By company: Each company gets a profile
  • By sector: Group fintech, healthtech, etc.
  • By stage: Seed, Series A, Growth
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On this page

  1. Why VC firms need portfolio job boards
  2. Add value to portfolio companies
  3. Attract talent to your ecosystem
  4. Differentiate your firm
  5. Portfolio job board features
  6. Showcase your companies
  7. Aggregate opportunities
  8. Drive applications
  9. Setting up a portfolio job board
  10. 1. Plan your structure
  11. 2. Onboard portfolio companies
  12. 3. Promote to talent
  13. Content strategy for VC boards
  14. Company spotlights
  15. Ecosystem content
  16. Talent community
  17. Measuring success
  18. Common approaches
  19. Fully automated
  20. Company-managed
  21. Hybrid approach
  22. Getting started
  23. Examples of portfolio boards
  • By role type: Engineering, Sales, Operations
  • 2. Onboard portfolio companies

    Get companies participating:

    • Explain the value (free recruiting help)
    • Collect company information and logos
    • Set up job import or direct posting
    • Establish update cadence

    3. Promote to talent

    Drive qualified traffic:

    • Share on firm's social channels
    • Include in newsletter to LP network
    • Promote at portfolio events
    • Partner with recruiting firms

    Content strategy for VC boards

    Company spotlights

    Feature portfolio companies regularly:

    • Founder interviews
    • Funding announcements
    • Product launches
    • Hiring milestones

    Ecosystem content

    Create value beyond job listings:

    • Startup salary benchmarks
    • Hiring best practices for early-stage
    • "Working at a portfolio company" guides
    • Industry trend reports

    Talent community

    Build ongoing relationships:

    • Newsletter for job seekers
    • Events for candidates and companies
    • Alumni network from portfolio companies

    Measuring success

    Track metrics that matter to your firm:

    MetricWhy It Matters
    Applications per companyValue delivered to portfolio
    Hires attributed to boardConcrete recruiting impact
    Company participation ratePortfolio engagement
    Candidate database sizeTalent pipeline value
    Traffic from target talentReach in key demographics

    Common approaches

    Fully automated

    • Backfill jobs from company career pages
    • Minimal manual management
    • Always fresh content
    • Lower touch, scalable

    Company-managed

    • Each company posts their own jobs
    • Higher quality, more control
    • Requires portfolio engagement
    • Better for smaller portfolios

    Hybrid approach

    • Automated backfill as foundation
    • Companies can enhance their listings
    • Best of both worlds
    • Recommended for most firms

    Getting started

    1. Create your board with your firm's branding
    2. Add portfolio companies
    3. Configure backfill for automated job import
    4. Promote to your talent network

    Examples of portfolio boards

    Many top VC firms run portfolio job boards:

    • Andreessen Horowitz Jobs
    • Sequoia Portfolio Jobs
    • First Round Capital Talent
    • Index Ventures Portfolio

    These boards drive thousands of applications to portfolio companies while building the firm's brand with the tech talent community.