Investment Associate -DeepTech and AI (gn) @ Atlantic Investment Team, Berlin

About Atlantic

Atlantic leads pre-seed rounds across Europe. We back founders at the earliest stage across four areas: AI and Compute, Energy and Climate, Industrial and Robotics, and Space and Security. Since 2016 we have partnered with over 150 founders, including those behind Choco, GetYourGuide, Wandelbots, Synthflow, Harmattan and Mirelo. We are one of the most active pre-seed funds in Europe, and we are growing the investment team.

The role

This is a sourcing-heavy, high-autonomy role. You will work across the full investment cycle, from finding non-obvious founders to supporting them through their earliest stages. We are looking for someone with a hunter's instinct and real depth in deeptech or AI, not someone who is "interested in getting into VC." If you have been close to hard technology - as an engineer, a founder, an operator, or an investor - and you want to find the next generation of European deeptech companies at the very beginning, read on.

This role is for you if

You have at least one of the following. 

• An engineering or technical degree. You studied something technical - engineering, physics, computer science, - and you can hold your own in a technical conversation with a deeptech founder.

• Deeptech investment track record. You have sourced, evaluated, or led investments into deeptech or AI-native companies, whether at a fund or as an angel.

• Deeptech founder or operator experience. You have built or worked at a deeptech or AI-native startup and understand what it takes from the inside.

What you will do

• Source founders across Europe. Relationships, curiosity, and effort rather than inbound deal flow.

• Travel regularly to meet founders on-site and build ecosystem presence, particularly in either the UK, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe.

• Evaluate opportunities end-to-end: first meeting through to due diligence, investment decision and closing.

• Develop and maintain a sharp point of view on where deeptech and AI markets are heading - not just where they are today.

• Support portfolio founders hands-on: board meetings, fundraising, hiring, go-to-market, commercial and technical strategy.

• Represent Atlantic with credibility. You are often the first person a founder meets from us. Earn their trust.

You should also have

• A strong sourcing instinct. You find founders before they are obvious.

• Ease and familiarity working with AI tools and workflows as part of how you work and think

• Willingness to travel extensively across Europe.

• Based in Berlin or willing to relocate.

• Fluent English. Additional European languages (Polish, Italian) are a real advantage.

Why Atlantic

The team is 20 people. The fund is well-established. We are not hierarchical about deals - if you have conviction, you can push an investment through regardless of seniority. You will have real autonomy to source, genuine expectation that you build lasting relationships with founders, and the support of a team that has been doing this for nearly a decade. If you want to do early-stage deeptech investing properly, this is a good place to do it.