Plug and Play Tech Center · 7 hours ago
Ventures Associate - Enterprise & AI
West Windsor, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelPlug and Play Tech Center is one of the most active early-stage venture investors globally, and they are seeking a Ventures Associate to expand their Enterprise & AI Ventures team. The role involves evaluating AI and enterprise software products, conducting technical diligence, and engaging with corporate partners to understand their technology needs.
Financial ServicesFinTechSmart CitiesVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Build and refine investment theses across Enterprise AI and adjacent infrastructure (data, security, devtools, agentic systems)
Source and evaluate early-stage companies through a mix of inbound, outbound, and ecosystem channels
Conduct technical diligence: architecture reviews, data infrastructure evaluation, and scalability analysis
Track emerging technologies, competitive landscapes, and venture activity across your focus areas
Conduct structured interviews with corporate partners to understand technology gaps and innovation priorities
Translate enterprise needs into actionable sourcing + diligence criteria
Facilitate introductions between startups/scaleups and corporate partners
Support executive briefings, demo days, and enterprise matchmaking
Conduct structured product + architecture reviews (data flow, model approach, deployment model, integration pattern, scalability)
Assess feasibility and differentiation: “is this real?”, “what breaks at scale?”, “what’s defensible?”
Engage in technical conversations with founders to assess team capabilities and product sophistication
Maintain market maps, startup databases, and competitive intelligence in your focus areas
Produce research reports, investment memos, and market analyses for internal and external audiences
Contribute to thought leadership through blog posts, whitepapers, or speaking engagements
Qualification
Required
Strong technical foundation: CS/engineering background or equivalent experience shipping software
Comfort evaluating modern AI systems and data stacks (e.g., LLM apps, RAG, fine-tuning, evals, vector DBs, warehouses/ETL, observability)
Ability to ask informed architecture/security questions and validate product claims
Demonstrated analytical skills: can size markets and synthesize complex information
Excellent written and verbal communication—able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Genuine curiosity about startups, venture capital, and emerging technologies
Preferred
Experience at a startup or a tech firm in product engineering, solutions engineering, ML engineering, security engineering, or technical PM
Experience with technical content creation (blog posts, documentation, technical writing) or contributions to open source or side projects that show builder mentality
Company
Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform.
Founded in 2006
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (5)
2023 (12)
2022 (9)
2021 (6)
2020 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$5.8MKey Investors
NJEDAKnight Foundation
2025-12-15Grant· $3.8M
2025-02-04Grant· $2M
2024-04-02Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Saeed Amidi
Founder and CEO
Jojo Flores
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-12-29
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2025-12-25
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