Startup Founder

Please note that this is not a regular employment ad, but rather an opportunity to meet your co-founder(s) and build your own startup.

Vento is the Italian chapter of Exor Ventures, the venture arm of Exor investing in the best founders globally.

In Vento, we are focused on two main activities: Investments and Venture Building.
- Vento Investments: in the last year, we have invested in over 50 early-stage startups with exceptional Italian founders. We aim to reach 100 investments annually, with a standard ticket of €150k and founder-friendly terms.
- Vento Venture Building: selecting top talents pre-idea and pre-team, supporting them in a 5-month company building process. We are looking for the best wannabe founders to be part of the next cohort. Here below are all the details.

Vento is a 5-month full-time highly selective program in Turin, in which you will be paid to build your own startup and have the opportunity to be funded to launch it.

**HOW IT WORKS**

First of all, we will select the 40 most brilliant minds to join Vento and create incredible teams. You will meet many top-notch co-founders, and we will provide you with our support and experience to make sure you find the best match.

You don’t need to have an idea to participate, because we have worked with leading experts and startups that have shared with us their direct experience in the market. This way, we will make sure that each team will have the possibility to start from a validated market need.

Each participant will go through a journey of team building, research, design, testing, and implementation. Get ready for some crazy fast-paced rollercoaster of emotions, and then at the end of the ride, your startup will take off.

In a nutshell, during the first three months of the program (Jan-Apr 2024), your focus will be on finding the best team and idea to develop.

At the end of these three months, you will have a chance to pitch in front of the investment committee and receive your pre-seed funding.

In the following two months (Apr-Jun 2024), the focus will be on your solution's actual development and deployment.

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- Constant support from our network of qualified mentors and entrepreneurs
- Access to a pool of 50+ top-notch VCs, angels, and accelerators from all over Europe
- A grant to cover your individual expenses for the first three months of the program (€1250/month)
- The opportunity of a pre-seed investment with founder-friendly terms (all in cash, no hidden fees), after three months in the program
- Dedicated and very cool office space in OGR Torino

**WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR**

We select people with great potential. We don’t look much at your academic records, what we care most about is your ambition. We are looking for brilliant people, willing to put 100% effort into building the next successful startup.