About SlateVC
SlateVC is a Paris-based growth-stage venture capital firm that was launched in 2025, specializing in climate technology investments across Europe. The firm is founded by four General Partners: Chloé Giard, Clément Buyse, Renaud Visage, and Sébastien Léger, who collectively bring extensive experience as entrepreneurs, investors, board members, and industry advisors in energy and circularity sectors. The team has expanded to include Associates Célia Bellec and Paul Pihouée, who joined in 2026. SlateVC focuses on backing European companies with global leadership potential, investing from Series A to Series C stages. The firm targets game-changing technologies with industry-wide impact, operating under the conviction that the best climate businesses win on economics, where environmental performance is accompanied by lower costs and higher productivity for industrial customers. SlateVC deploys capital at the growth stage when execution determines which companies become global leaders. The firm concentrates its investments across four key focus areas: energy systems transition, low-carbon industry, recycling and advanced materials, and natural capital. Since its launch, SlateVC has built an active portfolio of promising European climate companies, including notable investments in Fairmat, Resourcify, and Epyr. The firm is headquartered in Paris at 5 Avenue de l’Opéra, located between Opéra and the Louvre, and is currently experiencing accelerated investment pace and team growth.
About this Role
SlateVC is expanding its investment team and seeking an experienced Associate to join their Paris office. This is an opportunity to work directly with the firm’s General Partners across the complete investment cycle, from initial company identification through deal closing. The Associate will take ownership of deals and play a central role in identifying and executing the firm’s growth-stage climate investments across Europe. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing and building conviction on new opportunities within SlateVC’s focus verticals, identifying the most promising scale-ups across Europe, and cultivating long-term relationships with founders, co-investors, and industry experts. You will assess growth-stage companies by analyzing their business models, unit economics, and growth plans, while challenging their paths to profitability and global leadership before presenting recommendations to the investment committee. The Associate will lead key workstreams during due diligence and execution, including market analysis, technology assessment, financial modeling, and impact assessment. You will coordinate with external advisors, prepare comprehensive investment memos, and support the negotiation and closing of term sheets. Additionally, you will contribute to the support of portfolio companies by assisting with board preparation, follow-on financing rounds, and addressing their key growth priorities. As the firm grows, you will also contribute to strengthening internal processes and share sector research through SlateVC’s Perspectives publications.
Responsibilities
- Source and build conviction on new opportunities by mapping focus verticals and identifying the most promising scale-ups in Europe
- Identify and build long-term relationships with founders, co-investors, and industry experts
- Assess growth-stage companies by analyzing business models, unit economics, and growth plans
- Challenge the path to profitability and global leadership for prospective investments
- Present investment recommendations to the investment committee
- Lead due diligence workstreams including market analysis, technology assessment, financial modeling, and impact assessment
- Coordinate external advisors during the investment process
- Prepare investment memos
- Support term sheet negotiation and closing
- Run key workstreams throughout the investment process
- Contribute to board preparation for portfolio companies
- Support follow-on financing rounds for portfolio companies
- Assist portfolio companies with their key growth priorities
- Share sector research through Perspectives publications
- Help strengthen internal processes as the team grows
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of investment experience, ideally in growth equity, infrastructure, or energy transition investing
- Track record of deal execution with contributions to several closed transactions
- Experience running due diligence processes
- Strong financial modeling skills, including business plans, unit economics, and valuation
- Knowledge of project financing structures (preferred)
- Sound judgment on business models and ability to form and defend an investment view
- Strong commitment to the climate transition and to entrepreneurs
- Autonomy and rigor in managing multiple deals in parallel
- Fluency in English and French
- Knowledge of another European language, particularly German (preferred)
Benefits
- Opportunity to join a growing platform with an active portfolio and strong deal flow
- Real ownership of deals and workstreams with direct access to partners
- Direct participation in investment committee discussions
- Learning from experienced partners with decades of combined experience as founders, investors, board members, and industry advisors
- Access to a strong network of leading European co-investors, industrial groups, and climate founders
- Clear path to long-term career growth as SlateVC scales
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