Venture Capital AI Research Contributor

Aptura
Worldwide Remote
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to venture capital professionals with strong Excel modeling skills working in a remote, contract-based setting.

Best fit for

  • Venture capital professionals with 3+ years of experience in seed to growth-stage modeling
    — “3+ years in venture capital, startup finance or venture law, covering seed to growth-stage rounds”
  • Candidates who have firsthand experience with AI limitations in financial modeling
    — “You have used AI tools on your own work and been frustrated by the mistakes they make”
  • Individuals comfortable with building and evaluating complex Excel models
    — “Deep hands-on Excel: cap tables, SAFE and note conversions, liquidation preferences, nested formulas and named ranges”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a strict timeline for task completion and onboarding
    — “Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified”
  • Payment is task-based, with no guarantee of ongoing work
    — “Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to write precise, actionable evaluation criteria
    — “Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them”
  • Demonstrate your experience with real-world venture capital modeling scenarios
    — “Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · LowAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • realistic Excel tasks
  • AI model evaluation
  • detailed rubrics
Typical background
3+ years in venture capitaldeep Excel skills

Skills & requirements

Required

Venture CapitalExcel ModelingAI EvaluationCap Table ManagementRound Modeling

Preferred

Startup FinanceVenture Law

Stack & domain

Venture CapitalStartup FinanceVenture LawExcelCap TablesSAFE And Note ConversionsLiquidation PreferencesNested FormulasNamed RangesAI ToolsEvalsCommunicationAttention To DetailLearningProblem-solvingWritingFinanceAI

About the role

Original posting from Aptura via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

Aptura is looking for Subject Matter Experts from venture capital, from seed to growth stage, who build cap tables, round models and exit waterfalls in Excel. You have used AI tools on your own work and been frustrated by the mistakes they make. You will turn that experience into realistic Excel tasks that test how well AI does the modelling work of a Venture Capital Associate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work: extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief
  • Working through each task yourself so there is a clear, correct answer
  • Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years in venture capital, startup finance or venture law, covering seed to growth-stage rounds
  • Deep hands-on Excel: cap tables, SAFE and note conversions, liquidation preferences, nested formulas and named ranges
  • Strong written English communication skills.
  • Attention to detail, and willingness to learn concepts in AI and Evals

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Start Date : Immediate
  • Duration: Approximately 4–6 weeks
  • Payment: task-based. Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified to do multiple tasks for the remainder of the project.

CONTRACT AND PAYMENT TERMS

  • You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
  • This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
  • Your work at Aptura will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
  • Payments will be weekly following task completion.

GETTING STARTED

  • Apply with your details and CV. Choose an available 30-minute group walkthrough call.
  • Attend the walkthrough and create one original task from your own work. Submit the brief, the actual input workbook(s) needed to complete it. Input-file uploads are compulsory.
  • Write the brief yourself. Input workbooks must also be human-built. Use real data that has been sanitised, or public data with the source named. No AI usage allowed.
  • We run your task against current frontier AI models. If the models get it wrong, you then write a detailed yes-or-no rubric, and a reviewer signs off on the task with you.
  • Completing onboarding does not guarantee a job offer; selection remains subject to written approval of the task proposal.

ABOUT APTURA

Aptura is an applied AI and data company working with frontier labs to train AI systems on real professional work. We do this by building high-quality evaluation and training environments that teach AI agents to produce work that can be used in daily workflows.

Source: Aptura careers (Ashby)

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