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We're Hiring!

We’re growing the Laconia team! 

As we begin to deploy our third fund, we’re excited to kick off the search for an associate to join our small but mighty investment team. As entrepreneurs and operators ourselves, we take a concentrated and hands-on approach to partnering with founders. We value empathy, candor, intellectual curiosity, diversity, and accessibility, and our ideal team member is someone entrepreneurial who is just as excited about building a company as they are about investing.

If this resonates with you, check out the full job description. To ensure that you are considered for the first cycle of interviews, please submit your application by Monday, July 26

We are excited to meet you!

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Laconia is a seed fund based in NYC that invests in companies revolutionizing legacy industries. We typically lead $2-4 million rounds in b2b software companies, predominantly in the Northeast US and Canada. Within b2b, we are sector-agnostic, with investments spanning fintech, martech, supply chain, digital health, and more. As entrepreneurs and operators ourselves, we take a concentrated and hands-on approach to partnering with founders, with a strong emphasis on sales acceleration, operational execution, and capital strategy. 



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