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title: 'Senior Venture Lead (Berlin) at Almedia'
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# Senior Venture Lead (Berlin) at Almedia

- **Company:** Almedia
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Compensation:** €140k–€180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/almedia/5f35977c-7ea9-4647-b918-72b2bbf976e2

## Job description

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 80 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

At Almedia, you’ll:

- Own way more, way earlier — you’ll be trusted with responsibility fast.
- Push harder, get further — this isn’t a 9–5. We highly reward intensity.
- Join a rare environment — you will work with ambitious high-speed, high-ownership people.
- Fully present — we’re 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need.

Venture Lead (Berlin) Salary range: €140,000-180,000/annum We’re looking for a Venture Lead who will act as a seasoned architect of our growth, owning the journey from initial insight to global scale for our next generation of products. In this role, you will build the "machine" that launches "Unicorn-level" ventures, setting the strategic foundation for massive market expansions and new business lines like Cashback.

## What You'll Do 🎯

- Incubate & Launch Ventures: Transform validated opportunities into "Unicorn-level" market pilots, securing signed lighthouse clients and executive-approved business models.
- Establish Venture Operating Models: Architect the governance, funding, and decision frameworks that empower R&D squads to ship milestones autonomously without executive escalations.
- Forge Strategic Partnerships: Negotiate and integrate flagship advertiser partnerships into the core product experience to elevate Almedia's global market positioning.
- Scale High-Performance Teams: Build a world-class venture organization by hiring and mentoring key leaders, setting extreme quality bars, and coaching managers to deliver outcomes independently.
- Drive P&L & Playbook Excellence: Take full ownership of venture business impact by running recurring data reviews and codifying playbooks that prioritize our highest-leverage bets.

## What You'll Bring 💡

- Venture Building Track Record: Proven experience owning a multi-venture thesis in a hyper-growth environment, with a history of making disciplined scale/kill decisions.
- Operational Architecture Mastery: Expertise in building high-velocity delivery engines that translate high-level strategy into weekly execution plans using Lean Startup and Design Thinking.
- AdTech & Growth Fluency: Deep understanding of architecting analytics systems (LTV/CAC, retention, incrementality) while ensuring privacy and compliance readiness.
- Enterprise Leadership: Experience negotiating complex commercial terms and representing the company effectively with clients, investors, and stakeholders.
- Bonus: Success in launching or scaling a major product in the Rewarded User Acquisition or Fintech landscape.

What Makes You a Great Fit 🌟

- Own Everything: You model extreme ownership and initiative, taking full accountability for the venture P&L and ROI from initial concept to global scale.
- Raise the Bar: You are a natural problem-solver who standardizes excellence through playbooks, removing blockers hands-on to elevate the entire organization's standards.
- Move Fast: You thrive on the intensity of the build, making fast, evidence-based decisions at high velocity to maximize venture value and speed-to-impact.

## Why Almedia? 🎁

- Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success.
- Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one.
- Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
- Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

## About Almedia

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Almedia builds the world's smartest engagement engine, powering reward-based user acquisition for games and apps through its flagship platform Freecash.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Moritz Holländer (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Advertising Technology (Rewarded User Acquisition)
- **Target customers**: B2B – game developers, app publishers, and brands looking to acquire high-quality, engaged users
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Engineer the future of user acquisition and revolutionize the advertising technology landscape” by making user attention a compensated asset.

## Products & Services
- **[Freecash](https://almedia.co/)**: A reward-based user acquisition platform where 80M+ users earn real-money rewards for trying games, apps, and surveys. Delivers up to 2x 180-day ROAS and 3x ARPU compared to traditional channels.
- **Prizeplay**: Gamified rewards engine that boosts retention and lifetime value through tailored reward systems.
- **Cashback (via zave.it acquisition, August 2025)**: Cashback offers for purchases, integrated into Freecash and expanding into European markets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (bootstrapped, no external funding rounds publicly known)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at USD $100M–$500M (LinkedIn company data); $91M+ paid out to users to date.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bootstrapped – no venture capital; partners include 1,200+ games and brands (e.g., Candivore). Recognized by Financial Times FT1000 (2025) as Europe’s fastest-growing advertising company.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 80M+ users (up from 60M+ earlier in 2025)
  - Headcount grew 51.5% YoY to 139 employees (LinkedIn, 2026)
  - Freecash topped iOS App Store charts globally (Feb 2026)
  - Re-entered Google Play (May 2026)
  - Acquired German cashback platform zave.it (Aug 2025)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Bootstrapped unicorn trajectory**: No outside investors means full ownership and long-term focus.
- **Proprietary reward engine**: Drives 2–3x higher ROAS and retention vs. traditional UA channels.
- **Data-driven intelligence**: Real-time analytics and custom reward structures optimize campaign performance.
- **Large, engaged user base**: 80M+ users with a 4.8★ Trustpilot rating from 250,000+ reviews.
- **Global reach with local focus**: Operates in 20+ countries including UK, China, South Korea, India, and Armenia.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepen the Freecash ecosystem**: Expand reward types (cashback, in-game rewards) across more geographies.
- **Scale the platform internationally**: Enter new markets with localized reward offerings (e.g., cashback in Germany after zave.it acquisition).
- **Invest in AI and data science**: Recent job postings include AI Full Stack Engineer, CRM Marketing Manager – Data & AI Operations, and Data Scientist.
- **Double down on engineering and product quality**: Hiring for high-ownership roles like Founding Engineer.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture of ownership and impact**: Values like “Own Everything, Get It Done” and “Focus on Impact” mean employees take real responsibility early. Described as “not a 9-5 – we highly reward intensity.”
- **High growth environment**: 51.5% headcount growth YoY with 54 open positions as of mid-2026. Opportunity to accelerate career faster than at larger companies.
- **Fully in-office**: 5 days a week in Berlin to build “energising momentum” – team collaboration is a core value.
- **Competitive compensation**: Employer rating of 4.0/5.0 for compensation on LinkedIn (3.8 overall). Revenue in nine figures.
- **Engineering-centric**: 15% of staff in technical roles; hiring for Founding Engineer, AI Full Stack Engineer, Data Scientist – suggesting strong engineering culture and modern stack.
- **Notable perks**: Being part of a bootstrapped unicorn story; work with a young, international team (average age likely mid-20s). Recent alumni go to fast-growing startups like Trade Republic, Moloco.

## Sources
1. [Almedia About Page](https://almedia.co/about)
2. [Almedia Homepage](https://almedia.co/)
3. [Almedia Careers Page](https://almedia.co/careers)
4. [Almedia Press Page](https://almedia.co/press)
5. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/almediaco/)

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