Partnerships & Capital Ops Associate (PAUSED)

🙋‍♀️ what’s the job? Tocco is building the infrastructure for the next generation of materials — a platform where breakthrough alternatives meet real adoption, and where circularity, climate logic, and industrial innovation finally align. We're live. We're scaling. And now, we’re looking for a capital-savvy operator to help us tap into the underused levers of non-dilutive capital — from strategic partnerships and grants to ecosystem funding across Asia and Europe. You won’t be chasing longshots or filling forms for vanity’s sake. You’ll work like an investor: filtering hard, moving fast, and helping us go deep where the ROI is real — in circularity, scope 3, manufacturing, deeptech, and the future of industrial ecosystems. 🌍 What You’ll Do

• Scout and track high-potential grants & capital programmes across France, Singapore, Vietnam, China, and the EU

• Evaluate strategic fit based on timeline, effort vs outcome, ecosystem alignment, and funding size

• Coordinate lean application sprints with the team: you’ll help structure drafts, assemble materials, and hit deadlines

• Support lightweight decks, one-pagers, and grant documentation — with help from AI tools and Notion/Figma templates

• Map and maintain partner landscape intelligence: who funds what, where, when — and what drives decision-making

• Draft and refine clear, structured writing: from form inputs to program summaries and executive intros

• Keep our pipeline clean and sharp: maintain clarity around submissions, notes, follow-ups, and ROI signals 🧰 tools you’ll use often What you’ll use regularly — and what we hope you’re great at. ✅ must-have skills ⚠️ You must have:

• You’re fluent in English, clear in your writing, and structured in your thinking

• You’ve worked on grant applications, accelerators, non-dilutive finance, or public-private programmes before (or want to learn fast)

• You can juggle research, structuring, and execution without overcomplicating the process

• You’re sharp on ROI — not just activity for activity’s sake

• You enjoy figuring out who matters in a complex ecosystem — and how to engage them

• You move fast, iterate fast, and don’t need hand-holding to get started

• You’re curious about materials, climate, innovation, or industrial transition ⭐️ Bonus points for:

• Experience in Singapore, France, Vietnam, or EU grant systems

• Familiarity with climate, scope 3, circular economy, or deeptech themes

• You’ve written (or contributed to) successful grants, decks, or executive memos

• You’ve worked at a startup, ecosystem org, fund, incubator, or in policy/strategy

• Vietnamese, Mandarin or French (or other languages) fluency (helpful but not required)

• You’ve used AI tools to accelerate content, summaries, and drafting ⭐️ what we offer

• 🪑 Top 10 team role, working directly with CEO and COO

• 🌍 Real exposure to ecosystems in Vietnam, France, Singapore, and beyond

• ✍️ Autonomy and ownership — this is not a checklist job

• 🧘 Async-friendly, low-politics, high-performance team

• 📈 Strategic growth path into Capital, BizDev, or Market Development roles

• 💸 Package starting range depending on experience → Can grow rapidly based on performance and ownership

• 🔁 Performance-based bonus tied to capital secured — typically 0.1–1% of received non-dilutive funding, at company’s discretion, with scope and payout defined per opportunity 🎯 if this sounds like you…

• ✅ Surgical Synthesiser — You can digest complex docs and highlight the 10% that matters

• ✅ Opportunity-Minded — You think in ROI, not noise; you want to win smart, not apply more

• ✅ Quietly Sharp — You ask questions that reveal what others missed — clearly, calmly

• ✅ Cross-Cultural — You’re comfortable thinking across regions, timelines, and languages

• ✅ Writer–Thinker — You can write like a strategist, and structure like a designer

• ✅ Builder Energy — You want to make things better, not just fill in forms 🚫 not the job for you if...

• ❌ You only feel motivated by a cause, not a strategic goal

• ❌ You think more activity = more value (even if nothing lands)

• ❌ You’re afraid of ambiguity or evolving requirements

• ❌ You treat applications as homework, not tactical assets

• ❌ You need a manager to tell you exactly what to do next 🏸 the ball is in your court now! Send your portfolio (and a hello) at the form below. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We move fast. 🏎️ 👀 not exactly this role? These are the roles we know we need — but let’s be real, there’s always more going on than what fits in a bullet list. If you’re curious, sharp, and think you could bring something we’re missing, reach out anyway: [email protected] Updated ‣