Position : Financial Co-Founder (Capital Strategy & Development)

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Location : Remote (US, Aotearoa, Canada, or Australia preferred)

Compensation : Commission-based, Salary + Founding Equity

Capital Goal : $25M USD

Start Date : Q3–Q4 2025

About the Role

Tumeke is seeking a finance-focused co-founder to lead our capital development strategy across grants, investors, and individual contributions. This role is foundational, not advisory. You will own the process of securing $25M USD in mission-aligned funding to support the development and global rollout of two culturally grounded creative technology products :

• Errata – an AI-assisted interactive world built from a Māori design logic
• The Platform – a behavioral systems and worldbuilding platform that embeds Indigenous values into creative software

You must be legally experienced, principled, and meticulous. There is no tolerance here for gray areas, dodgy paperwork, or VC theater. We are building with real cultural responsibility. That means the funding behind it must be just as accountable.

This role is ideal for someone who’s already raised capital (via equity, convertible notes, non-dilutive grants, or philanthropic investment), understands the paperwork and pacing, and knows how to speak to both institutional funders and individual backers.

Core Responsibilities

Develop and execute a capital raise strategy that spans :

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Attributes

What Success Looks Like

This is a results-driven role. We’re not asking for perfect polish or investor glamor. We’re asking for substance, execution, and lawful clarity. Success means :

We’re not looking for someone chasing an exit. We’re looking for someone who wants to build financial structures that protect and support kaupapa over the long term.

Compensation and Equity

Cash aligned to stage and location. Equity grant in options or restricted stock, with 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff, vesting monthly thereafter. Full IP assignment. Good-leaver and bad-leaver terms apply.

Performance Top Ups

Additional equity may be tied to objective milestones such as public demo ship, cost and reliability targets, and two senior hires delivered. Top-ups vest on completion and board confirmation.

Optional Investment

Employment and equity are not contingent on any personal investment. This is a shared-risk company build.

Interested? Apply here with the subject “Financial Co-Founder Inquiry – Tumeke.”

Please include any relevant past funding work, pitch examples, or a short note about your capital strategy approach.

Apply here : Tumeke career page

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