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Head of Capital

Relay · London - On-site · posted 2026-10-30
<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era.</strong> Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M) led by deep-tech investors Plural, and a recently closed Series B ($95M), Relay is scaling faster than 99% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Relay’s Mission is</strong> to <strong>free commerce from friction</strong>. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where <strong>more goods move more freely between more people</strong>, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>THE TEAM<br /></strong>• <strong>~160 people</strong>, around half in engineering, product and data<br />• <strong>45+ advanced degrees</strong> across computer science, mathematics and operations research<br />• <strong>Thousands</strong> of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle<br />• An intellectually vibrant culture of <strong>first‑principles thinking</strong>, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>The opportunity</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are looking for a Head of Capital to run how Relay raises equity and works with its investors: the next round and the ones after it, from the investor map to the close, next to the CEO.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Relay is a technology enabled parcel carrier - we deliver parcels from retailers to end customers but do it much more efficiently than incumbents. This efficiency has propelled us into one of the fastest growing companies in Europe - we have grown over 40x in the last 18 months. The capital Relay raises decides how fast the network grows and what it can promise retailers. Raising it well, from the right investors, on terms we understand, is a job in its own right.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The capital we raise next decides how fast the network grows and what it can promise retailers. Our next round is planned for Q2/Q3 2027. It is for growth, from growth-stage investors, and it will be won on evidence. Today a raise runs through the CEO and the CFO alongside their day jobs. It works. It is however, not a system.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will be the person who makes it one. You will not just be the person who holds and runs the Series C transaction, but also be the Head of the Office that will build the systems to raise multiple rounds of capital in the future. Between rounds you keep the map, the materials and the investors warm, so each raise starts from a record, not a blank page. Few roles let you own how a growing company raises the capital it runs on, from the inside, round after round.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Who you work with</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>CEO:</strong> you report here. The CEO pitches and takes the decisions on a round.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>CFO:</strong> you work together daily. The CFO owns the budget, the forecast, internal finance and any debt. You ow

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