Associate/Senior Associate - Venture Capital

Associate / Senior Associate [Venture Capital] position with one of India's most storied business houses with strong legacy.

Job Profile:

End to end deal management

1. Deal Origination:

- Work with analyst(s) to drive pipeline creation for investments in specific sector(s)

- Build industry relationships for deal identification and sourcing - universities, VCs, incubators, accelerators, bankers, etc.

- Methodically work towards propriety deal sourcing - continuously identify and meet founding teams

- Map emerging trends (global and India) and deal activity in specific identified sector(s)

2. Investing

- Develop deep understanding of the identified focus sectors

- Detailed evaluation of potential investment opportunities

- Prepare detailed financial models and conduct valuation exercise

- Prepare IC presentations / notes

- Lead diligence on the portfolio cos. - Financial, Legal and commercial

- Structure transactions

- Execution of investment agreements / documents

3. Portfolio Monitoring and Exit

- Actively involve in monitoring portfolio companies - including financial and operating performance

- Nurture, support and provide guidance to portfolio companies

- Preparation of periodic reports for internal review

- Implementing and navigating exits strategies

Competencies:

- Good understanding of the VC eco-system

- Ability to liaison well with founders and eco-system partners

- High on taking initiatives with a go-getter attitude

- Strong business acumen and analytical skills

- Demonstrated passion for venture investing

- Result orientation and ability to take ownership

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Strong excel and financial modelling skills

- Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment

- Positive outlook, humble and ambitious

Education/Certification :

- Engineer / B.Tech (pref. Computer science) (IIT/BITS/NIT) + MBA (IIMs, ISB, XLRI, SP Jain, etc.)

- 4-6 years investing experience in a VC fund

- Preferably seen an investment cycle OR been part of few early-stage investments