Lodha Ventures Group - Associate - Portfolio & Investment Analytics - Tomorrow Capital - IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

About Lodha Ventures - An Abhinandan Lodha Enterprise:

Lodha Ventures, an Abhinandan Lodha Enterprise, is a formidable collective of some of the best-of-breed, high-growth new-age businesses. We back highly ambitious ideas and turn them into category-disrupting businesses built to stand the test of time.

We are a launchpad for nascent businesses that have the potential to become a part of our eclectic mix of businesses. We deploy unlevered and patient proprietary capital with a focus on value creation, unconstrained by the pressures of redemption.

Our decentralized portfolio operates with independent CEOs and empowered leadership teams, fostering a performance-driven culture that sparks value creation. This ecosystem cultivates consumer-centric brands at the forefront of innovation, always pursuing excellence. Anchored in sound business practices, our businesses are poised for greatness, shaping industries as they grow.

About Tomorrow Capital:

Tomorrow Capital is an early-stage, 100 Mn$, operating fund aimed at building India's next big consumer brands by providing growth capital as well as hands-on involvement in branding, distribution, and organization building to stellar entrepreneurs with strong business models built around consumption. The fund is based out of Mumbai. The fund is a unique investment venture in that capital employed will form only a part of the offering to

potential investees, the larger element being active involvement by seasoned professionals in the areas of organization building, brand building, business strategy, product-to-market, sales, and finance to help professionalize the organization and achieve scale and sustained growth. We aim to be the go-to fund for entrepreneurs to be assured of success for their businesses by helping them with long-term patient capital, hands-on operational support & the ability to think and operate at scale. The focus is on early-stage consumer-focused businesses that don't have easy access to active equity capital and high-quality blue-chip talent, with a firm belief that these will drive the next wave of growth and build transformative and sustainable businesses around consumption themes of the future. The above philosophy creates fundamentally strong & profitable businesses having very high probability of success.

About the Role:

We are looking to add an Associate - Portfolio & Investment Analytics at our fund. You will work on evaluating new investments and portfolio management. This is a great opportunity for someone who is interested in the VC industry and understand business dynamics.

Your Key Responsibilities:

- Financial modelling: Create detailed financial models with an understanding of critical business levers, to help evaluate new investment opportunities and support portfolio companies

- Industry research: Conduct primary and secondary research on sectors of interest to help formulate investment theses and create presentations for IC Members/internal team

- Sourcing new deals: Work with the team to build a pipeline of potential investment leads

- Transaction Management: Support deal execution including but not limited to drafting of Term Sheets, IC decks, coordinating on due diligence efforts with internal and external stakeholders

- Portfolio management: Understand and create a mechanism to monitor business performance / health of portfolio companies in detail and help the respective operating members of Tomorrow Capital & CEOs, on an ongoing basis

- Network creation: Participation in industry events & build network with fellow analysts & associates

Experience & Education Required:

- 2-5 years of relevant work experience

- MBA from a premier institution; CFA or Chartered Accountant background would be preferred

Key Skills and Attributes:

- Hustle, entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership and problem-solving skills

- Excellent understanding of financial statements

- Robust financial modelling skills

- Strong analytical skills

- Eye for detail & ability to understand critical levers of a business