Venture Capital Associate

PAIRES; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Direct access to founders

Live mandates from week one

Commission-based pay

Process visibility

Job summary

PAIRES seeks an experienced investor relations professional to manage and grow a direct-investor network. You will identify and engage family offices, UHNWIs, and angels, converting conversations into investments while maintaining ongoing engagement.

You will work remotely with the co-founders and the investor team, gaining insight into deal screening and diligence processes, and you will be compensated with a base salary plus commission.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of building investor relationships and closing opportunities.
• Ability to move investors from first conversation to direct investment.
• Strong judgment on investor fit, sector and check size.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow your investor relationships on an ongoing basis.
• Source new investors and maintain a qualified pipeline monthly.
• Match opportunities to investor preferences and engage promptly.
• Collaborate with co-founders and the investor team to screen deals.

Skills

Investor relationships

Networking

Deal flow

Communication

Discretion

AI tools

Tools

CRM

Job description

The role

This role sits on the investor side of Pairs You bring in investors who back companies directly understand what each of them looks for and introduce them to opportunities that fit You also open new investor relationships every month using the same approach that built your existing ones You know which investors in your network have made a direct investment in the past year what they invest in and at what stage and check size When a founder needs qualified investor meetings at short notice you know whom to approach first We are not raising a fund Our investors invest directly in companies so a network made up mainly of fund LPs or institutional mandates is not the right fit for this role however strong it is Our platform handles the pipeline research and follow-up Your time goes to investor conversations and to judging which investors are ready to commit capital You will work directly with the two co-founders and our investor team The organisation is flat so you will see first-hand how we screen opportunities what we decline and why Your current title matters less than the quality of your relationships We are looking for someone who has built those relationships personally and can explain exactly how

What you will own

• Your investor relationships
• The investors you bring and those you add here kept current and qualified
• They remain yours
• Network growth
• New relationships every month with family offices high-net-worth individuals and angel investors who are new to Pairs
• Investor matching
• A clear understanding of what each investor looks for so the opportunities you share are relevant
• Ongoing engagement
• Staying useful to investors between opportunities so they continue to work with us

What we offer

• A fully remote asynchronous role
• Direct access to the co-founders and our investor team
• Close collaboration with our internal team
• Live mandates from your first week and access to the opportunities that clear our diligence
• Insight into our internal processes including how we screen deal flow
• A base salary plus commission

You are a fit if you

• Have built your investor relationships personally, and can explain how each one began: direct outreach, referrals you cultivated, or events and networks you engaged with deliberately.
• Have taken at least one investor from a first conversation to a direct investment in a private round, and can walk us through the process.
• Understand what your investors invest in: stage, check size, sector, and the reasons they decline.
• Treat discretion as second nature.
• Please do not include any investor names in your application.
• Use AI tools daily, with clear judgement about where they improve your work and where they would compromise its quality.