Associate, Growth Impact Fund, Paris, France

PER; France; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

PER is seeking an Associate for their Growth Impact Fund in Paris, France. This position involves sourcing opportunities, managing deal flow, and participating in investment processes within a team of six. Candidates must have a Master’s or Bachelor's degree from a top-tier institution, relevant work experience, and be fluent in English with conversational French. This role offers a unique chance to engage with impactful, technology-driven investments and contribute significantly to the fund's early-stage efforts.

Formación

• Full-time work experience from a top tier institution in investment banking, consulting, growth equity, or private equity.
• Demonstrable passion for technology and impact.
• Highly analytical and commercially minded.

Responsabilidades

• Drive outbound sourcing and map vertical landscapes.
• Manage and assess inbound deal flow, evaluate pitch decks.
• Participate in investment processes and due diligence.
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis for portfolio companies.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Investment acumen

Relationship management

Fluent English

Conversational French

Educación

Master's or Bachelor's degree from a tier one academic institution

Descripción del empleo

Associate, Growth Impact Fund, Paris, France

Venture & Growth Capital

France

2 - 5 years

About our client

Our client is a global investment firm founded over 30 years ago. They have multiple funds, and strategies, and we are working for their more recent impactgrowth fund. The mandate of this fund focuses on investing across Europe at the intersection of impact and technology, including themes within climate, health and education, typically investing equity tickets of 10 - 30mn to drive growth in the portfolio.

The fund is looking to hire an Associate to be based with the team of six investors in Paris to deploy the first fund with this strategy. Given this, it is an exceptionally exciting time to join the fund and play an instrumental part in its story. You will benefit from the direct apprenticeship of a high caliber team as well as the ability to combine investing in category defining businesses which also help address some of the world's greatest challenges.

What the job involves

• Sourcing:actively drive outbound sourcing: map and assess vertical landscapes, identify top opportunities, connect, and nurture relationships with entrepreneurs
• Deal flow: manage and assess inbound deal flow, evaluate and analyze pitch decks, participate in and contribute to initial assessment of opportunities
• Investment: actively participate in investment processes and due diligence efforts, including specific analysis deep dives, in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs and contribute to end-to-end investment process
• Portfolio: ad-hoc analysis and deep dive for the portfolio companies (go-to-market, expansion outside a company’s primary market, competitive intelligence)

Who we are looking for

• Master's or Bachelor's degree from a tier one academic institution is essential
• Full-time work experience from a top tier institution in one of, investment banking, consulting, growth equity or private equity is essential
• Business fluent English with conversational fluency in French
• Demonstrable passion for technology and impact
• Highly analytical
• Commercially minded with an aptitude for investing