Associate - Investments

Venture Catalysts Pvt. Ltd.; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 2 500 000 - 4 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Venture Catalysts Pvt. Ltd. seeks an Associate/Senior Associate to join its investment team. The role emphasizes hands-on VC experience, managing fundraising, diligence, IC management, deal closure, and post-investment support.

You will build founder networks, manage the deal pipeline, perform technical and commercial diligence, and prepare IC documents with rigor. The ideal candidate has strong modelling, research, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months of full-time VC investment experience.
• Strong memo-writing and documentation abilities.
• Comfort with technical deep-dives and founder interviews.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• High ownership and ability to manage multiple deal workflows.

Responsabilités

• Build and maintain founder networks, incubator relationships, and ecosystem touchpoints.
• Own and update the deal pipeline; run weekly funnel reviews with the senior team.
• Lead first-level technical and commercial diligence using your engineering background.
• Build detailed financial models, market maps, and competitive landscape analyses.
• Coordinate technical experts and external diligence partners where required.
• Prepare deal notes, IC memos, and thesis documents with clarity and rigor.
• Investment Committee ownership: prepare and present IC documents, teasers, memos, risk assessments, and valuation summaries.
• Manage IC logistics, communication, and follow-through on feedback.
• Drive internal alignment with partners to move deals from discussion to approval.
• Coordinate term sheet negotiations, documentation workflows, and closure processes.
• Work with legal counsel to review investment agreements, SHA/SSA, cap tables, ESOP docs, and compliance.
• Ensure accurate and timely execution of deal paperwork and internal documentation.
• Support portfolio companies on strategic priorities, fundraising, and business insights.
• Conduct thematic research and create investment theses across deeptech domains.
• Represent the fund at events, conferences, and ecosystem forums.

Description du poste

We are seeking a highly analytical and driven Associate / Senior Associate to join our investment team. This role is ideal for someone with a strong hands-on VC experience, who has independently managed the FundRaising, diligence, IC management, deal closure, and post-investment support.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain strong founder networks, incubator relationships, and ecosystem touchpoints.

Own and update the deal pipeline; run weekly funnel reviews with the senior team.

Lead first-level technical and commercial diligence using your engineering background.

Build detailed financial models, market maps, and competitive landscape analyses.

Coordinate technical experts and external diligence partners where required.

Prepare deal notes, IC memos, and thesis documents with clarity and rigor.

Investment Committee (IC) Ownership

Prepare, structure, and present IC documents—including teasers, detailed investment memos, risk assessments, and valuation summaries.

Manage IC logistics, communication, and follow-through on feedback.

Drive internal alignment with partners to move deals from discussion to approval.

Coordinate term sheet negotiations, documentation workflows, and closure processes.

Work closely with legal counsel to review investment agreements, SHA/SSA, cap tables, ESOP documentation, and compliance requirements.

Ensure accurate and timely execution of deal paperwork and internal documentation.

Support portfolio companies on strategic priorities, fundraising, and business insights.

Conduct thematic research and create investment theses across deeptech domains.

Represent the fund at events, conferences, and ecosystem forums.

Requirements

Minimum 12 months of full-time VC investment experience.

Strong memo-writing and documentation abilities (IC memos, term sheet process understanding, investment notes).

Comfort with technical deep-dives, product evaluations, and founder interviews.

Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.

High ownership, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple parallel deal workflows.