Bert Labs

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Bert Labs seeks a senior Investment Manager to own the company’s investment strategy and execution roadmap. You will drive equity and debt fundraising, build investor networks, and shape plans across India, US, Europe, and Asia to fuel growth and an eventual IPO.

Strong track record in DeepTech finance is essential. You will lead deal origination, due diligence, and financial modeling, and collaborate with leadership to align funding with strategic milestones.

Qualifications

• Experience leading investment management in a DeepTech AI/IoT/Distributed Computing company (5+ years).
• Experience in investment banking or VC/PE with focus on DeepTech (10+ years).
• Total career experience 15–20+ years with exposure to capital raises.
• Strong financial modeling and ability to value investments and exits.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build and manage investor relations and fundraising plans.

Responsibilities

• Own investment strategy and execution for growth and IPO readiness.
• Lead equity and debt fundraising, deal origination and diligence.
• Develop investor profiles and multi-geography funding plans.
• Build relationships with banks, funds, family offices, and PE/VCs.
• Prepare pitch materials, teasers, and information memos.
• Monitor market trends in DeepTech investments and report MIS.

Skills

Investment management

Financial modeling

Due diligence

Strategic partnerships

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA from top schools

Engineering degree from IITs/BITS/NITs/DTU

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Brief about Bert Labs:

Bert Labs is an International Award Winning, one of the fastest growing AI Innovation Companies in the world. Founded in 2017, Bert Labs is growing at 300% year on year to be USD 1 Billion global revenue by 2028-29. And bringing in Business Transformation impact across industries.

Bert Labs is bringing USD 360 million in energy cost savings and 60 million Tonnes of carbon footprint reduction with 100+ clients in India & globally. And USD 460 million in production cost savings. In the next 4 years, our platform will bring in USD 1.6 billion in energy cost savings and 260 million Tonnes of carbon footprint reduction with 600+ clients. And production cost savings of USD 2 billion. This will lead to USD 1 Billion revenues by FY 2028-29 end for an IPO.

At Bert Labs, we are leading ClimateTech as we tackle complex challenges through Bert Geminus First Principles, powered by Deep Neural Network Operational Digital Twins prediction, and Bert Optimus Reinforcement Learning optimization. These are facilitated by Bert Nova Multi-Tenant Distributed Computing, Bert Maximus IoT Devices, and Bert Qrious IoT-powered Wireless Sensor Network, all part of the Bert Platform Solution , driving Business Transformation Goals on Sustainability, Energy Efficiency Improvement, Net Zero, and Production.

We consistently innovate, filing 4-5 patents monthly, totalling 50-60 patents annually across various regions. Anticipating accelerated innovation, we aim to file 100 patents per year in FY 2025-26, 150 patents in FY 2026-27, and a remarkable 400 patents in FY 2027-28.

At Bert Labs , we believe in challenging the status quo every day. We do this with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. By connecting different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. Our employee experience includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. At Bert Labs, we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Welcome to Bert Labs family.

Mandatory criteria for shortlisting:

• – Experience of leading Investment Management in a DeepTech AI/IoT/Distributed Computing Product/Platform Company for minimum 5 years
• – Experience of leading Investment Management in a DeepTech focussed Investment Banking firm AND/OR DeepTech focussed VC/PE/Institutional Investor firm for minimum 10 years
• – Proven 15-20 years of total experience
• – Experience of Capital raise (Series A and beyond)
• – Providing exit to investors
• – Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from IITs/BITS/NITs/Jadavpur University/DTU/Top Engineering Institutes in USA, Europe, UK/NUS
• – Master’s in Business Administration from IIMs/FMS/MDI/XLRI/IMT/NMIMS/JBIMS/ Top Business Schools in USA, Europe, UK, Singapore
• – Excellent financial modeling skills preferred, experience in statistical modeling techniques is a plus.
• – Strong attention to detail, excellent Project management and organizational skills, and the ability to effectively prioritize work to meet deadlines
• – Transformation mindset: demonstrated ability to work with ambiguity, lead change, solve problems and improve processes
• – Business Partnering Skills with customer focus
• – Self-starter with excellent analytical skills and decision-making capabilities.
• – Excellent communication and strong interpersonal skills.
• – Expert in PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• – Ambitious drive and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast pace, hustle environment.

Responsibilities:

• – Bert Labs Investment strategy is to complement internal accruals as part of the high revenue and profitability global growth environment. You will own this up on strategy and execution.
• – Bert Labs Investment strategy is largely to fuel exponential global business growth and investments in research and innovation. You will own this up on strategy and execution.
• – You will have the ownership of immediate to short to medium term investment horizon for the company, over the next 4 years leading to IPO in USA and India
• – As part of owning up the execution, you will formulate a plan on the investor profiles, geographies (India, US, UK, EU, Singapore, UAE, Middle East, Hong Kong), sectors these investors will come from.
• – As part of owning up the execution, in the plan formulated, you will use your financial prudence to decide on the equity corpus and that of debt.
• – You will have the ownership of leading and building Company’s relationships with equity investors, venture capital firms, private equity firms, family offices, hedge funds, endowment funds, pension funds
• – You will have the ownership of leading and building Company’s relationships with debt investors, banks, financial institutions, NBFCs, debt syndicators. And for Project/PO Based Financing
• – You will have the ownership of research of trends and analysis of global investments in Deep tech- AI-IoT-Distributed Computing – Semiconductors – Embedded Systems – Wireless Networks
• – You will have the ownership of coming up with innovative ideas and latest trends/methodologies to value the company, focussed on research and innovation in Deep tech- AI-IoT-Distributed Computing – Semiconductors – Embedded Systems – Wireless Networks. And for development & interpretation of Intellectual Property Valuation
• – You will have the ownership of leading Company’s relationship with the existing investors to keep them abreast of all the MIS and relevant Company reports.
• – You will have the ownership of leading successful exits to the current investors and use this as an opportunity to build brand for the Company.
• – As part of raising equity and debt funding for the Company, you will be responsible for Preparing customised pitch deck for investors of different profiles, presenting customised presentations to potential investors
• – As part of fundraising process, you will be responsible for Deal Origination, structuring, negotiation & execution of transactions across Equity/Debt.
• – As part of fundraising process, you will be responsible for leading deal diligence process and dialogue with investors to ensure successful completion of the process
• – As part of fundraising process, you will be responsible for the preparation of teasers, pitch books, information memorandum, management presentations, financial models and other deal related presentations & notes
• – Company is in an area which is new for the global market ecosystem. Therefore, lead Company’s relationship with market research and market intelligence firms for annual market assessment for Bert Platform Solution- and all its products.
• – As part of fund raise strategy, preparing proposals for MSME financing Secured/Unsecured/Supply chain finance proposals and coordinating with different Banks/Financial Institutions/FinTech companies
• – You will have the ownership of closing minimum 3 rounds of equity and debt fundraises before the US and India IPO, end of FY 28