Research Associate – Tech & Indian Startups

Keka Technologies Private Limited; New Delhi; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Impactful team

Industry exposure

Job summary

Inc42 is seeking a data and research professional to support the creation of industry-defining reports and data-driven journalism. You will structure surveys, verify funding data, and mine MCA filings for financial insights.

The role requires 1–3 years in market intelligence or related fields, strong ecosystem knowledge of Indian startups, and proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets. Familiarity with Python and data scraping is a plus.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in market intelligence, financial research, data analytics, or related field.
• Deep passion for Indian startup landscape and VC trends; follows industry shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support data and research products to create industry-defining reports and data-driven journalism.
• Assist in designing surveys and research methodologies for ecosystem insights.
• Mine financial data from MCA filings and analyze company structures and filings.
• Maintain and expand data pipelines and tagging framework for clean intelligence databases.
• Collaborate with editorial, marketing, and product teams to fulfill intelligence requests.
• Track IPOs, market performance of listed tech firms, and new VC fund launches.
• Generate data-backed ideas for editorial content and trend mapping.

Skills

Market Intelligence

Financial Analysis

Data Analytics

Excel/Sheets

Python basics

Tools

Crunchbase

Python

Job description

1-3

Full-Time

What You’ll Do

• Data & Research Product Support: Play a crucial role in building Inc42’s data and research products, directly supporting the creation of industry-defining reports, long-form articles, and data-driven journalism.
• Primary & Secondary Research: Assist in structuring surveys, questionnaires, and research methodologies to gather fresh ecosystem insights, alongside verifying funding, acquisition, and valuation data.
• Financial Data Mining: Navigate the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) website to extract and analyse financial data from statutory filings (e.g., MGT-14, AOC-4, DIR-12, MGT-7). Working knowledge of Crunchbase.
• Database Management: Expand data pipelines and maintain Inc42's core tagging framework, classifying companies and investors to keep our intelligence databases pristine.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the data engine for the editorial, marketing, and product teams, fulfilling recurring intelligence requests to support our daily content and deep-dive publications.
• Trend Identification: Track IPOs, the market performance of listed tech companies, and new venture capital fund launches.
• Insight Generation: Propose data-backed ideas for engaging editorial content, such as uncovering shareholding patterns, identifying emerging startup founders, or mapping sector-specific financial trends.

Who You Are

• Experience: 1 to 3 years in market intelligence, financial research, data analytics, or a related field.
• Ecosystem Knowledge: You have a deep passion for the Indian startup landscape and actively follow industry shifts, major players, and venture capital trends. An avid reader of news related to technology and Indian startups.
• Financial Acumen: You are comfortable reading financial statements and understand the basics of company structures, equity, and corporate filings.
• Technical Chops: Highly proficient in using modern AI-enabled tools and general purpose LLMs. Also should be proficient in Excel/Google Sheets. Familiarity with Python, data scraping tools, or automated data extraction methods is a strong advantage.
• Detail-Oriented: You have a critical eye for data accuracy, a logical approach to problem-solving, and a profound respect for numbers.
• Fast-Paced: You thrive in a high-energy new-age media environment and possess the time management skills to balance long-term research reports with ad-hoc daily article support.

Why Join Us?

• Member of an Impactful Team: You will be an integral part of the core research department behind Inc42’s industry-defining reports. Your work will directly shape the intelligence that founders, investors, and policymakers rely on to navigate the Indian startup ecosystem.
• Front-Row Seat to the Ecosystem: You will be at the absolute center of India’s tech ecosystem, gaining unparalleled visibility into how startups are built, funded, and scaled.
• Continuous Growth: We offer continuous learning opportunities and the chance to have your proprietary data and insights consumed by the most influential voices in the country.

Required Skills

research India's Startup Ecosystem financial accumen AI Fluency detail oriented data driven FinancialReporting