Innovation Investment Analyst — Venture Portfolio Insights

The Ohio State University

Columbus (OH)

Sur place

USD 88 300 - 115 350

Plein temps

14 jours+

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Résumé du poste

The Ohio State University seeks a Senior Analyst, Innovation Investment Management, to join its ERIK team. You will support investment analysis, portfolio reporting, fund evaluations, and market intelligence for university-affiliated startups and external capital opportunities.

This role involves preparing diligence materials, dashboard analyses, and leadership-ready materials, translating trends into strategic insights, and collaborating with internal stakeholders across the innovation

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, public administration, or related field.
4 years of relevant experience in investment analysis, economic development, venture capital, or related areas.
Demonstrated strong quantitative, analytical, and financial modeling skills.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
High attention to detail, organization, and deadline management.
Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and data/portfolio management platforms.

Responsabilités

Conduct due diligence and investment analysis for direct and follow-on investment opportunities involving university-affiliated startups and existing portfolio companies, as well as fund and external capital platform opportunities.
Review fund reports, manager updates, capital activity, valuation changes, distributions, unfunded exposure, portfolio developments, and prospective fund materials; prepare summaries, dashboards, diligence support, and briefing materials for senior team members, committees, and leadership.
Build financial analyses, market research, ownership analyses, fund summaries, exposure analyses, dashboards, and written materials that support investment decisions, participation rights evaluations, fund diligence, external capital discussions, and emerging capital deployment activity.
Monitor portfolio performance, financing activity, milestone achievement, external capital raised, valuation changes, capital needs, and other indicators that inform portfolio reporting, impact assessment, and leadership decision-making.
Prepare portfolio reports, impact assessments, dashboards, briefing materials and presentations for leadership, investment and advisory committee meetings.
Translate venture capital, fund investing, startup financing, university innovation, and commercialization trends into insights that support portfolio strategy and the development of Ohio State’s innovation investment platform.
Map funds, investors, sectors, markets, and external capital models, external capital models, and university-affiliated investment approaches to identify funding trends, market dynamics, portfolio capital needs, and areas of alignment with Ohio State-affiliated startups, portfolio priorities, and fund investment strategy.
Maintain investment analysis files, portfolio research, diligence materials, fund reporting inputs, and supporting documentation used for internal decision-making, in coordination with other IIM team members.
Coordinate with founders, faculty, commercialization teams, portfolio companies, fund managers, and internal stakeholders to gather information, support diligence and reporting needs, and maintain visibility into investment and portfolio activity.