Remote Corporate Development Research Associate

Initio Capital; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital seeks a Corporate Development Research Associate to turn ambiguous information into clear, actionable insights. You will identify promising markets, companies, products, operators, and investment opportunities, producing prioritized target lists and practical recommendations.

This is a remote, flexible role ideal for analytically minded, commercially curious professionals who can move quickly across business, finance, technology, and strategy topics, supporting strategy,

Qualifications

• Analytical, commercially curious, and comfortable moving across business, finance, technology and strategy topics.
• Experience building target lists, market maps, competitive scans, and opportunity pipelines.
• Ability to analyze data, documents, websites, interviews, and public information to form concise recommendations.
• Comfort working across consulting, finance, product, software, AI/data and operations projects.

Responsibilities

• Research companies, markets, business models, and investment themes.
• Build target lists, market maps, competitive scans, and opportunity pipelines.
• Analyze data, documents, websites, interviews, and public information to form concise recommendations.
• Support strategy, sourcing, diligence, product, growth, finance, and operations projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial awareness

Research skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Initio Capital seeks a Corporate Development Research Associate to turn ambiguous information into clear, actionable insights. You will identify promising markets, companies, products, operators, and investment opportunities, producing prioritized target lists and practical recommendations.

This is a remote, flexible role ideal for analytically minded, commercially curious professionals who can move quickly across business, finance, technology, and strategy topics, supporting strategy,