Venture Capital Job – Analyst/Associate – Cornerstone Ventures

Cornerstone Ventures is a leading Enterprise Tech focused VC Fund investing in emerging growth stage companies developing innovations for Enterprises & SMEs. The Fund-I had a corpus of US$50 mn Fund and has invested in ~20 Enterprise SaaS companies in India, US and SEA across fintech, retail-tech, logistics, healthcare, etc. The Fund II is launching with a target corpus of ~$200 mn.

Role: We are looking for an Analyst and/or Associate to join our Investment & Portfolio Management team. The candidate will assist in end-to-end investment process for new investments and in managing the existing investments of the Fund.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deal sourcing and evaluation for new investment opportunities
• Scout for new opportunities and research about new innovations across various sectors
• Track, manage, drive, and enhance incoming deal-flow
• Continuous engagement with Founders of Portfolio companies to help them with strategic decisioning and enabling growth
• Execute on growth initiatives planned for portfolio companies
• Monitoring monthly performance and building performance metrics for portfolio companies
• Monitoring market developments & competitive landscaping
• Build strategies for exit of investments

Ideal Qualifications:

• MBA from top tier / leading institutes (India / abroad)
• Formal education in tech. / tech. enabled models is preferred
• Prior experience of transaction closures in PE / VC Fund required (for Associate)
• Min. 3 years relevant work experience post-MBA in relevant fields of PE /VC, Strategy Consulting, Investment Banking (top Tier firms) in India/global
• Experienced in managing multiple stakeholders across leadership teams / CXOs / Founding teams
• Good exposure to the Startup Ecosystem in India and tech. led innovations / investments / business model innovation

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to develop and articulate strategic recommendations based on rigorous data analysis
• Ability to partner with multiple teams to understand business issues, execution priorities and marketing strategies
• Proactiveness to identify areas of improvement, designing solutions and implement them on the ground
• Capable of managing Senior Management/CXO/Founder level communications and presentations
• Ability to tie analytic solutions to business/ industry value and outcomes
• Should possess sharp, logical and analytical thinking
• Should possess exceptional written and oral communication skills (including high end presentation skills)
• Should be self-motivated and driven with high degree of professionalism to work in a small and fast growing set-up
• Ability to work in a time-line driven environment
• Should possess excellent people management skills including mentoring and coaching
• Should be hands-on with exceptional execution/delivery capabilities