Venture Capital Job – Technical Investment Associate – BoldCap

BoldCap introduction:

BoldCap is an early-stage AI fund focused on backing Indian entrepreneurs building global B2B software products. We are looking to invest in 15-20 companies in the next 24 months, and we are looking to hire an investment associate who can be a part of the core investment team and exclusively look at Data/Dev/AI infra investment opportunities. We are high conviction capital, i.e. we don’t spray and pray. We are extremely hands-on with our portfolio founders to help them with their global GTM.

Since 2021, we have backed 18 startups in the following themes – Vertical software, AI led services, Cyber security, Data and Dev infrastructure companies. Some of our infra investments include – TestSigma, Lucidity, Locofy, Suprsend, Togai (exited to Zuora, a publicly listed US company). Other investments include Spendflo, Spotdraft, Mailmodo, Reint, Discern Security, Enkrypt, Petavue. Our co-investors/follow on investors include – Accel, Sequoia Surge, Alpha Wave, Premji, Prosus, Strive, Golden Gate Ventures, January Capital, 021 Capital, Mass Mutual Ventures, Together, Blume, 3one4, Beenext and our companies have raised over $100M+ capital.

A day of an investment team member @ Boldcap

• Sourcing Sourcing Sourcing: It’s not art; it’s science, network and hard work.
• Building a deeper thesis within Dev/Data/AI infra, evaluate investment opportunities and speaking with existing companies in these categories, pitch to IC, tag team with GP to make an investment
• Put together reports on the market, new trends, and learnings from other operators that we can share with portfolio founders, LPs, and other ecosystem partners
• Build and nurture relationships within the ecosystem

Who should be applying for this role?

First, let me tell you who shouldn’t apply: If you think investing is glamorous, you love instant gratifications and are not technical. But, on the other hand, you should apply if you don’t fall into the above categories and are genuinely interested in spotting the next Postman from India.

These are critical must-have skills/experiences:

• Be Technical – Being comfortable in going deeper into the opportunity from a technical perspective is critical.
• AI nerd – Trying new AI products everyday, doing POCs, building agents (whatever it takes to understand the nuances)Critical thinking – Most opportunities might not be obvious, its critical to be able to visualise the future tech landscape and identify opportunities
• Relatable work experience (4-5 years of relevant experience) – Either an dev/data/technical AI founder, Devs that have contributed/ moderated open source communities or in a VC role but with specific prior investments in technical companies.

Below are good to have, but of course we believe if you are interested, you might be able to pick up these skills:

• Capturing data – Early stage involves a lot of data asymmetry, so constantly capturing data can help the organisation build knowledge

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