Fundraising Lead
Entrepreneur First
Description
At Entrepreneur First (“EF”), we believe that a small number of exceptional people have the potential to shape the future of technology and have an extraordinary impact. We also believe that to many, entrepreneurship is not an obvious or entirely legible career path. That’s why we exist – to identify and amplify the impact of these individuals. We do this via our unique approach to company creation, which involves identifying and working with outliers before they even know they’re outliers, right through to the day they prove it.
The companies built at EF are now worth over $10bn, and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, La Vie, Kinetix, Neoplants, Fello, Beatoven, and Unbox Robotics. We are funded and backed by some of the most successful founders and investors in the world, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), and Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind).
In this role, you’ll join the EF India team and be responsible for all fundraising efforts across the region. You will be responsible for helping portfolio companies secure seed funding,
What You’ll Do
- • Ensure strong seed funding outcomes by tailoring individual fundraising strategies and plans for all portfolio companies
- • Build out and own existing and new relationships with the early-stage investment ecosystem in India to match our portfolio’s evolving needs
- • Support portfolio founders as their go-to resource for all things finance, capital management, fundraising, valuation, term sheets and deal-making
- • Monitoring the progress of all portfolio companies and providing support to help them achieve their fundraising and financial goals
- • Manage key operations of the firm including budgets, annual planning, financial forecasting, developing and implementing processes and systems to improve efficiency and productivity
- • Build EF India’s awareness and reinforce EF’s value proposition across all stakeholder groups
- • Get deeply immersed in the Indian ecosystem of founders, entrepreneurs, technologists, and VCs in an effort to build EF’s awareness and relevance
- • Influence India strategy and work with the Partners on strategic projects with high impact
- • Work closely with founders and technologists to develop effective financial strategies for their businesses
What You’ll Need
- • Finance or fundraising experience in a high growth company or at a financial institution such as a venture capital fund or investment bank
- • Strong understanding of the seed funding process in the Indian tech ecosystem
- • Corp Dev or Dealmaking experience at the early stages of startup fundraising preferred
- • Experience building a local network of investors including angels, VCs etc.
- • High organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively, and have excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- • Able to navigate uncertainty and problem-solve creatively around constraints
- • Self-driven and proactive with high ownership and a drive to achieve
- • Able to deliver high-quality results in a timely manner individually and through others; initiate action and accomplish goals across teams/projects in the face of multiple demands
- • Self-driven, proactive and an exceptional communicator with excellent speaking and writing skills
What We Offer
- • A competitive salary and bonus based on performance
- • A buzzing space full of some of the most talented founders, technologists and investors working on world-changing businesses
- • The opportunity to supercharge your learning by working with a talented, ambitious and diverse global team (we’re currently operational in multiple countries across Europe, North America, and Asia)
- • Have the opportunity to be an early employee at an institution that is changing the way the most ambitious people approach entrepreneurship. The potential impact is enormous
- • A Learning & Development allowance to purchase any product or service that will contribute to your personal or professional development
- • Enhanced parental leave, plus broader leave policies including additional time off (around two weeks) at the end of the year during Christmas & New Year