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Job Description
Job Description
ASSOCIATE
Investment Firm
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (or Miami, Florida)
Overview
Hiring company is a late-stage venture capital / growth equity firm founded in 2001 with headquarters in San Francisco; and manages approximately $1.5 billion through five funds. The firm invests in life science technology, medical device, and healthcare enterprise software businesses via growth financings and acquisitions / buyouts.
The investment team consists of experienced venture investors, life science and healthcare experts, M&A professionals, and successful entrepreneurs having decades of experience in their respective disciplines. They focus on outbound sourcing efforts and work actively with their portfolio companies and management teams to help them develop strong strategic plans, highly differentiated and innovative products, and self-sustaining business models, all resulting in significant value creation for their investments.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Associate's main responsibility will be to support the evaluation of new investment opportunities through research, outreach, analysis, diligence, and transaction execution to help the firm find and invest in high quality businesses and managers. The Associate will work with all members of the investment team, as the firm is non-hierarchical and team-oriented. The Associate must have excellent communication and analytical skills, as well as the highest integrity and self-motivation. This position offers the opportunity for advancement for the right candidate.
- Investment Analysis
- Build detailed company financial models and investment returns analyses
- Conduct market research : market size / growth, competitive landscape, M&A, valuation
- Draft investment memos
- Transaction Execution / Support
- Assist with due diligence, transaction documentation, and interactions with management, customers, and industry experts. Lead certain of these workstreams
- Portfolio Company Analytics
- Assist with tracking portfolio company financials
- Analyze and report on portfolio company performance
- Identify issues and opportunities for improvement
- Outbound Sourcing and Research
- Conduct market research using various primary and secondary sources to identify target companies and sectors
- Proactively develop and explore investment themes
- Develop relationships with partners (e.g., investment bankers, industry experts and organizations)
- Provide periodic updates to team regarding important news developments in target markets
- Fund Operations
- Maintain fund valuation database
- Maintain comparables database
- Develop internal and investor presentations and communications
- Track sourcing and research efforts through proprietary CRM database
Qualifications & Personal Attributes