Venture Capital Job – Senior Associate – Entrepreneurs First

Thestorywatch; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in London is seeking a Senior Associate for their Funds team. The role involves driving follow-on investments, managing relationships with founders, and overseeing portfolio monitoring. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in venture capital or investment banking, strong financial modeling skills, and the ability to lead due diligence processes. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and generous benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary with performance-related bonus

Employee equity scheme

Learning & Development allowance

Enhanced parental leave

Generous vacation policy

Qualifications

• Significant experience in venture capital, growth equity, or investment banking.
• Ability to lead due diligence processes independently.
• Strong skills in translating complex ideas into simple, persuasive narratives.

Responsibilities

• Engage companies raising capital and lead investment memo preparation.
• Monitor portfolio data and support quarterly valuations.
• Manage relationships with EF founders and prepare LP investor materials.
• Line-manage junior investment team members.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Commercial judgment

Job description

About Entrepreneurs First

Entrepreneurs First (EF) invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We call it talent investing. The startups built at EF are now worth over $13B and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, Cleo, and many more. EF is backed by some of the world’s leading founders and investors.

The Role

We are looking for the Senior Associate to join the Funds team at Entrepreneurs First. This team is responsible for driving EF’s follow-on investments in portfolio companies, owning relationships with founders, monitoring the portfolio, and supporting EF’s fundraising activities.

Key Responsibilities

1. Investment Execution: Pre-emptively engage companies raising capital, lead the preparation of detailed investment memos, and drive due diligence processes, including financial modeling and market analysis.
2. Portfolio Monitoring & Fund Management: Develop insights from portfolio data, support quarterly valuations, and drive cross-team initiatives like sector deep-dives.
3. Investor and Founder Relations: Own relationships with a wide set of EF portfolio founders, building trust and providing support. Support the preparation of LP investor materials.
4. Leadership & Team Management: Line-manage and develop junior investment team members, ensuring they are supported and challenged.

About You

1. Experience: You have significant experience in venture capital, growth equity, investment banking, or a high-growth startup environment, with evidence of leading due diligence processes.
2. Skills: You possess strong financial modeling and analytical skills and excel at translating complex ideas into simple, persuasive narratives.
3. Mindset: You have strong commercial judgment, take ownership, drive your work forward, and set a high bar for pace and excellence. You are detail-oriented and highly organized.

What We Offer

1. A competitive salary with a performance-related bonus and access to the employee equity scheme.
2. Hybrid working from our London office (Hoxton).
3. A Learning & Development allowance.
4. Enhanced parental leave and a generous vacation policy, including an end-of-year shutdown.

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