Scaling up our India Venture Capital Platform
Unitus Ventures is a leading venture capital firm investing in early-stage India tech startups bringing the future of work to Bharat. We drive growth and success of startups in Jobtech, Fintech, SaaS and Climate sectors. Launched in 2012, Unitus Ventures is a founding member of Capria Network, the leading venture network investing in extraordinary tech startups of the Global South. We currently manage 3 India venture funds and expect to launch our 4th fund later in 2023. Our investors include major families as well as institutional investors in India and the US. We manage all of our investments to global ESG standards with a goal of delivering top-quartile financial returns while delivering positive scaled social and environmental impact.
The Role: Growing our AUM
Unitus is seeking an outstanding entrepreneurial, and self-directed financial services professional to provide leadership in capital formation for our funds and co-investment vehicles, engage and delight existing LPs, and manage our investor relations systems and processes. You will work closely with our firm’s founders and executive team to grow our LP base and expand engagement with our current LPs for mutually beneficial long-term results. You will thrive working in a fast-paced, dynamic, global startup environment, learning and mastering new things every day, and finding creative ways to meet the firm’s ambitious goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Raise capital for our venture funds
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- Find new fund investors
- Manage placement agents to deliver results
- Oversee the development of fund marketing materials
- Support DD efforts by LPs
- Support timely and quality LP onboarding process
- Manage fundraising for our co-investment program
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- Engage and delight existing LPs
- Manage on-time delivery of high-quality quarterly LP reports
- Manage our annual investor meetings
- Oversee that LP inbound requests are handled well
- Design and execute “insider update” touch points with our LPs
- Manage investor relations processes and systems
- Ensure we have all investor contacts with appropriate metadata in our CRM
- Ensure we capture all investor conversation notes in our notes systems
- Keep Partners informed of IR activity/status
- Ensure we have follow-up systems for all LP leads
- Lead recurring fundraising planning meetings with our executives
Ideal Candidate
- Sell-side experience, preferably with venture-backed startups
- Strong understanding of the venture capital industry including private placement and fundraising process with institutions and HNI/family office investors
- Experience developing strategies to present investment offerings in a compelling manner
- Brings an existing network of LP relationships and/or has built a personal brand that is credible with LPs
Qualifications
- 4+ years of related experience within the financial services industry
- Undergraduate degree; MBA or related advanced degree a plus
- Persuasive and polished written and oral communication skills, excellent networker
- Ability to effectively balance, prioritize, and manage many simultaneous projects to successful completion
- Resourceful with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to find information that is not readily available
- Ability to quickly and effectively synthesize complex information, exercising advanced critical thinking to deliver recommendations and solutions.
- Self-directed and comfortable asking questions and taking the initiative to get projects completed accurately and on time
- Full proficiency in digital tools including spreadsheets, presentations, and other state-of-the-art SaaS tools for information sharing & communications
- A strong work ethic and willingness to work as needed to accomplish projects on timelines
You must be authorized to work in India.
