Legal Job Opening: Associate at JSW Ventures, Mumbai

JSW Ventures is looking for an Associate who will be responsible for sourcing, executing, and closing venture capital transactions to build a portfolio

The Associate will identify investment opportunities as well as provide operational support to the fund and portfolio companies

Market Research:

Identify the trends in technology sector and build a steady pipeline of new prospects basis the investment thesis

Identify any new investment opportunities based on market and competitor analysis

Prospects Building:

Source new early stage investments, including meeting founders and entrepreneurs

Source investment opportunities, both directly and through a network of contacts at universities, VCs, incubators, accelerators, etc.

Represent the fund at events and conferences

Analysis & Investment Execution:

Understand the business and industry in detail and prepare financial model, conduct valuation analysis and prepare other deal documents of the company

Conduct a product analysis, understand the product and technology development capabilities of the company, ability to execute on the product roadmap and future competitive edge.

Perform diligence on potential investments to validate the business opportunity for financial returns

Evaluate long and short term fund requirements of companies

Analyze financial ratios to understand the financial health of the company

Coordinate the DD and deal execution process

Investment Management & Reporting:

Actively involved in monitoring portfolio companies including financial and operating performance, strategic value-add in steering portfolio companies, preparation of periodic reports and implementing exit strategies

Nurture new and existing portfolio companies, including facilitating contacts for the companies

Develop and deliver periodic reports for portfolio review of the fund

Fund management:

Oversee and be responsible for certain accounts, finance and compliance functions of the fund

Educational Background and Work Experience

MBA with preferred specialization in finance / strategic management

2-3 years of post-MBA experience either in consulting organizations like BCG, Bain, Mckinsey or in areas like product management & strategy at a tech startups

Competencies:

Business perspective / acumen

Drive to find and invest in exceptional businesses and working with them to create large companies

Strong understanding of financial statements

Ownership & drive for results

Customer focus:

Excellent writing and presentation skills

Effective & open communication

Strong excel and financial modeling skills

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About the Company:

JSW Ventures is an early-stage tech focused Venture Capital fund based in Mumbai.

We believe that technology drives innovation and innovation creates the future. We are enthusiastic about disruptive trends led by technology that are shaping the way businesses and customers consume products and services and interact with each other. The select pool of high quality entrepreneurial talent coupled with the capacity to transform existing systems and processes is driving the growth in this space.

We invest in businesses developing solutions (products / services) for solving problems in large and high growth markets. We support the dreams of passionate entrepreneurs using technology to build scalable, capital efficient businesses. The sectors of interest include SaaS, enterprise software, financial services, consumer platforms and health tech.

We extend our partnership not just through capital but a commitment to build exceptional companies. Leveraging our core strengths, we actively support and add value to our companies through but not limited to developing growth strategies, improving financial functions, providing access to investor community and support from extensive JSW group resources.