Chief Investment Officer

VCMint is a founder-led fund backing venture-scale startups with private capital — fueling bold ideas and resilient founders at the earliest stages. We typically write $100k–$200k cheques at seed/early stages and selectively participate in growth to pre‑IPO opportunities.

We are sector‑curious and founder‑led: we back teams building durable value and step in with practical help via our functional and domain advisor network.

Rooted in Hyderabad with a national outlook, VCMint moves with speed, empathy, and conviction.

The CIO is VCMint’s investing engine—owning the funnel from sourcing → evaluation → diligence → execution → portfolio support. You’ll craft theses, build a high‑quality deal pipeline, run rigorous sectoral and company‑specific evaluations, orchestrate LDD/FDD with external partners, and activate our advisor bench to help portfolio founders win. You’ll work day‑to‑day with Aditya and Neelima, keeping our cadence fast, founder‑friendly, and operationally sharp.

• Build and maintain a quality pipeline across seed/early and later‑stage (select growth/pre‑IPO) deals.
• Develop and refresh thematic theses (fintech, SaaS, consumer internet, logistics, AI‑enabled ops, etc.).
• Leverage your network (founders, angels, bankers, accelerators, alumni groups, operators) to find non‑obvious opportunities.
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• Represent VCMint at ecosystem events; host small‑format founder circles in Hyderabad and beyond.

• Run fast screens (team/market/traction/unit economics) and deep dives (market sizing, competition, moat, risks).
• Build and audit financial models; scenario/cap table simulations; exit pathways.
• Draft crisp Investment Memos with clear theses, risks, mitigants, and decision checkpoints.
• Prepare materials for an efficient Investment Committee cadence.

• Define diligence scope; select/manage external partners for Legal Due Diligence (LDD) and Financial Due Diligence (FDD); commission tech/commercial work as needed.
• Coordinate data‑room requests, red‑flag logs, and management Q&A.
• Synthesize findings into go/no‑go recommendations with practical remedies and terms.

• Support term sheet design, valuation rationale, rights, and protections aligned to founder‑friendly principles.
• Coordinate with counsel on definitive docs; ensure clean close checklists and post‑close obligations.
• Maintain accurate closing files; hand off smoothly to finance/ops for compliance.

• Onboard each company into VCMint’s advisor network; drive targeted, time‑boxed help (hiring, GTM, ops, partnerships, governance).
• Track portfolio health (cadenced updates, KPI dashboards, cash runway).
• Prepare follow‑on cases; manage co‑investor communications.
• Where relevant, take board/observer seats with a coach‑not‑cop ethos.

• Partner with finance on allocations, wires, compliance, and record‑keeping.
• Keep pipeline CRM tidy; report on funnel metrics, cadence SLAs, and learning loops.
• Build internal playbooks and a searchable knowledge base (theses, comps, benchmarks, term templates).
  

• Empathy first: default to curiosity and respect in every founder interaction.
• Speed with clarity: first response within 48–72 hours; crisp feedback even when passing.
• No black box: explain how we decide, what we need next, and timelines.
• Value on every touch: intro, resource, or concrete suggestion—even when it’s a “no.”
  

• Sourcing: Curate 400–600 quality opportunities/year; maintain a living map of priority themes.
• Conversion: Advance 15–25% to deep dive; recommend 12-15 investments/year (mix of early and selective growth).
• Diligence Quality: Every close accompanied by a clear red‑flag register and mitigants; zero avoidable surprises post‑close.
• Portfolio NPS: Founder NPS ≥ 60; measurable advisor engagements per company per quarter.
• Cadence: IC memos that enable decisions within 2–3 weeks from first call (deal‑dependent).
  

• Background: Ex‑founder/operator or investor with meaningful deal evaluation experience; comfort spanning seed to growth.
• Networked: Credible access across founders, angels, bankers, and operators—especially within India (Hyderabad a plus).
• Analytical: Strong grasp of unit economics, cohort/retention, marketplaces, SaaS metrics, working‑capital cycles, and path to profitability.
• Diligence‑ready: Hands‑on with LDD/FDD scopes; ability to frame key questions and pressure‑test assumptions.
• Execution: Structured writer (memos), fast modeler (Excel/Sheets), and organized operator (pipeline discipline).
• Style: Hustle, bias to action, low‑ego; founder‑friendly communicator with high empathy.
• Nice‑to‑have: Board/observer experience; prior term‑sheet negotiations; sector depth in fintech/SaaS/AI/consumer.

• Competitive base + performance bonus tied to sourcing quality, diligence excellence, and portfolio outcomes.
• Potential carry % across the portfolio
• Open to entrepreneurial structures (e.g., transition from an operating role, flexible arrangement while building your next thing).
• Tools/enablement budget for research, CRM, expert calls, and travel.

• Internal: Founders (Aditya & Neelima), Finance/Compliance, Portfolio Success/Advisor Ops.
• External: Founders, co‑investors, bankers, accelerators, legal/accounting diligence partners, expert networks.