Investment Banking Associate

Investment Banking Associate – Samaveda CapitalHyderabad | Early Employee Equity | AI-Native Investment Bank₹8.4L → ₹12L base + bonuses + ESOPsThe Role in 15 SecondsWe’re building India’s first AI-native investment bank for the ₹10–100Cr mid-market — the most chaotic, opaque, underbanked segment in Indian finance.Your job:Be the human side of the AI-human hybrid model we’re building.Execute deals today, and teach the AI what to automate tomorrow.Market we're exploiting:95%+ deals fail due to poor execution:- 95%+ deals fail due to poor execution - Promoters sit on messy financials or incomplete GST returns - Valuations are guesswork - Advisors are unstructured - Due diligence is manual chaos - Investors don’t trust any numbers under ₹100Cr toplineAI changes this. But only if you have the dealflow, domain knowledge, and structured data to train it. That’s what Samaveda is building.VisionWe are building a full-stack AI-driven M&A infrastructure layer for India, to solve the pain points faced by 6.3 Millions SMEs.Where We Are Today6-months in:- 10+ live mandates, Retainers (cleantech, manufacturing, Textiles) - 12-month Pilot partnership with an enterprise client - Innopreneurs Top 100 Startups in India - Active inbound dealflow - AI valuation engine v1 built, MVP of v2 underway with real companies - Pipeline of 100Cr+We are early — but at the right moment in the AI curve.Your Role (AI x Deals x Systems = Leverage)1. Deal Execution (70%)This is the data that trains our AI.You will:- Convert messy promoter files into clean, structured datarooms - Extract insights from GST, P&L, BS, cash cycles - Build valuation models that later become automated templates - Prepare investor-ready memos that become training data - Run closing mechanics and timelinesYour execution directly becomes product.2. Investor Coordination (20%)- Sector-level investor mapping - Preparing IC-quality memos - Running follow-ups - Capturing investor behavior → fed into matchmaking engineYour pattern recognition → becomes ML feature engineering data.3. Process + AI Feedback Loop (10%)- Build SOPs - Standardize deal workflows - Document repetitive tasks that should be automated - Collaborate with CTO to convert human workflows → automation pipelinesYou are not a user of the product — you are the co-architect of what gets automated.12-Month Growth MapMonth 1–2:Learn the execution engine.Document broken workflows.Fix the pipeline.Month 3–5:Close your first deal.Identify the 3 workflows that MUST be automated first.Month 6–9:Own 10+ mandates.Start co-designing the AI valuation + dataroom modules.Month 9–12:Become Head of Deal Ops, controlling both execution and automation priorities.This is not an analyst → associate → VP ladder.Comp Structure Base Salary₹70K/month → Auto-bumps to ₹1L/month after 3 closed deals.Deal Bonuses (Tiered)0.75% → 1% → 1.5% → 2% depending on:- execution - sourcing - speed - complexityESOPs:1%–1.5%, 4-year vesting, 1-year cliff (depending on experience)You’re not trading labor for salary. You’re trading sweat for infrastructure equity.Year 1 Earnings ModelConservative (3 deals, ₹37.5L avg fee):- Base: ₹10.2L - Bonuses: ₹1.2L - Total Cash: ₹11.4L - ESOPs (paper value): ₹5-10L - Total Comp: ₹16-20LStrong Performance (5 deals, 1 self-sourced, ₹45L avg fee):- Base: ₹12L - Bonuses: ₹2.6L - Total Cash: ₹14.6L - ESOPs (paper value): ₹5-10L - Total Comp: ₹19-24LThis beats most boutique IBs when you factor in equity upside + promotion speed.What You Must Bring- 3–5 years in IB / M&A / PE / VC - Strong modeling - Real deal execution experience - Hunger to build - Comfort with ambiguous, unstructured data - Ability to think in systems (not just tasks)Behavior That Wins Here- High ownership - Relentless follow-up - Clean thinking - Speed with accuracy - Bias for structure - Ability to work fast in messy environments - Curiosity about automation and systemsWhat We Are✅ AI-native execution shop✅ Revenue-first✅ Lean, honest, high-velocity✅ Obsessed with solving India’s SME M&A gap✅ Building something India doesn't have yetIf you want ownership, speed, AI leverage, and the chance to build something India doesn’t have — apply.