Principal - Venture Capital (GIFT City)

Job Description

About Artha Group

Artha Group is a performance-first investment house managing over 1,250 crores (USD 150M+) across venture capital, private equity, and cross-stage capital strategies. Our fund platforms include:

- Artha Venture Fund: India-focused early-stage sector-specific fund (B2C, mobility, fintech, B2B SaaS, Deeptech, Spacetech)
- Artha Continuum Fund: India + global cross-stage vehicle for high-velocity, high-upside opportunities
- Artha Select Fund: A fund of winners: follow-on capital into our top-performing companies

With a track record of backing 130+ companies and completing 30+ exits, we operate with a sharp focus on founder partnerships, capital judgment, and long-term alignment. Our investors include leading family offices and UHNIs across India and globally, a testament to our success.

Role Overview

We're hiring Principal to lead investment execution and portfolio development across our core funds:

- 1 role in Gift City, Gandhinagar for Artha Continuum Fund

Reports to: Managing Partner, Artha Continuum Fund

You'll be responsible for full-cycle investing, from sourcing and thesis development to diligence, structuring, and post-investment portfolio work.

You'll lead a team of Associates and Analysts, run internal reviews, and set the bar for research quality and investment judgment.

This is a Partner-track role for professionals ready to own capital, conviction, and execution at a high-performance fund.

What You'll Lead

End-to-End Deal Execution

- Build proprietary sourcing pipelines (India and global)
- Drive founder meetings, diligence, modeling, and IC prep
- Lead term sheet negotiation, legal closure, and disbursement

Portfolio Value Creation

- Advise founders across GTM, hiring, org design, and downstream capital
- Identify underperformance early; own risk-mitigation conversations
- Track and report KPIs, milestones, and board-level insights

Team Leadership

- Mentor and manage Associates and Analysts
- Enforce follow-up, research depth, and memo quality
- Run internal investment reviews and pre-IC forums

Fund Strategy & Reporting

- Contribute to LP dashboards and investor updates
- Support new fund design, co-investment structures, and sector allocations
- Represent Artha at founder forums, investor summits, and panels

Candidate Profile

- 710 years in venture capital, private equity, or fund investing
- Strong deal sheet: you've led or co-led 3+ investments end-to-end
- Experience across sourcing, founder interaction, diligence, and IC presentation
- Confident communicatorcan defend a thesis without overplaying
- Bonus: operator background, product/strategy experience in a startup

Note: Candidates with only investment banking or transaction advisory experience will not be considered.

This is a buy-side investor role, not a transaction support or fundraising job.

Key Traits for Success

- An ownership-first mindset with high performance standards
- Strong follow-up discipline and pipeline hygiene
- Experience leading junior team members and upholding execution clarity
- Sharp financial acumen, cap table intuition, and modeling fluency
- Ability to build trust with both founders and fund leadership

Compensation Structure

- Total annual package - 45,00,000
- 36,00,000 fixed annual salary
- 4,00,000 annual retention bonus (paid after 12 months)
- 5,00,000 in ESOPs granted annually (each annual grant comes with its own vesting schedule)
- Performance bonus linked to portfolio KPIs and personal execution
- Carry in the fund (disclosed at final interview)

Fixed compensation is non-negotiable.

All upside is earned through performance, not negotiation.

Incomplete answers to screening or reflection questions will result in disqualification.