Visionary Investor

Chief Investment Officer

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• As a Chief Investment Officer, you will be the investing engine of our organization.

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• You will craft investment theses, build a high-quality deal pipeline, run rigorous sectoral and company-specific evaluations, orchestrate diligence with external partners, and activate our advisor bench to help portfolio founders succeed.

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• You will work closely with our founders to ensure that every investment is founder-friendly and aligned with our organization's goals.

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• Our ideal candidate has a strong background in deal evaluation, a credible network across founders, angels, bankers, and operators, particularly in India.

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• They must have a strong grasp of unit economics, cohort/retention, marketplaces, SaaS metrics, working-capital cycles, and path to profitability.

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• The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing quality opportunities, advancing deals through diligence, and supporting portfolio companies to achieve success.

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• Sourcing: Curate 400-600 quality opportunities/year; maintain a living map of priority themes.

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• Conversion: Advance 15-25% to deep dive; recommend 12-15 investments/year (mix of early and selective growth).

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• Diligence Quality: Every close accompanied by a clear red-flag register and mitigants; zero avoidable surprises post-close.

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• Portfolio NPS: Founder NPS ≥ 60; measurable advisor engagements per company per quarter.

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• Cadence: IC memos that enable decisions within 2-3 weeks from first call (deal-dependent).

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• Background: Ex-founder/operator or investor with meaningful deal evaluation experience; comfort spanning seed to growth.

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• Networked: Credible access across founders, angels, bankers, and operators—especially within India (Hyderabad a plus).

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• Analytical: Strong grasp of unit economics, cohort/retention, marketplaces, SaaS metrics, working-capital cycles, and path to profitability.

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• Diligence-ready: Hands-on with LDD/FDD scopes; ability to frame key questions and pressure-test assumptions.

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• Execution: Structured writer (memos), fast modeler (Excel/Sheets), and organized operator (pipeline discipline).

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• Style: Hustle, bias to action, low-ego; founder-friendly communicator with high empathy.

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• Competitive base + performance bonus tied to sourcing quality, diligence excellence, and portfolio outcomes.

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• Potential carry % across the portfolio

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• Open to entrepreneurial structures (e.g., transition from an operating role, flexible arrangement while building your next thing).

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• Tools/enablement budget for research, CRM, expert calls, and travel.

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