Leadership Role at New Vc Fund

**Job Information**:
Department Name

Cedar

Industry

Consulting

Work Experience

10+ years

City

Mumbai

State/Province

Maharashtra

Zip/Postal Code

400013

**About IBS Intelligence**
- Global tier 1 clients who rely on IBSi as being their “Analyst partner” through the year across a variety of service lines and IBSi offerings
- Global clients include McKinsey, BCG, Accenture, KKR, Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus, Temenos, Oracle, Infosys, TCS, BNP Paribas, RBS, Santander, amongst others. 60% of IBSi’s global clients are BankTech and FinTech companies of different shapes and sizes
- Large research portfolio consisting of reports covering 12 key Financial Technology areas. Global subscribers include Consultants, FinTechs, PE/VC funds, and others.
- In-depth research coverage of 2,000+ FinTechs globally. The largest by any analyst firm in this space
- Strong intelligence-as-a-service (IAAS) vertical, often referred to as the“CAPIQ/Bloomberg terminal for BankTech & FinTech” in the form of IBSi Galaxy, a proprietary insights portal that is subscribed to by global consultants, investors, bankers, and technologists
- Strong research team consisting of researchers with deep functional and topical expertise and knowledge. This strength is further aided by Cedar’s strong management consulting team, consisting of Financial Services/tech experts
- Global editorial team consisting of journalists and writers with relevant experience. Weekly podcasts on Spotify and other channels
- 21+ years of running the IBS Journal, one of the world’s only Financial Technology-focused monthly publications with global subscribers and advertisers
- Daily Financial Technology news portal on the IBSi website.1.5 million + pageviews annually.
- Strong and popular events vertical, in the form of 7 global events hosted by IBSi annually. 1,000+ cumulative senior attendees. An example of a recent IBSi Core Banking conference here
- Cedar-IBSi FinTech Lab in the UAE, providing a “soft-landing” to global FinTechs looking to tap into the booming GCC FinTech landscape. Members of the Cedar-IBSi FinTech lab are often looking to raise capital and rest on Cedar-IBSi for strategic guidance. This is a proprietary and exclusive deal-sourcing channel for the fund
- IBSi’s annual Sales League Table is considered to be the global industry barometer ranking leading Financial Technology suppliers. This IP has existed for 21+ years and is regarded highly.
- IBSi’s annual global FinTech Innovation Awards uses proprietary frameworks to rank the most innovative FinTechs every year and is widely covered.
- IBSi’s annual global Neo-Challenger Bank awards uses proprietary frameworks to rank the most innovative digital banks every year and is widely covered.

**About Cedar Consulting**
- Cedar is a global consulting, research, and analytics group with a 30-year track record. The firm has worked with over 200 financial services clients globally and is a specialist in this industry. The firm was originally co
- founded by Prof. Kaplan of Harvard Business School, the co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard. Cedar helps clients transform in areas of strategy, process, strategic human capital, and business technology
- Across industries, Cedar works with clients to deliver breakthrough strategy & performance management, with their Balanced Scorecard thought leadership. The firm’s heritage includes being part of the former $1 Billion Renaissance Worldwide, whose leadership included the creators of the Balanced Scorecard, the world’s leading strategy execution and performance management system. The Economist recognized it as one of the most seminal business ideas in the last 75 years.
- The firm’s specialist Financial Services practice offers innovative consulting, analytics, research, and accelerator Lab offerings. Their expertise on these areas covers all aspects of a financial services firm’s business model. Cedar truly focuses on assisting clients in an integrated fashion - from formulation all the way to strategy execution.

Locations: London, Mumbai, Dubai, New York

**Requirements**:
**Fund context**
- FinTech focus
- First fund corpus target of USD 50mn++
- Pre-Series A/Series A investments
- India AIF structure
- Fund structure to consist of Sahil Anand + other leader + Associate + Analyst to start with
- Strong advisory board to play the role of an enabler. This will include some senior FinTech thought-leaders within the CedarIBSi system too

**Role context**
- Play a significant role in the build out of Cedar-IBSi’s buy-side platform, in the form of a VC fund, heavily leveraging the group’s long global track-record and prominence in the FinTech/FS research and advisory space
- Be a key “face” of the fund and interact with senior leaders in the growing Financial Technology industry
- Play a global role. Interact with clients and lead deals in Fund 1 focus geographies - India, UK, EU, and the UAE.
- Get 24/7 access to, and le