Chief Investment Officer

About VCMint

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.

Role Overview

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.

What You'll Do1) Sourcing & Thesis

• 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.
- Represent VCMint at ecosystem events; host small‑format founder circles in Hyderabad and beyond.

2) Evaluation & IC Prep

• 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.

3) Diligence Leadership (LDD/FDD/Tech/Commercial)

• 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.

4) Transaction Execution

• 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.

5) Portfolio Support & Follow‑ons

• 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.

6) Finance, Reporting & Ops

• 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).

Founder‑Friendly Communication Standard

• 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."

What Success Looks Like

• 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).

Ideal Profile

• 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.

Compensation & Setup

• 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.

Key Relationships

• Internal:

Founders (Aditya & Neelima), Finance/Compliance, Portfolio Success/Advisor Ops.
- External:

Founders, co‑investors, bankers, accelerators, legal/accounting diligence partners, expert networks.