Associate (F/m/d, 100%) - Zurich, Schweiz - Lightbird

Beschreibung

Lightbird is a Swiss-based VC firm backing entrepreneurs at one of the most intense periods of a company's life - the early stage (Pre-Seed/Seed/Seed+).

We partner with the most ambitious founding teams that use technology to solve real problems for real people at real businesses.

The fund invests pan-European-wide in B2B software with a particular focus on companies with distribution advantages.

We are a rising brand with young, dynamic and driven people that values teamwork and open communication.

We are rebels and want to challenge the status quo in VC by doing things a bit differently - more human.

We strongly encourage individual initiatives and diverse perspectives and enjoy spending time with each other.

We are currently looking for an entrepreneurial-minded and self-driven full-time Associate to join our team.

Tasks

• Sourcing, analyzing and selecting potential deals according to Lightbird's investment strategy
• Supporting the Due Diligence process to come up with investment recommendations
• Conducting market research on a variety of different areas to derive hypotheses on relevant industries
• Elaborating specific topics for our internal knowledge database to share with our portfolio companies
• Supporting the partners in financial transactions and ongoing portfolio management
• Provide active management of portfolio companies and ensure our service level to entrepreneurs is exceptional
• Representing Lightbird in the startup and investor scene, developing your own network in the ecosystem
• Working on internal business development topics like process optimization, branding and much more

Requirements:


The ideal profile brings the following qualifications:

• Work experience: You have at least 2 years of work experience as an Investment Analyst in a venture capital firm that invested Europe-wide. Alternatively, you've built or worked in a founder role at a VC backed company, that at least raised 1 million.
• Education: You have an excellent academic track record and/or a degree from a firstclass university, where you learned to dig deep into different topics and handle a lot of information
• Curious and selfmanaged: You have a curious and flexible mind with a strong passion for technology and innovation and are able to direct your own work in an efficient and effective way
• Good with people: Venture Capital is a people's business thus, you have strong communication skills in English, enjoy approaching people and working with a wide range of different personalities
• Team Player: Our most important assets are our founding teams, which is why you are entrepreneurially minded and always supporting