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Associate - Growth Equity

Space Executive have been engaged by a global private markets investment manager to help find them an Associate to join their Growth Equity team in North America. Our client is a leading private equity firm who have $75 billion in assets under management and office located all across the globe.

Our client has won multiple awards and is an industry leader and is 100% employee - owned.

Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm's investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments.

The firm was founded more than 60 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.

Growth Equity Technology Investment Associate:

The Growth Equity team is actively recruiting for an Investment Associate position in our Menlo Park, CA office. The role offers exposure to venture capital investing as the Investment Associate is responsible for assisting the team with market research, sourcing, and investment diligence in the technology sector.

The individual will primarily be involved with and responsible for:

• All aspects of investment due diligence: business, market, management, competitive, financial/returns modelling, cap table analysis and legal diligence
• Conducting extensive market research to bring sector insights to the team and identify potential new investment opportunities
• Working with the investment team to build out and execute upon sector investment plans
• Developing relationships with leading private companies by attending conferences and proactively meeting with entrepreneurs and other investors
• Working on selected internal processes and strategic initiatives

Requirements:

• 2-4 years of experience in technology investment banking, technology consulting, principal investing (mid/late-stage venture capital, growth equity or private equity), or analytical experience at a high growth tech company
• Self-starter with strong work ethic, who can handle projects from start to finish while negotiating multiple, competing deadlines
• Advanced analytical / quantitative ability and excel modelling skills
• Outstanding ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to structure and present complex ideas and information in a simple persuasive form, both written and orally
• Demonstrated passion for the technology space and growth businesses

This is a hybrid role which will require 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home per week - the offices are located in Menlo Park California.