VC Analyst @ Human Ventures in New York City, NY

Attention Capital is a new holding company and media investment firm that buys, builds, and scales brands and technologies that shape the attention economy, the largest and fastest-growing segment of the global economy. We are looking for an Analyst to play a key role as an early member of a growing team. Ideal candidates for this role are self-directed, proactive, analytical, and extremely comfortable with ambiguity.
Role Overview:

  • Collaborate with Attention Capital leadership to support strategic initiatives including deal evaluation, portfolio operations, and the development of new businesses
  • Write investment cases and analysis to support investment decisions. This includes concise commentaries summarizing meetings and industry analysis, in-depth due diligence reports, and other periodic research including white papers exploring current topics of interest.
  • Help manage the day to day business cadence, communicating progress and performance
  • Support portfolio companies as needed, developing analyses, strategy recommendations, and product initiatives
  • Evaluate new market opportunities, prioritize these opportunities and build business cases to support recommendations.
  • Track patterns and trends and identify new opportunities for growth within portfolio companies and via M&A.

Required Skills:

  • Ability to convey complex and sophisticated ideas simply via cogent, well-designed, well articulated presentations
  • Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business judgment
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of delivery and impact
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically leading to recommendations combined with attention to detail implementing them in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels of management
  • Adaptability, passion, ability to learn and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Ability to execute against defined objectives both tactically and strategically
  • A team player with exceptional collaboration skills
  • Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
  • Ability to communicate the results of analyses clearly and effectively
  • A seasoned strategist and product-minded thinker

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 1-3 years experience in a combination of top-tier management consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or strategy and operations roles in tech/early stage

If interested, please apply here.

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