We are hiring a full-time Principal to join our firm. Your mission will be to help us find and evaluate new investments and support the team across all portfolio companies, projects, and transactions. The right candidate must relish interacting and working with entrepreneurs as well as startup management teams, has a practical ‘get-things-done’ attitude, strong communication skills, and shares a great deal of passion for the gaming industry, startups, and venture capital.
Your Responsibilities
- Leading venture capital transactions and deal flow: You manage independently all stages of the investment funnel from deal origination over evaluation to execution. Equally, you will proactively work in the deal team to analyze opportunities by thoroughly assessing founder teams, strategic fit with BITKRAFT, market potential, competitive dynamics, product KPIs, and customer metrics or user reviews. As part of your diligence, you will also make use of your own network of industry contacts, experts, and venture investors. You are able to build your own models and documentation to assist in your findings. You will liaise with the Partners at BITKRAFT to conclude investment decisions.
- Portfolio management: You will manage your own portfolio companies with or without board roles and will follow and support BITKRAFT’s portfolio management initiatives (e.g., KPI and business plan tracking, monitoring of fundraising plans, evaluating monthly financial reportings, reviewing strategy, and roadmap) to identify key areas where BITKRAFT can support.
- Origination of new deals: You will build strong relationships for BITKRAFT in the startup and venture capital community and be an ambassador for our firm, e.g., by identifying new investment opportunities as part of our incoming deal flow and by leveraging your network to identify exciting founding teams for BITKRAFT.
- Market trends and research: You will independently build expertise around exciting sectors to uncover promising business models and bring forward your own investment theses.
- Organization: You will be mentoring and developing BITKRAFT’s team of associates, analysts, and interns
- Fundraising: You will support BITKRAFTs’ fundraising efforts for future fund generations of BITKRAFT Venture funds.
Your Qualifications
- Ambition and grit
- Degrees in computer science, mathematics, business administration, economics, finance, and/or other relevant subjects which are beneficial for this role
- Passion for and great understanding of startups and venture capital—a foundation in startups is helpful to build credibility in working with founders
- Deep knowledge of and passion for the games and interactive entertainment sectors (including working experience in the industry)
- Established network with founders and investors in the venture capital ecosystem and in particular in gaming and entertainment
- Candid and clear communication, with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Strategic mindset with strong quantitative and analytical thinking as well as great attention to detail: analytical, fact-driven yet pragmatic working style
- Autonomous working style, as well as the ability to synthesize and present complex data, while getting operational and working “hands-on”
- Demonstrated willingness to go the extra mile for new opportunities, portfolio companies, and other projects to score a big win for BITKRAFT
- Proven ability to lead and drive multiple projects at once, while adding creative ideas
- Dedication to our existing portfolio of companies and desire to proactively provide support for them
- Strong investment and commercial judgment, financial modeling, and research skills
- Team-oriented attitude and familiarity and passion for working in distributed teams and in remote working environments
Additional Information
- Language Skills: Excellent English, both spoken and written
- Location: Major city in the Western Hemisphere
- The position will require travel
- Earliest starting date: Q1 2021
If interested, please apply here.
