Citi Ventures is Citi’s corporate innovation group. The Citi Ventures Investing (CVI) team focuses on identifying and investing in entrepreneurs who will help define the future of financial services. These might include external startups, in which CVI typically invests together with traditional VCs, and spinoffs of Citi existing internal or incubated businesses, in which CVI typically brings strategics as co-investors in consortium deals. CVI also seeks to add value to its portfolio companies by fostering interactions with Citi and/or Citi clients to identify potential matches; this achieves the dual objectives of helping our portfolio companies scale and enhance their product roadmaps while helping Citi increase its ability to innovate.
The CVI team is seeking a highly motivated individual to (a) source, diligence and execute investments in top-tier Fintech startups, (b) research and build thought leadership in new areas of strategic importance to financial services and (c) work with Citi’s business units and functions to drive partnerships between startups and Citi.
Position Scope & Responsibilities:
- Sourcing/executing investments in leading B2B and B2C fintech startups
- Source, screen and track deal flow proactively, via research-based targeted outreach, and reactively, by developing relationships with entrepreneurs and VCs
- Conduct due diligence on potential investments in collaboration with deal leads
- Create investment decks, models, and deal memos
- Execute deals by taking investment deals through the Citi Ventures investment process
- Post-investment portfolio management and value creation
- Drive pilots and commercialization of portfolio startups by driving introductions within Citi’s businesses and functions
- Find ways to add value to portfolio companies: business development or sales contacts, recruiting and product strategy as appropriate
- Own the governance and post-deal portfolio monitoring process
- Engaging with Citi colleagues and the external ecosystem
- Interact with Citi colleagues to understand strategic priorities and roadmaps
- Prepare presentations on relevant industry trends and organize domain sessions and startup workshops for Citi colleagues (and occasionally Clients)
- Make startup introductions for commercialization opportunities to Citi colleagues
- Conduct market research on emerging industry trends, deal flow, and specific startups
- Organize and attend venture capital and startup ecosystem events
- Must have bachelor’s degree from a top college or university, preferably in Economics, Engineering or other analytical disciplines
- Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in either venture investing (at a venture capital or growth equity firm or in corporate venture investing) or in technology-focused or FIG-focused investment banking
- Demonstrated interest in tech/Fintech, ideally, has venture experience in Fintech
- Drive and ability to work independently
- Cultural fit and ability to collaborate with colleagues both within Citi Ventures and Citi colleagues outside of Citi Ventures
- Ability to articulate and debate opinions on potential investments
- Ability to navigate a large financial services organization
- Ability and maturity to
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