Investment Analyst/Associate

About the role

Our client is a venture capital firm backing ambitious founders redefining the physical economy. They invest at Series A +/- across the UK, Europe and the US, focused on three areas: Electrification/Compute, Decoding Nature and Applied AI. They invest where founders are redefining how energy is traded, managed and used, and how natural and industrial systems become more intelligent, productive and resilient.

Their edge comes from understanding the market forces, industry dynamics and system conditions that shape a company's path to scale and commercial value. It also comes from connecting founders with the specialist expertise, networks and commercially grounded support they need to build. Our client is currently fundraising and deploying from their third fund, continuing to back category-defining companies that can produce top returns for investors while having a positive transformation effect on the physical economy.

They are a small, high-calibre team that works closely together, thinks deeply, and holds itself to a high commercial standard.

The Role

They are hiring an Investment Analyst or Associate to join their investment team. You will work across the full investment cycle, building conviction in the systems they back and developing into a credible investor in your own right. The role spans three core areas: sourcing and forming an investment view, supporting diligence and execution, and working with founders before, during and after investment. The biggest driver of success is building your own spike: a personal network, brand and area of expertise that becomes the foundation of a great venture career.

What You'll Do

• Sourcing and pipeline. Build a strong pipeline of exceptional founders across the UK, Europe and the US, and form an early view on where the commercial opportunity sits.
• Network building. Build genuine relationships with founders, co-investors and technical experts across the systems the firm invests in.
• Diligence and execution. Do the heavy lifting on deals: market and commercial diligence, financial modelling, investment memos, and support on term sheets, working alongside senior investors. Strong focus on commercial and analytical judgement.
• Systems expertise (research) and point of view. Build the network and expertise that give you a unique view on the market forces and system conditions shaping the firm's three verticals, and turn that into sharp, commercial thinking the team and the market can use.
• Portfolio support. Own the data-driven market analysis, quarterly portfolio reviews and announced deals process, and help connect founders to the specialist expertise and networks that sharpen their path to scale.

Who You Are

• Sourcing spike and entrepreneurial spirit. You build strong networks quickly, form real relationships with founders, investors and operators, organise events and gatherings, and can show evidence of creating new initiatives or companies of your own.
• Independent-minded. You consistently question the status quo, challenge consensus thinking, and forge your own path.
• Experience. Usually 2–5 years in a fast-paced, commercial environment: tech/startup background, VC, growth, or relevant finance background. Title (Analyst or Associate) will be set to match experience.
• Commercially minded. You believe category-defining companies win because they make systems work better, cheaper or faster, and can make that commercial logic clear.
• Strong analyst. Top analytical, research and modelling skills, with the judgement to know what actually matters in a decision.
• Curious. You want to understand how technologies actually work in the physical world, and how that turns into commercial value.
• Intellectually honest. You express your views clearly, separate fact from opinion, and change your mind when the data changes.
• A team player. Hungry but low-ego, and driven to build a world-class firm with a small team over the long term.

What Our Client Offers

• Salary in line with the market and set to seniority, plus a discretionary bonus
• Fund carry
• Medical, dental and vision insurance; life insurance, income protection and sick pay
• Competitive pension
• Generous holiday allowance, twice-yearly team offsites, and regular learning opportunities
• Hybrid working, at least 3 days a week based in their London office

Location and Eligibility

This role is based in London and will involve frequent international travel, as well as regular evening events and work. Candidates need the right to work in the UK; our client is unable to sponsor visas.