VC Associate @Breega London
Breega Boilerplate
Breega propels pioneering and purpose-driven founders from idea into impact. We closed our first fund in 2015 and now have €650 m AUM and 110 trailblazing portfolio companies. Crafted for founders by founders, we built Breega to provide start-ups with the help we wish we'd had. And we’ve created an investment proposition that’s purposefully designed. We call it full stack funding: providing capital and connections, expertise and experience, support and solidarity for entrepreneurs at every step of their journey. We invest across Europe and internationally, focusing on pre-seed to Series B stage.
Breega Values
Find out here about our culture and the way we work at Breega.
Responsibilities
This role reports to the head of UK investment, Dan Shellard and is located in London.
In this role, the VC associate is in charge of:
- Meet with entrepreneurs, and start building close relationships with leading startups to generate high-quality deal flow
- Explore investment opportunities: deep dive into operational metrics, market and competition; assess product and technology, run reference calls, and analyze financial and valuation models
- Defend your position during weekly deal flow meetings and prepare investment notes that will be discussed in investment committees
- Participate in Breega’s key strategic projects including fundraising processes and represent Breega at main events
- Identify and detect high potential market trends to build strong convictions for future investments
- Participate in Term Sheet negotiation with entrepreneurs
- Directly manage one to two interns
Competencies
- Fluent in English
- Have a significant network in the UK ecosystem
- Bachelor or Master in engineering/finance
- You absolutely must have an entrepreneurial experience or an operational experience in the start-up or scale-up space
- 2 years of experience in either Startups, VC, PE and/or in strategy consulting/M&A.
- You have a huge passion for new technologies and an entrepreneurial mindset
- Excellent analytical & strong quantitative skills
- Collaborative style and networking skills
- High energy, autonomous and resourceful
Recruitment process
- CV selection
- 45-min call with Anissa (HR)
- 2nd Interview with Dan (Head of Investment)
- Business Case with Victor (Partner) & Nuan (Senior Associate)
- Final interview with Ben Marrel (CEO)
- Background Check
Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for a role if they don’t have experience in 100% of the requirements outlined in a job description. Please know that if it's your case but you think you could do a great job - you are excited about early stage investing, meeting brilliant founders and want to take part in shaping tomorrow’s world - we’d love to hear from you!
Compensation & Benefits
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- Department
- Join Breega
- Role
- Invest/Sales team
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment level
- First / Mid Level Officials
VC Associate @Breega London
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