Investment Associate

Scope:

Plays a pivotal role on the Global Investment Team, working closely with a collaborative group of investment professionals including the firm’s Managing Partners. This role is primarily engaged in deal sourcing and screening, trend analysis, pre -investment diligence, Accelerator Program company mentorship, and post -investment deal support. May lead cross - functional investment teams that are organized around a sector or business model.

Essential Functions:

• Deal sourcing - establish connections with peer investors and founders to get deal flow; may include speaking at panels, conferences, podcasts and other networking events. Serve as primary deal lead for individually sourced companies and support them throughout the accelerator program and beyond.
  

• Deal screening - connect with founder prospects, conduct screening calls, evaluate investment opportunities
  

• Deal diligence - gather information about the company’s progress, understand competitive landscapes, company’s metrics and unit economics, calculate market size and conduct founder reference checks.
  

• Conduct deep analysis of prospective investment opportunities including evaluating upside outcomes and downside risk - modeling various scenarios, building competitive landscapes, examining market size data.
  

• Process deal memos on post -investment transactions i.e. financings, M&As, ESOP requests, AGMs and other shareholder -related resolutions that need the fund’s signature.
  

• Closely collaborate with Partners and General Partners to execute the fund’s investment thesis, in addition to advocating/pitching prospective investments. Write internal investment memos highlighting risks and investment theses.
  

• Collaborate with accelerator batch company’s growth coaches during the program to align on the company’s goals and support growth experiments 
  

• Identify high performing portfolio companies and float up follow -on investment opportunities to the investment committee for a decision.
  

• Identify key milestones and metrics to best position the investments for Seed, Series A, and follow -on.
  

• Comprehend and verify cap tables and distribution waterfall structures to assist portfolio companies in financings or exits as needed.
  

• Research and discover meaningful trends. Share those insights internally and externally via the 500 blog.
  

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• AI fluency. You are on top of the latest trends and tools in AI and are comfortable using them and understanding the broader perspective across the AI landscape.
  

• High curiosity and incredibly fast learner. You are naturally curious in ways many aren’t and you tend to go from 0 -> PhD level understanding in days not years. 
  

• You can quickly move between layers of abstraction from lower level detailed knowledge to high level trends and insights to reach strong, well informed opinions
  

• Technical and/or graduate degree.
  

• Startup founder or operator experience
  

• High integrity, stellar judgment, and discretion to handle and manage highly sensitive, confidential and non -public information.
  

• Metrics -driven. Knows how to analyze and synthesize data and draw reasonable conclusions.
  

• Curious about developing systems to help automate reporting/analytics and put more data directly in the hands of business users.
  

• Bias to action. Takes initiative and remains communicative, adaptable, and reliable.
  

• Ability to quickly build trust and connect with other team members, cross -functional partner, and portfolio founders. 
  

• Leverages subject matter experts. Consults internal experts for review and validation before publishing work.
  

• Company -first. Deep respect and humility for the company’s brand. Wants to adapt to make the brand shine versus using the brand to make oneself shine.
  

Benefits