Analyst/Associate, HV Capital
Growth Investments
Venture Capital for digital companies
Job no longer available
Venture Capital for digital companies
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
Role
Who you are
- Educational Background: A strong academic foundation is essential, demonstrating both ambition and resilience. Degrees in computer science, mathematics, or business are particularly valued
- Relevant Experience: You have spent at least 2+ years in top-tier Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Consulting, Corporate Development, or late-stage startups. This experience has honed your skills in finance, financial modelling, and advanced analytical thinking
- Strategic & Analytical Mindset: You possess a strategic mindset with a strong emphasis on analytical thinking and meticulous attention to detail. You take a data-driven, pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- Initiative & Drive: You demonstrate initiative in winning deals, particularly in competitive situations, and are willing to go the extra mile to secure important opportunities
- Communication & Networking: You are a natural and clear communicator with a strong ability to network and build relationships within the industry
- Autonomous & Hands-On: You thrive in an autonomous working environment and excel at synthesizing and presenting complex data. You’re also willing to roll up your sleeves and get operational when needed
- Language Proficiency: Fluency in English is essential for this role. German proficiency, as is any other major European language, is strongly valued
What the job involves
- We continue expanding our Growth Investment Team and are hiring an Analyst or Associate to work in Berlin
- Deal Origination: Cultivate strong relationships within the startup and venture capital community, acting as an ambassador for HV Capital. Source and identify new investment opportunities, manage our internal database, and leverage your growing network to generate exciting deal flow while proactively seeking out "the next big thing."
- Deal Analysis: Proactively manage the pipeline with the deal team, thoroughly assess opportunities, and analyze strategic fit. Conduct market research, product evaluations, competitive and KPI analysis, and customer reviews to provide well-founded recommendations to senior colleagues
- Market Trends: Independently develop expertise in key technology sectors to uncover promising business models and develop compelling investment theses
- Portfolio Management: Support and monitor HV's portfolio management initiatives, including tracking KPIs, reviewing business plans, identifying deviations, contributing to monthly GP reporting, etc
Our take
Getting a new business off the ground can be difficult. An innovative idea is not enough, and oftentimes founders struggle to secure the investment they need to grow. HV capital supports exciting companies from the seed stage and onwards throughout their growth, with a speciality in finding and funding future leaders.
HV Capital, an all-stage investor in the German market, leads seed rounds, growth stage investments up to €20m, and follow-on investments up to €100m per company, supporting its partners for ten years or longer. The company has also created a continuation fund, the first of its kind in Germany, which will enable them to invest longer-term and maintain relationships with its more mature companies, yielding larger returns in the future.
Since founding in 2000, HV Capital has backed roughly 225 businesses, including notable names such as Zalando and HelloFresh. With a list of successes at its back, the company is well-positioned to continue supporting exciting startups into the future.
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Company benefits
- 30 paid days-off: We work ambitiously in a fast-paced environment. We offer generous vacation policies above regulatory standards and encourage team members to take time off to decompress
- Training budget: We offer annual budgets to our team members to use for their personal development, training or coaching.
- Coaching: New joiners are invited to join our cooperation with CoachHub and start their coaching journey there.
- Mentoring: New joiners will have role-specific onboarding and a mentor to support your personal development and give you access to first-hand experiences and insights.
- Physical Health: All employees can use an Urban Sports Club Membership and can get a company bike. Our Berlin office is also a proud owner of a DANCE bike while our Munich office has a fully-fledged gym.
- Work from Anywhere: A couple of weeks per year, all employees can work from a place of their choice. We also equip everyone with the gear of their choice for their home offices. We also have two offices for everyone to use.
- Flexible hours: We support flexible work arrangements that accommodate the different needs of all employees.
- Fair & Competitive Pay: Competitive compensation is part of our organisational pride. Progression is fair and objectively decided.
- Environmental Policy: We reduce our carbon footprint where we can. We offset with ClimatePartner what remains. We pride ourselves that everyone at our firm is committed to sustainability and takes action.
Company HQ
Schwabing-West, Munich, Germany
Leadership
Lars Langusch
(Founder)Co-founded and was CEO at Parship.
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