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Investment Portfolio Associate

Location
New York, NY
Entry Level
Other
Key Responsibilities: 
  • Evaluate potential investments related to our industry through due diligence, market research and competitive analysis; Research and identify trends for companies and financing and analyze product and competitive dynamics. 
  • Actively meet companies through various channels such as online research, networking events and referrals from our network.
  • Manage pipeline of deal flow to successfully structure and close investments. 
  • Contribute to investment memos by performing qualitative and quantitative diligence for prospective investments. 
  • Partner with portfolio companies to support their business growth, adding value through your analysis, experience, and advice. 
  • Support financial analysis and valuation and structure alternatives for decision purposes. 
  • Manage internal reporting of portfolio company performance, creating internal dashboards to identify growth patterns and inform follow-on investment strategy. 
  • Founder Recruitment: 
    • Work with investment team to identify promising founders who fit investment criteria. 
    • Support investment team with email outreach, scheduling/calendar management, and post-meeting follow-up requests with founders. 
  • Company Due Diligence:
    • Support the diligence process to evaluate potential investments. 
    • Support the investment team on decision-making and communication/pipeline management with founders in the funnel.
  • Fund Reporting:
    • Manage monthly reporting on fund performance, leveraging internal software to track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) that reflect the growth, profitability, and sustainability of our investments.
  • Portfolio Support:
    • Work with founders on utilizing superchargers afforded to the founder.
    • Coordinate quarterly meetups with portfolio companies.
    • Data collection and company updates for each portfolio company.
Requirements:
  • Passion for Pronghorn’s mission is essential.
  • 2-3 years of investment banking or direct Venture Capital or Private Equity experience.
  • Familiarity with the construct within an Investment Memo and research required to build.
  • An investment track record that demonstrates the ability to source, transact and grow early stage businesses.
  • An entrepreneurial attitude, a demonstrated curiosity, a willingness to pitch in every aspect of the business and grow an ethos of hard work and initiative in previous endeavors.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects on time and in parallel.
  • Strong emotional intelligence, experience with recruiting, vetting or advising entrepreneurs is a plus.
  • A genuine passion for startups, an entrepreneurial mindset and a desire to learn.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity but with high expectations.
  • Available to travel.
  • Expertise with google sheets and other tools utilized by our founders.

Key Traits:
·       Purposeful: Passion for equity, education, and social impact. 
·       Storyteller: Ability to communicate clearly complex ideas and simplify it for broader or less experienced              audiences to inspire passion in others.
·       Inviting: Value collaboration both internally and externally and working as a part of a team.
·       Relationship builder: Successful at building relationships across lines of difference that center trust and              mutual respect. 
·       Endurance: Exhibit stamina and resilience; ability to push through adversity
·       Holistic Solution Thinking: Possesses a high level of comfort working with complex ideas where numerous            sources of information must be integrated and interpreted.
·       Integrity - Ability to take ownership for responsibilities and do what we say we will do no matter what.
·       Self-Development: Ability to pursue a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and                        developing.
·       Entrepreneurial spirit: Ability to spot opportunities.
·       Agile Advocate: Ability to adapt quickly and quickly learn; driven by the sense of urgency.