Venture Capital Job – Investment Associate – Luge Capital

NOW HIRING Toronto, Canada

Investment Associate

Invest in passionate entrepreneurs, become an active member of the start-up community, thrive as a thought leader and lead your own initiatives.

THE ROLE
Join our crew

Luge Capital, a leading fintech-focused venture capital firm, is seeking a new investment team member to join our crew. You will be involved in every aspect of the investment process, including sourcing companies, due diligence, deal negotiations, closing transactions and supporting portfolio companies. You will collaborate with other members of the investment team, our Partners, Investment Committee and LPs on a regular basis.
We’re a small crew with huge ambitions to help shape the way the world interacts with financial services and data.
Luge Capital · Toronto, Canada · luge.vc

RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do

1. Sourcing & ideas

   1. Source high quality companies relevant to our ever-evolving investment theses, with a keen eye for strong founders and top fintech players.
   2. Create your own investment ideas, and leverage input from the Luge team and industry players.

2. Diligence & execution

   1. Run the diligence process from beginning to end, bringing in external expert opinions along the way.
   2. Build, assess and draw insights from detailed financial models for portfolio companies and investment opportunities.
   3. Write and review investment memos detailing our thesis for each investment.
   4. Prepare term sheets and interface with legal counsel to negotiate and close investments.

3. Portfolio support

   1. Work with portfolio companies to assist with strategy, hiring, operations, and fundraising.
   2. Attend portfolio company board meetings as an observer, and give well-informed and sound guidance to founders.
   3. Provide specific input for our quarterly financial reports on the status and outlook of the portfolio companies that you cover.

4. Thought leadership

   1. Present your thoughts to Partners and LPs on the latest high-value trends and innovations within the fintech space.
   2. Bring unique value to the fund through your own initiatives.

Luge Capital · Toronto, Canada · luge.vc

QUALIFICATIONS
What we are looking for

1. Deep understanding of early stage venture capital deal mechanics, ideally with a legal and/or finance background.
2. Strong knowledge of fintech, ideally with on-the-ground experience working in the industry. Bonus points if you have product management or operations experience at a growing fintech.
3. Experience with venture capital transactions including cap table analysis, analyzing financial statements, market sizing, industry research, and valuations analysis.
4. A VC, private equity, or investment banking background would be beneficial.
5. Able to manage your own deals from start to finish and create new opportunities to pursue.
6. Strong in Excel modeling and PowerPoint.
7. Attention to detail and well organized.
8. Willing and able to travel in Canada and the United States.
9. An active member of the fintech and venture capital community.

WHAT WE OFFER
Compensation & benefits

1. Competitive salary
2. Complete benefits package
3. Carried interest
   Possibility for sharing in the profits of the fund.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Luge Capital · Toronto, Canada · luge.vc

HOW TO APPLY
Get a warm intro.
Every strong founder knows the best way to get a VC’s attention is a warm intro, and vice versa, so we’re applying the same logic here. If you’re interested in this role, use your network to get introduced to us.

ABOUT
About Luge Capital

Founded in 2018, Luge Capital is an early-stage, fintech-focused venture capital firm with approximately $180M under management across two funds. We leverage deep domain expertise and extensive industry insights to back the most promising fintech companies in Canada and the U.S. The firm’s strategic base of LPs includes large financial institutions, leading insurance carriers, and big pension funds. For additional information, visit Luge.vc.

2018
Founded

~$180M
Under management

2
Funds

CA + US
Early-s

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