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Graduate Investment Associate
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Graduate Investment Associate
Job Title: Graduate Investment Associate Industry: Venture Capital Employment Type: Permanent Location: London Salary Guide: Competitive + bonus REF: TT54019
Overview Our client is a leading VC firm that invests in exciting tech businesses. Due to natural growth they are seeking a highly motivated graduate with excellent academics to join their team as Investment Associate.
Description Our client is a British VC firm focused on the tech space. They lead pre-seed and seed rounds with investments of up to c. £3m, with almost £150m AUM so far. As an Investment Associate, you will work closely with the firm’s founders to help drive future growth in the firm.
Much of your time will be spent on supporting origination of future deals. Your core responsibility will be finding emergent businesses suitable for investment, speaking to founders, running research and analysis, and building your network among founders and other sector leaders.
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
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Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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Alongside this, you will support the firm’s senior leaders across different projects, including develping their data platform, arranging events for founders and the wider ecosystem, and supporting investor relations/ reporting.
Skills We are looking for either recent graduates or those about to graduate, with tier 1 academics, ideally in a STEM degree. A passion for technology, AI, and data is also a must-have.
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. If you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for approaching 40 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in private equity, media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.
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