Chris Hayes Associates
Investment Director - Growth Capital
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🌟 Investment Director – Growth Capital 🌟
Ready to continue in the exciting world of Venture/Growth Capital and work with one of the UK’s most respected firms outside of London? This could be your chance.
Our client is a high-growth Venture/Growth Capital house backing early-stage tech innovators and growing lower mid-market businesses. With ambitious expansion plans, they’re looking for a dynamic Investment Director to join their team in Birmingham.
🚀 Why this role?
This isn’t just a desk job. You’ll be at the forefront of sourcing deals, meeting brilliant entrepreneurs, and shaping the businesses of tomorrow. If you’ve got the drive and curiosity, the investment know-how can be taught — what matters is your sharp mind and passion for growth.
💡 Who you are
- Background in Investing, Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring, Consulting, Tech, or Sciences.
- Growth Capital/Venture Capital/Private Equity experience is a bonus, not a requirement.
- Strong academic record.
- Commercially minded, curious, and excited by new ideas.
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🔥 What you’ll do
- Originate deals and uncover the next big opportunities.
- Evaluate business plans and investment cases to achieve annual investment targets (at a team and individual level).
- Identification and assessment of suitable new investment opportunities to achieve annual investment targets (at a team and individual level).
- Undertaking business development and self-generating proposals, actively promoting the Fund and its activities to its target audiences.
- Negotiating deals and executing transactions, including the technical structuring of competitive investment packages to meet the requirements of the Fund.
- Completion of all relevant financial, people and legal elements of any transaction, including management of any due diligence process and liaising with external advisors.
- Post investment after-care, comprising management and monitoring of the financial and operational performance of the investee company and supporting and giving guidance on its operational and strategic issues.
- Ensuring service level standards and turnaround times are met.
- Ensuring all regulatory and customer requirements are complied with.
- Preparing written reports and verbal presentations to the Investment Committee in respect of investment recommendations.
- Mentoring the team and developing less experienced colleagues.
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💷 The rewards
- Competitive salary + exceptional bonus + carry.
- Huge career growth potential in a firm with serious momentum.
- The chance to be part of a story of innovation and profitability over the coming years.
👉 If you’re ambitious, curious, and ready to shape the future with a top-tier VC, this is the opportunity to grab.
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