Investment Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Pronghorn strongly encourages employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pronghorn aligns to federal, state, and local laws.

Pronghorn policies for COVID-19 including guidance about testing and vaccination are subject to change over time.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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