Overview

About Collective Spark:

We are a venture capital fund focusing on early stage technology ventures. We aim to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. We consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specialized talent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success.

We are looking for a self-driven, results oriented, analytically strong, problem solver and team player with a can-do positive attitude who is passionate about startups and helping build big businesses in an imperfect environment.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the overall strategy, how we differentiate our approach and finetune our mandate
  • Build relationships with domain experts, potential local and international co-investors, potential acquirers
  • Manage analysts and associates and contribute to their continuous learning
  • Manage activities related to building a healthy and expanded pipeline, filtering and qualifying deal opportunities
  • Take the lead on deals sourced by oneself and support the partners for deals sourced by them, take the lead on proactive outbound efforts with respect to investment themes
  • Own the process of analyzing KPIs, documents and financial models with respect to investment opportunities and own the process of putting together investment proposals
  • Manage and oversee deal execution, legal and financial due diligence
  • Support portfolio companies in areas that are critical to their success including but not limited to: operations, recruitment, marketing, PR, KPI tracking, local and international business development
  • Support partners in all aspects of fundraising and investor relations

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university in the fields of engineering, economics, business or similar
  • MBA or Masters from a reputable university
  • Minimum 10 – 15 years of experience as a management consultant, M&A consultant, investment professional, P&L owner, entrepreneur or in a key role at a startup
  • Having studied/worked abroad is a plus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Proficiency in MS Office, experience with analytics and BI tools
  • Passion for startups and venture capital