Investment Senior Associate, Venture Capital

Location: Toronto

The Senior Associate, Venture Capital supports the evaluation, execution, and ongoing management of venture capital investments, both co-investment and venture fund opportunities. Working closely with the Managing Director, the role is responsible for conducting financial, company and industry due diligence; financial modelling; assessing returns; preparing investment recommendations; and monitoring portfolio performance. The position requires strong analytical skills, investment judgment, and communication skills.

This role is integral to the Manulife Investment Management (MIM) Venture Capital team, in assessing new transactions, monitoring portfolio companies and developments in targeted industries. The MIM Venture Capital team is focused on mid stage and growth stage business software investing in North American.

This position will take a lead in industry research, deal assessment, valuation, and comprehensive due diligence of a wide variety of business software opportunities.

Position Responsibilities:

Assist in the completion of in-depth company due diligence, including analyzing the startup software firm itself, its market, competitors and growth opportunities.

Assess software firms for the quality of the underlying technology, appeal of the solution, and ability to scale and capture market share.

Assist in the preparation of investment memo material, summarizing the investment opportunity and analysis of the team, product, market, competitors, financial model and returns.

Complete proactive market research to identify potential investment opportunities.

Meet with software startups and venture funds, and attend local and industry events, as needed.

Complete annual reviews on the performance of the existing venture portfolio.

Other tasks as required.

Qualifications Consider yourself an ideal candidate for this program if you are a highly motivated individual with demonstrated analytical, problem solving, and leadership skills; possess strong interpersonal skills; function well in a team environment and if you are a results-oriented individual. In addition, we are looking for candidates who have the following:

Bachelor of Commerce, Computer Science, Engineering, Science or other relevant degree

Have 6 to 8 years, or more, of relevant experience with established tech or startup firms, investment banking, venture capital, private equity, and/or consulting.

Strong interest in new tech and trends, early-stage startups and venture investing.

Demonstrated project and time management skills in a multi-tasking environment.

Highly motivated self-starter.

Solid experience using Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

When you join our team:

We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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