Principal, Venture Capital - Thrive Venture Fund

We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits
  , including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal
  days
  , sick days as necessary
  , and our offices are closed
  from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid
  work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning
  , training and development
  , and much more...

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BDC’s Thrive Venture Fund (TVF) is the largest of its kind globally, investing in Canada’s leading female entrepreneurs to drive transformative impact. The $300M fund was launched in the Fall of 2022 with a focused objective of investing in women-led, high growth, innovative technology companies in Canada.

Our investments in female entrepreneurs are bringing game changing solutions to some of the worlds biggest challenges across industries and sectors. We seek highly driven founders and teams who are leveraging breakthrough innovations in technology with triple bottom line vision: focusing on people, planet and profit. TVF is sector agnostic and invests in late seed to Series B companies with strong growth and highly scalable market potential, that bring together the best innovation, team, and resources to transform today’s markets.

Principals join one of our funds as experienced investment professionals to aid in sourcing potential deals, oversee their execution, and take responsibility for the investment’s relationship and performance.

In this role, you will be an integral member of our investment team and involved in all aspects of the investment and portfolio management process. You will start sourcing deals and leading complex due diligence efforts, managing key team members for new and/or existing investment opportunities that ultimately shape the future of Canadian economy. You are expected to play a proactive role in representing BDC Capital as a first-class player in the ecosystem, assist Partners in the leadership of deals, and coach Analysts, Associates and Associate Principals.

• Ensure that new and existing investment research files, business plans, and periodic performance reports provided by companies, as well as any other information collected by the investment team, are maintained in conformity with BDC’s policies and procedures
• Contribute to a high performing team environment within the internal fund built on trust, collaboration, and high aspirations
• Ensure the progression of professionals in the deal team, balancing workload, coaching, and identifying opportunities to assign higher responsibilities
• Assist on occasion with recruiting for the team and new employees’ onboarding

• Lead initial assessment of companies by coordinating initial business plan reviews, managing initial communication with entrepreneurs, and referring sources, and preparing initial interview guides and alignment memoranda with recommendations to pursue or decline
• Build and maintain networks within the investment community, acting as an ambassador for the funds, BDC Capital and BDC
• Work with investment partners and other funds to build relationships for deal flow and syndication
• Keep abreast of significant developments and activities in the entrepreneurial community and continue to raise awareness of BDC Capital through networking and related opportunities
• Contribute to the sourcing and identification of high-potential venture companies for investment based on the teams’ investment parameters

• Lead complex due diligence for new and/or existing investment opportunities…