Director, Institutional Investor Relations

The Company
Founded in 2014, InvestX is a late-stage venture capital firm with offices in Vancouver and New York, currently investing through its fifth fund. Since inception, InvestX has made over US $800 million in investments across more than 35 portfolio companies, including Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, Airbnb, SoFi, Spotify, and Docu Sign. InvestX funds have generated an average IRR of 23.1%, with seven of the past eleven vintages ranking in the top quartile for distributions to paid-in capital (DPI).

InvestX is backed by Jefferies, Virtu Financial, and Canaccord Genuity and has been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Bloomberg, U.S. News, Business Insider, Reuters, The Globe and Mail, and other major publications.

The Opportunity
InvestX is seeking an experienced institutional capital raiser to build its Canadian institutional investor business. Working closely with senior leadership and the investment team, this senior individual contributor will have the autonomy to originate relationships, execute a fundraising strategy, and secure capital commitments from institutional allocators.

What You'll Do
Institutional Capital Formation

Develop and execute a Canadian fundraising strategy focused on pension plans, university endowments, foundations, and other institutional investors.

Raise capital for InvestX private market funds and, where appropriate, Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).

Leverage existing relationships and develop new connections with CIOs, investment directors, portfolio managers, investment consultants, and outsourced CIOs (OCIOs).

Lead investor meetings, presentations, and fundraising discussions, navigating institutional approvals through commitment.

Own a qualified institutional pipeline from prospecting through closing.

Institutional Relationship Management

Build long-term investor relationships and understand portfolio objectives, allocation strategies, risk parameters, and liquidity needs.

Present investment opportunities, portfolio performance, and market insights to institutional audiences.

Manage requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for information (RFIs), due diligence questionnaires (DDQs), and investment committee requirements.

Partner with internal teams on investment and operational due diligence, documentation, and onboarding.

Represent InvestX at institutional conferences and industry events.

Strategy and Planning

Provide market intelligence and investor feedback to inform fundraising priorities, product development, and competitive positioning.

Maintain CRM records, pipeline forecasts, and fundraising reports; track qualified opportunities, diligence progress, commitments, and results.

Qualifications

7–10+ years in institutional capital raising, sales, investor relations, or business development within asset management or alternative investments.

Proven success raising capital from Canadian pensions, endowments, foundations, consultants, OCIOs, and other institutional allocators.

Established relationships within the Canadian institutional investment community are required.

Ability to originate relationships independently and manage complex, extended fundraising cycles.

Experience managing institutional RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, and investment presentations.

Knowledge of private market fund structures, secondaries, commitments, reporting, and institutional investor requirements.

Excellent presentation, communication, negotiation, analytical, and relationship management skills.

Entrepreneurial approach and disciplined pipeline management; ability to communicate sophisticated investment strategies clearly.

Relevant Canadian securities registration or professional designations (such as CFA) are assets.

A Background Check including Criminal Record, Credit, and other…