You will be part of the growth investment team at Balderton, working closely with our team to provide detailed research on new technology sectors, meet entrepreneurs and identify the most promising technology businesses coming out of Europe.

The role will be based in our Kings Cross offices in London. Responsibilities will vary week by week and will be influenced by you and a Partner you will work with directly. You can expect the role to divide roughly into:

50% source and evaluate new investments:

• Actively source new opportunities across specific verticals and specific geographies (mapped to your background, and sectors on which you will build a thesis on)
• Support with rapid initial screening of businesses for investment potential
• Provide detailed analysis / due diligence as we move closer to a deal, including market and competitive analysis, customer references and financial modelling
• Build comprehensive valuation frameworks including public comparables and precedents transactions to inform our investment decisions

Key skills: Comfort with financial and non-financial reporting, reaching conclusions quickly based on limited information, proactive research using best in class public and proprietary resources and tools, strong pattern-recognition across a tech sector, advanced excel modeling skills, strong interest in technology.

40% lead deep-dives into new technology sectors:

• Work closely with one of our Partners to research and then develop our thesis in emerging technology markets
• Attend industry events, meet relevant entrepreneurs and experts
• Work with existing research tools as well as help us develop new insights and processes using third party tools and internal data and AI infrastructure
• Identify promising investments in the sector
• Present your findings to the team, and stay up to date with developments in that sector over time

Key skills: Self-motivation, strong research and analytical skills, passionate about emerging technologies, comfortable leading research projects, proactive networker, tech savvy and curious

10% support Balderton’s portfolio companies and the fund generally: