Investment Team, M12

M12 is the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft focused on early-stage investments enabling a cloud-first future, spanning Vertical SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Dev Ops, Autonomous Systems, Healthcare and Web3/Metaverse/Gaming. We’re honored to have backed teams at over 100 great companies since launching the fund in 2016 and supporting them with value-added resources through access to Microsoft’s platform. M12 is headquartered in San Francisco with presence in Seattle, Tel Aviv, London, Singapore, and Bengaluru.

We’re seeking an Analyst to help us build theses around current and new domains of interest, monitor the market, support the investment processes and due diligence, and assist the next cohort of market-leading startups as a member of the investment team. We place a premium on diversity of ideas and are excited to add new perspectives to our team. We value accountability, continuous learning, inclusivity, teamwork, transparency, and trust.

Responsibilities

Research and Market Exploration:

• Perform continuous monitoring of market trends, industry news, growth drivers, and startup companies for potential investments in theme areas supported by lead investor. Track specific VCs, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, sector experts, research organizations, etc.
• Perform high-quality research and analysis on key market and industry trends in defined theme areas to develop new insights and opinionated views
• Help come up and promote new ideas and research activities in defined theme areas

Support Investments processes and Due Diligence:

• Assist with preliminary due diligence evaluation of all relevant dimensions including a solid analysis of risks and opportunities (technological, industrial, intellectual property, commercial, economic, financial, HR, legal, compliance). Financial and unit economics analysis, valuation modeling using multiple methods
• Document startup and investment team meetings
• Track and report on deal flow generated by our team
• Help preparing internal investment memos

Operational:

• Manage various operations such as, (a) metrics tracking, (b) financial and operational KPI documentation and reporting, (c) production of portfolio presentations for periodic reviews, (d) internal investment and valuation tracking
• Generate content for signal exchange with senior leadership and other stakeholders including startup showcase meetings
• Help create media & thought leadership content based on the fund’s investments and market research
• Help to add value to our existing portfolio through research, introductions, and BD activities in partnership with our portfolio development team

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s engineering/MBA degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience such as venture capital, private equity, top-tier strategy consulting, or a startup co-founder.
• Solid understanding of financial and business analysis, unit economics and valuation modeling using standard methods. Knowledge of sector and market analysis; ideally has performed market competitive and consulting presentations and studies.
• Demonstrated passion for Technology, Venture Capital, Start-ups, and Entrepreneurship.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
• Critical thinking, including superior research and analytical abilities; Experience managing multiple projects under compressed timeframes; Ability to develop creative insights, recommendations, and solutions.

 Preferred:

• Ability to influence internal and external audiences, stakeholders using evangelism, partnership, and networking skills
• Demonstrated experience achieving results through collaboration in a strong team-centered environment
• Willingness to work at times under pressure due to competitive deal situations and short investment timescales
• Extremely positive, open, and flexible, intellectually curious with good listening skills, detail-oriented and a self-starter who enjoys working in a collegial workplace; Mental flexibility to be able to adapt to multiple audiences/cultures across global time zones
• Location preference: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR

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