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The Techstars Talent Acquisition Team
Location: New York, NY
Investor Relations Analyst
Techstars is seeking an Investor Relations Analyst to join the Investment team. As an Investor Relations Analyst, you will play a crucial role in supporting all facets of capital raising and ongoing investor relationship management including collateral preparation and maintenance, pipeline management, conferences and roadshows, annual meetings and events, due diligence processes, and bespoke projects and deliverables. The position requires someone who is detail oriented, with excellent communication, time management, and organization skills, with the ability to make independent decisions regarding the best way to handle and prioritize tasks. The candidate must have the highest integrity, a respect for confidentiality, and demonstrate good judgment. The IR Analyst is expected to be resourceful, reliable, credible and a team player.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Update and maintain presentations, one-pagers, due diligence questionnaires and other investor-related and fundraising materials. Help create bespoke materials, as necessary. Ensure consistency and accuracy across the entire suite of materials.
- Participate in due diligence processes by gathering and organizing information requested by potential investors in partnership with internal subject matter experts.
- Coordinate with Finance, Legal and Business Intelligence teams to ensure timely turn-around and sign off on investor-related requests and any updated information that the Capital Formation Team may need.
- Facilitate distribution of investor materials.
- Prepare, PDF, watermark and track marketing materials and offering documents.
- Collect investor and investment information and support to prepare quarterly, yearly and ad-hoc communications to investors.
- Provide organizational, analytical and logistical assistance for investor activities related to prospecting and pipelining (leverage Preqin and other investor databases, as appropriate).
- Prepare deliverables for investor calls and meetings including dossiers and company descriptions for client meetings (gather critical data and account information for briefing materials)Identify other potential touch points using LinkedIn, Affinity and other contact sources.
- Maintain and update investor databases and records, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality. Ensure all contact, background and investor information is accurately reflected in the CRM, ensuring detailed meeting notes and activities are posted in a timely fashion. Work with Finance and Engineering teams to ensure account information is updated in Salesforce. Evaluate and track prospective investor opportunities across funds via Salesforce.
- Assist with pipeline reporting and distribute to the team as needed for weekly sales meetings.
- Ensure consistency and accuracy of information across Techstars systems.
- Support the planning and execution of Annual General Meeting, Events and bespoke initiatives.
- Support ongoing sales, investor relations, service and communications efforts.
- Work with internal stakeholders (Finance, Legal, etc.) to field any requests and coordinate meetings, and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging market opportunities. Provide market research and insights to support fundraising efforts.
- Support ad hoc business reviews, board of director meetings and other requests, as needed.
- Audit the Techstars Investor Relations shared inbox to assist with inbound requests and ensure relevant information is captured in Salesforce.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field.
- 1 -3 years of experience in a comparable support role, preferably in sales and marketing or investor relations at an asset manager with private funds products.
- Working knowledge of the financial markets and asset management, preferably with some knowledge of private equity, growth equity and/or venture capital.
- Interest in and passion for tech markets and entrepreneurship.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong oral and written communication and analytical skills with demonstrated ability to think critically to ensure high quality and efficient output without sacrificing standards.
- Very organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
- Self-starter who responds promptly to internal and external requests.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
- Salesforce (or other CRM) experience is a plus but not a requirement.
- Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements is a plus, but not a requirement.
Compensation: $80,000 – $90,000 plus 10% bonus
About Techstars
Techstars is the most active pre-seed investor in the world having invested through its accelerators in more than 3,700 companies. Founded in 2006, Techstars believes that entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to invest in an unprecedented number of startups per year enabling more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. www.techstars.com
Techstars is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity nor any other basis prohibited by law.
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