Microsoft

M12 Associate

Microsoft • $113K — $187K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 3+ years of experience in venture investing or equivalent experience.
  • 1+ year of experience on a deal team.
  • Strong understanding of financial analysis and valuation modeling.
  • Passion for Technology, Venture Capital, and Start-ups.
  • Superior research and analytical abilities.
  • Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor market trends and startups for investment opportunities.
  • Track and analyze VCs, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.
  • Conduct in-depth research on industry trends to form insights.
  • Generate and promote innovative research ideas in defined themes.
  • Attend industry events to build relationships for deal sourcing.
  • Support due diligence with risk assessment and financial modeling.
  • Manage operations related to metrics tracking and investment reporting.

Benefits

  • Diversity of ideas and perspectives encouraged.
  • Focus on continuous learning and professional development.
  • Team-centered work environment with emphasis on collaboration.
  • Opportunities to contribute to portfolio value enhancement.
Full Job Description
Overview

We're seeking an Associate to help build thesises around current and new domains of interest, monitor the market, source deals, build relationships with top-tier investors, support the investment processes and due diligence, and assist our portfolio companies 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, and startup companies for potential investments in thematic 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


Deal sourcing and support for Investment processes and Due Diligence

  • Attend industry conferences, building relationships with startups and venture investors


  • Source deals aligned to key themes and thesis areas for M12


  • Assist with due diligence evaluation of all relevant areas 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 qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Architecture, or related field AND 3+ years full-time experience in venture investing experience, supporting partners in sourcing, diligence and deal execution; additional experience in investment banking, consulting, strategic consulting, investment banking, venture capital, building technology, product management, and/or enterprise entrepreneurial ventures experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ year(s) experience on a deal team.


Preferred qualifications

  • A good understanding of financial and business analysis, unit economics and valuation modeling using multiple 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


  • Critical thinking using superior research and analytical abilities


  • Proficient writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills


  • Experience managing multiple projects under compressed timeframes


  • Ability to develop creative insights, recommendations, and solutions


  • Ability to influence internal and external audiences, stakeholders using evangelism, partnership, and networking skills


  • Demonstrated experience achieving results through collaboration in a team-centered environment


  • Willingness to work at times under time pressure due to competitive deal situations and short investment timescales


  • 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


Corporate Ventures IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86,100.00 - $169,800.00 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113,300.00 - $187,400.00 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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