Associate, Investor Relations Operations

500 Startups

500 Startups

Operations
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Our Mission
We uplift people and economies around the world through entrepreneurship.
About Us
500 Global is a venture capital firm with more than USD2.7 billion in assets under management that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth.
We invest far and wide, across sectors and geographies, including 49 companies valued at USD1B+ and 150+ companies valued at more than USD100 million.
500 Global’s Southeast Asia family of funds have backed over 270+ companies, including USD1B+ companies Grab, Bukalapak, Carousell, Carsome, and Kredivo. This is just the beginning – we are actively growing to serve more founders, as well as connect startups with capital, expertise, and global networks to help them succeed.
Read more about the backstory of the team, the culture and why we are hiring: https://sea.500.co/careers
About the Role
We have sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, pensions, multi-nationals, ultra high net worth individuals, family offices and more entrusting us with their capital as Limited Partners (“LPs”). Our global concierge of Investor Relations (“IR”) professionals are dedicated to servicing our LPs. You are the engine behind our IR operating system – you equip our IR professionals with the collateral required for a successful LP meeting, you execute projects and events that engage our most important stakeholders, and you ensure tight coordination and communications across our IR, investments and back office teams. You will support strategy and structuring of relationships, and managing due diligence,communication and compliance exercises. This will also include generating new LP leads and prospects. This role will work cross-functionally, monitoring and optimizing for capital formation and relationship development opportunities. Apart from that, you share our passion for uplifting people and economies around the world through entrepreneurship. You thrive in entrepreneurial, creative, fast-paced environments managing multiple time zones and working with people around the world from different backgrounds and cultures. You have exceptional communication skills, organizational skills, keen attention to detail and a strong ability to manage relationships and projects, start-to-end.

Job Description

  • Report to and support the firm’s Investor Relations team coverage for Asia Pacific, providing assistance across the full spectrum of front office (i.e. preparation of LP meetings and lead generation), middle office (i.e. preparation of marketing materials and due diligence requests), and back office (i.e. fund administration and compliance) services.
  • Support the firm’s investor relations needs by preparing background research for LP meetings, preparing and/or updating marketing materials (e.g., decks, pitch books, monthly fact sheets, quarterly letters), writing meeting minutes, and drafting responses for due diligence questionnaires (“DDQs”), request for proposals (“RFPs”) and other information requests, whilst collaborating with other teams such as Legal, Finance and Data, as appropriate.
  • Work with LPs through their due diligence, investment subscription and fund onboarding process (including ensuring adherence to Singapore and U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Know-Your-Customer requirements), as well as periodic compliance exercises
  • Maintain and manage our SalesForce system by logging all meeting notes and sales opportunities, , and generating actionable summary reports on a routine basis for internal team meetings and updates. Identify and implement optimizations to the IR operations process (tools, technology, general process, etc).Support the APAC IR Team in driving strategic projects related to lead generation, sales pipeline, and organizing fundraising roadshows. Collaborate with the Global IR Team on identifying potential cross-selling investment opportunities for LPs.
  • Support the execution of virtual and in-person events for LPs such as general LP meetings, Annual General Meetings (AGMs), networking events, portfolio company meetings, and support the 500 Global Partners' speaking engagements.
  • Prepare tailored communications and regular content for LPs, such as monthly newsletters, coverage of portfolio companies, and investment partner views. Collaborate with the APAC IR and Investment Teams to provide insights of value to LPs.
  • Work closely with others in the Firm to understand and articulate its history, investment strategy and process, market positioning, competitive advantages, and different fund products.

Requirement

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, law or related fields.
  • 1+ years’ professional experience in capital formation and / or investor relations at a venture capital / private equity firm, asset manager or high growth venture-backed company, or as a paralegal in a reputable law firm having supported the capital markets and / or mergers & acquisitions (M&A) teams
  • Strong project management skills with experience working across different teams, different clients, and different time zones.
  • Has had experience developing and optimizing marketing materials, legal documents and due diligence requests.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills across both marketing content and legalese.
  • High attention to detail, thorough, organized and self-motivated.
  • Good understanding of financial reporting and ability to analyze fund performance.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets) or Microsoft tools (Excel and Powerpoint).
  • Familiarity with SalesForce or other CRM and database software.
  • Ability to multitask between projects and deliverables and maintain a high level of accountability.
  • Comfortable with working in an unstructured, cross-culture, global environment with high expectations.
  • Ambitious, curious, passionate about startup culture, venture capital and technology
Benefits:
Health Care Plan (Medical & Dental), Group Term Life, Wellness Allowance, Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays), Training & Development
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