Associate at Search Fund

4 days ago


London, United Kingdom Nova Founders Capital Full time
Job Description

Are you an experienced or aspiring Associate? Are you passionate about building companies and searching for your next opportunity to lead a backed start-up or scale-up? Do you want to be part of an ambitious, fast-growing environment with experienced founders and entrepreneurs? Then you might be our next Search Fund Associate.

About Us

Nova Founders Capital is a global operational investment group that creates and invests in business models of the future. Nova Founders Capital’s management team has started 30+ companies over the last 10 years and has exited companies through sale and IPO, backed by investors such as Goldman Sachs, Alibaba, Peter Thiel, and The World Bank.

Our Mission

On our journey to empower ambitious and extraordinary talents, we have created the opportunity to become a CEO through a Search Fund. Besides investing in and building large-scale fast-growing business models, we have created an investment vehicle to invest in the right founders and CEOs to find a business venture they can excel in and support them in their journey to create extraordinary companies.

What We Offer You

Nova Founders Capital is searching for experienced or aspiring Associates for their Search Funds. You will get the unique opportunity to acquire or start new companies to expand our existing portfolio or become an Associate of an existing company within our portfolio.

You will become part of an ambitious network and have a dedicated Board of Directors consisting of experienced founders, board members, and CEOs that have started, acquired, built, and exited various companies.

Your Responsibilities

As an Associate, you will have the sole responsibility of building and growing your business. Specific tasks vary based on the specific stage and company, and will include:

  • Build a world-class organisation.
  • Build, lead, develop, and motivate an exceptional team.
  • Define and execute strategies to drive results across all functions.
  • Recruit the right people and constantly develop the employees.
  • Be fully responsible for the P&L and day-to-day operations.

What do we expect from you

  • Strong work ethic with a sense of urgency.
  • Exceptional drive and desire to be the best at what you do.
  • Proactive approach and sense of ownership/responsibility of everything you do.
  • A humble approach and share our passion for building companies and developing people.
  • Interested in continuous learning and proactively searching for ways to optimise.
  • Min. a bachelor or master degree with great results.
  • Top-tier academics, maybe with an MBA.
  • 3-7 years at a top-tier consulting firm, investment bank, start-up, or company.

Expected Start Date

We are hiring on a continuous basis.

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