Location: London, United Kingdom
Sector: Venture Capital / Technology & FinTech
Seniority: Director / VP (6+ years’ experience)
Our client is an entrepreneurial, cross-border venture capital firm that backs early-stage, high-growth technology and FinTech businesses. Connecting global innovation with strategic capital, the firm partners closely with visionary founders at the seed and Series A stages. To support its next phase of scaling – currently raising its latest early-stage fund with immediate plans for a larger successor vehicle – the firm is seeking a dynamic, highly driven, and hands-on Director of Investor Relations / VP of Capital Raising.
The Director of Investor Relations will take a central role in shaping and driving the firm’s global fundraising strategy, building long-term partnerships with family offices, private wealth networks, and emerging growth-focused institutional allocators. This is a highly visible, hands-on role that combines strategic leadership with meticulous operational execution, requiring both deep venture ecosystem literacy and a proven track record of securing capital from private and entrepreneurial wealth channels.
Key Responsibilities
- Fundraising Strategy & Execution: Lead and drive the end-to-end capital raising cycle for the current venture fund and coordinate the long-term planning, positioning, and structuring of the larger successor vehicle, working closely with the Founding Partners to establish and achieve key closing milestones.
- LP Network Expansion: Proactively source, map, and secure new capital commitments with a primary focus on global single and multi-family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, tech founders, and niche, growth-focused institutional investors across Europe and key cross-border markets.
- Investor Relations & Servicing: Serve as the primary, high-touch point of contact for the firm’s global LP base, maintaining deep engagement through transparent reporting, regular portfolio updates, customized quarterly letters, and comprehensive annual general meetings (AGMs).
- Venture & Tech Portfolio Storytelling: Collaborate closely with investment professionals and portfolio company founders to capture strategic portfolio metrics, translate complex technology or FinTech concepts, and synthesize early-stage valuations and TVPI/DPI metrics into highly polished, investor-ready presentations, PPMs, and marketing collateral.
- Operational IR & Systems Management: Take full ownership of investor operations, including maintaining and optimizing CRM databases), managing secure virtual data rooms (VDRs) for due diligence, and tracking the global fundraising pipeline.
- Investor Onboarding & Compliance: Streamline and run the onboarding process for new LPs, managing the execution of subscription documentation, coordinating KYC and AML procedures, and leading responses to due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) and requests for information (RFPs).
- Cross-Functional Internal Alignment: Partner with the legal, finance, and fund administration teams to ensure that all investor communications, reporting schedules, tax certificates, and fund disclosures are delivered accurately and adhere strictly to global regulatory compliance standards.
- Thought Leadership & Representation: Represent the firm externally at venture capital conferences, industry panels, and private wealth roundtables, acting as a key ambassador to build the firm’s global visibility and brand equity.
- Market & Competitive Intelligence: Continuously analyze global VC fundraising trends, valuation movements, LP allocation behaviors, and competitor performance to ensure the firm’s investment narrative remains highly differentiated and competitive.
Candidate Requirements
- Venture & Private Markets Experience: At least 6 to 10 years of experience within venture capital, growth equity, a tech-focused placement agent, or a highly active startup investment platform, with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of direct capital-raising and investor relations exposure.
- Emerging Manager Mindset: Strong ability to operate autonomously and thrive within a lean, fast-paced boutique environment, demonstrating high resilience, adaptability, and a willingness to handle administrative and operational IR work alongside high-level distribution.
- Established LP Network: Warm, active, and transferable relationships with family offices, private wealth managers, and UHNWIs across the UK and Europe, with cross-border networks and familiarity with US or Asian markets highly advantageous.
- Venture Capital Literacy: A deep understanding of early-stage venture capital dynamics, FinTech trends, early-stage startup valuations, and capitalization tables, with the credibility to discuss investment strategies and portfolio company scaling on a technical level.
- Communication & Presentation Excellence: Outstanding storytelling, verbal, and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to synthesize highly complex, technical technology/fintech concepts into elegant, persuasive, and institutional-grade investor presentations, PPMs, and updates.
- Technical & Operational Capability: Proven experience managing investor CRMs, virtual data rooms, and automated investor reporting platforms with high attention to detail and rigorous organizational discipline.
- Fund Structuring & Regulatory Knowledge: Solid understanding of venture fund structures (including Delaware, Caymans, or UK LP setups), side letters, subscription agreements, and relevant regulatory compliance standards in Europe/UK (such as FCA or AIFMD frameworks).
Location & Mobility: Based in London, with the flexibility to travel frequently across Europe and internationally for investor meetings and roadshows.
Please apply by submitting your CV.
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