Investment Analyst

Audeo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in software companies across the United States and Latin America. Founded in 2021, we now manage more than $350 million across two funds and a series of co-investment vehicles, and we are growing quickly.Our portfolio includes four companies now valued above a billion dollars, among them Figure, DevRev, Plata and Corgi, alongside investments in Caramel, which exited to eBay, Honor Education and Too Good To Go.The firm was co-founded by Pavel Tinkov and Greg Laurent Josi, who previously built LJTS Group together, managing a public portfolio for a London-based family office. Pavel studied at USC, HKUST and Bocconi, and draws on the network of his family business, Tinkoff Bank, one of the world's largest digital banks by customer base. Greg holds a BSc in Political Economics from Bocconi and brings a family background across European insurance, fintech and private equity, including businesses later acquired by AXA and Ingenico.We are two partners. There is no investment committee beyond us and no layers between the work and the decision, which is why this role exists.THE ROLESourcing sits with the partners. Your work begins once a company is in the pipeline, and covers the analysis that determines whether we invest.We run two to four weeks of internal and external diligence on each opportunity, with a preliminary and a final investment committee. You should expect several companies to be in process at the same time, at different stages, and a significant part of the role is managing that concurrency without letting quality slip on any one of them.Running diligence on companies the partners bring in, including customer calls, reference calls and expert callsBuilding financial models from scratch, running scenario and sensitivity analysis, and working through cap tables, dilution and returns across future roundsWriting the investment memo and presenting it to the partners at both the preliminary and the final investment committeeMarket and competitor research, market sizing, and thesis work across fintech, enterprise software, AI and adjacent sectorsBuilding diligence and research workflows using AI tools, and improving them over timeScreening inbound opportunities against our criteria and preparing those worth further reviewSupporting execution through to closing, working with counsel on documentation and the closing checklistPortfolio monitoring, collecting KPIs from founders, tracking performance and flagging issues as they ariseWorking with our Investor Relations and Operations Manager to draft the quarterly reporting updates that go to our limited partnersREQUIREMENTSPlease do not apply unless you meet all of the below. We review every application and will not consider those that fall short of these requirements.A minimum of two years in a Tier 1 investment banking or private equity firm.A bachelor's degree or higher in a related field, such as finance, economics, engineering, mathematics or computer science, from a leading university.Strong financial modelling. You should be able to build from a blank sheet, structure scenarios properly, and explain the drivers behind the output.Clear written work. The memo is the basis on which decisions are made here, and you will present yours directly to the partners.Demonstrable proficiency with AI tools applied to research and diligence. We will ask you to walk us through workflows you have built.The judgment and confidence to form a view and put it forward, in a team small enough that your analysis carries real weight.Ideally based in the UAE and already holding a visa permitting you to work here. If not, we can help.HOURSHours are flexible rather than fixed. We expect you in the Dubai office through the working day, five days a week. Because much of our diligence involves companies, customers and references in the United States, some calls will fall in the evening Dubai time, and you can take those from home.DETAILSLocation: Dubai, One Central, DWTCSchedule: Five days a week in the office, evening calls from home when neededCompensation: Competitive, based on previous experience + standard benefitsCarried interest: Participation in the funds is available at this levelReporting to: Pavel Tinkov and Greg Laurent Josi, Founding PartnersStart date: Mid October to early NovemberTRAJECTORYYou will sit with the partners, follow every deal from first review through to closing, and have direct exposure to our founders and our portfolio.There is a clear path from this seat to Associate, and we would rather promote from within than hire above you.