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VP, Investor Relations / Capital Raising, Cannabis Focused Venture Firm

New York, NY (Near Columbus Circle)

Our Firm

We are among the original and longest-standing venture capital and private equity firms in the cannabis sector. Our team has contributed to the institutionalization of the sector, early on, with nine strategic cannabis investments to date. This is a great opportunity to join a strong strategic investment platform and known brand in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. While we spent years as an early mover into the sector focusing on our strategic positioning, establishing deep roots, our pipeline, and relationships, now we are ready for the next step.

Position Summary

We are seeking an entrepreneurial capital raising / investment sales professional to join our team to take our fundraising capabilities and AUM to the next level. Now we are looking for someone to take ownership of day-to-day investment sales and distribution, be it internal growth financing, an upcoming fund, SMA’s, co-investments, and other potential SPV's. The VP reports to a firm Partner on a day-to-day basis. The ideal candidate is a positive and energetic self-starter with proven fundraising capabilities within the private equity, venture capital, investment banking, advisory, placement agent, and cap intro community. The VP will be responsible and accountable for energetic proactive day-to-day investor outreach, follow up, and capital on-boarding. This is a hunter role and you are tasked with identifying, cultivating, and on-boarding new investors beyond the firm’s existing network of investors.

This is a 100% entrepreneurially-based role, largely currently remote due to Covid, that is currently non-salaried and offers tremendous potential upside. We are a well-positioned entrepreneurial, honest, no-ego's-here, performance-driven organization in a fast-growing sector. Fast upward movement, and carry and equity earning potential for exceptional performance and contribution to the firm. If you feel we are a good mutual fit, and you are excited about the growth opportunity, and believe you will be successful, we want to hear from you.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Raise new capital from diverse set of HNW, SFO, VC/PE/HF/FoF investors and other sources of capital

• Manage all investment sales activities including ongoing proactive daily interaction with prospective and existing investors, fundraising, and client communications

• Create and manage measured sales and marketing plans including weekly / monthly cold calling, meeting, and other targets with full reporting to the appropriate Partner

• Engage in a well-organized sales process from lead generation, product presentation to capital on-boarding

• Seek joint ventures and other agreements for the marketing and distribution of our investment products or services to wealth management firms and family offices.

• Update and meticulously maintain the firm's investor client and prospect pipeline (in Salesforce)

• Prepare Partner meeting participants on investors to ensure productive and successful meetings

• Prepare and cull information for SMA proposals for prospective investors

• Coordinate and ensure investor marketing collateral (including presentations, on-boarding packages, product sheets) is up-to-date and effective

Qualifications & Requirements

• Candidate must have strong Financial Background with 3 to 5 years of prior training and work experience from: Investment Banking, Placement Agent, Emerging Manager Distribution, or Capital Introduction

• You have raised significant new capital for alternatives, and great associated references

• Your rolodex include extensive current network of private capital sources including family office, QIBs, HNW, RIA, that you can immediately get to work on for live opportunities

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to create strong visual presentations of information

• Must have strong attention to detail with absolute commitment to qualitative and quantitative accuracy

• Ideal candidate has both (a) an established capital raising track record and tenure at prior firm, (b) is excited about the potential risk/reward of the cannabis sector, and (c) is very interested in an entrepreneurial role with upside potential

• If you are familiar with public vehicle development / capitalizing such as SPAC's, and other go-public's and are able to support capital projects in that zone, that's a big plus

• Expert proficiency of GSuite, Docs, Excel/Sheets, and Powerpoint / Slides, and Salesforce

• Prefer Bachelor’s Degree with Major / coursework in Finance or Economics, but open

• Expert project management skills and effective at prioritizing, maintaining inbox zero on ongoing processes

• You understand how to best leverage lean resources for maximum success

Investor Relations

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:Our team is currently operating on a full-remote basis.

Experience:

• Powerpoint / Slides, etc.: 2 years (Required)
• Salesforce / CRM: 2 years (Preferred)
• Capital Raising: 2 years (Required)
• Google Suite: 2 years (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Application Question:

• What's your availability to start? In what proximity are you to NYC? Are you interested in a (currently) 100% individual and company performance-based entrepreneurial (milestone / equity / performance / GP team share - only role? Are you interested in other current / future roles at the firm in addition to being considered for this role. We regret due to the quantity of applications we may not respond to everyone. Thank you and be safe!

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses
• Other forms

Work Location:

• On the road

This Job Is:

• A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply

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