Investment Principal - Venture Capital

Charterhouse

Doha, Qatar

Posted
Ref: GP186-6710

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

An international EM venture capital fund is looking to build a greenfield fund in Doha. As a result, the firm are seeking an experienced Investment Manager to lead investments across both GCC and South East Asia start-ups. This fund aims to deploy capital into a range of start-ups across the GCC and wider MENA region at Pre-seed to Series A and beyond.

Being the Principal for the Middle East and SEA Fund, this role will be responsible for sourcing and executing transactions across both jurisdictions. The firm have highlighted a number of Venture Partners to introduce founders looking to raise capital, allowing you to leverage these relationships. This role has a view to becoming managing partner of the ME fund in the mid to long term.

This will be a very hands-on role and the opportunity to build a leading fund in the GCC’s VC ecosystem, having a tangible effect on driving start up growth and developing the new wave of GCC founders. The firm have a commercial first approach to investing which is underpinned by a meaningful investment approach.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate must have 7+ years VC/Growth/PE investment experience, ideally with exposure to both Middle East and SE Asia transactions. Having a solid understanding of the region’s start up landscape is critical alongside strong relationships with LPs and Founders in the region. Arabic speaker is also essential for this position.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.

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