Associate - Venture Capital

Position: Avaana Capital- Associate

Location: Mumbai/Bangalore

About Avaana

Avaana Capital is Indias leading early-stage venture capital fund backing frontier innovation across critical sectors. The fund invests in globally scalable solutions in energy, supply chains, advanced materials, manufacturing, agriculture, and food systems. Avaana brings deep domain expertise, catalytic capital, and an ecosystem approach- spanning policy, industry, and academia- to help founders build transformative businesses.

For further information, please visit: https://avaanacapital.com/

The Role:

The Associate will support the sourcing, evaluation, and execution of early-stage investments in frontier technologies across deeptech, and adjacent sectors, and assist in portfolio management and value creation initiatives alongside senior team members.

Key Responsibilities:

Sourcing of high-quality investment opportunities by leveraging industry networks, deep market research, AI tools and conducting proactive outreach

Building and continuously evolving investment theses by mapping innovation frontiers, analyzing emerging technologies, identifying whitespace opportunities, and assessing long-term scalability, capital efficiency, and global relevance

Supporting due diligence processes, including advanced market analysis, tech/product validation, financial modeling, competitive landscaping, risk assessment, and synthesizing insights into clear investment recommendations

Leveraging data and AI tools to enhance deal sourcing, automate insights extraction, benchmark startups, and streamline investment workflows

Supporting deal execution by supporting term sheet negotiations, drafting investment memos, coordinating with legal and finance teams, and managing transaction documentation and closure

Working with portfolio companies on value creation & strategic guidance on strategy, org buildout, business development, capital planning, and performance tracking

Contributing to ecosystem leadership by representing Avaana in industry dialogues, founder communities, accelerators, and thought-leadership forums

Required Qualifications and Attributes:

2-4 years of experience in investing/ venture capital funds / strategy consulting/ operating roles at high-growth startups or large enterprises. Exposure to frontier sectors- energy, mobility, industrials, manufacturing, robotics, biotech, AI- is a plus.

Highly motivated, self-starter with strong ownership mindset, bold imagination, and deep intellectual curiosity, especially around emerging technologies and frontier solutions

Experience in qualitative analysis, research, and business case development. Should have the ability to conduct primary and secondary market research and to draw insights from ambiguity and connect signals across disciplines

Comfort with using AI-powered tools (e.g., GPT, web scrapers, data visualizers) to augment research, automate workflows, and synthesize large datasets or unstructured information

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas clearly, collaborate effectively in a lean team, and influence stakeholders across contexts

Impeccable standards of integrity, confidentiality, and judgment when handling sensitive or proprietary information

How to apply?

Please apply at the following link: https://forms.gle/fTjohuAm55NSygUr8