Investor (Senior Associate)

Investor (Senior Associate)

• Uncover and partner with some of the best tech founders in Israel with a lens to investing in their most significant ideas
• Get a front-row seat to the evolution of cutting-edge technology; analyze the present to try and envision the future.
• Join an engaging, high-performing international team

About the Company

Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies, primarily in AI and fintech. We were founded on the belief that technology would transform every industry in the world - and that brilliant, ambitious founders would sit at the heart of this change. We’re squarely focused on helping these founders succeed.

Square Peg has ~US$4 billion in assets under management across its venture capital, opportunities and global listed equities funds. In addition, we’ve delivered material realised returns of US$0.85 billion. Since 2012 we have invested in over 100 companies including Canva, Fiverr, Rokt, Stripe, Supabase, Aidoc, Exodigo, Deci and Airwallex.

About the role

As an Investor in our Tel Aviv team, you will play a key role in identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities, conducting due diligence on potential portfolio companies, and structuring deals. Day to day you’ll nurture and grow relationships with founders across Israel, research, and analyze live investment opportunities and use your work to present concise opinions and ideas backed by data. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our global investment team.

In addition to playing a lead role in deals, you can expect to gain operational experience, continue to build sector knowledge, work with talented founders, other VCs and the broader ecosystem.

On any given day you could be:

• Researching themes, emerging trends and ideas
• Engage with exceptional founders doing their life’s work, as well as other members of the tech ecosystem
• Working on a project with a portfolio founder or executive to level up a function
• Conducting due diligence on investment opportunities
• Preparing and presenting data-backed materials you’ve uncovered to the investment committee
• Engaging with programs, people and leaders across the Israeli tech community to nurture and grow the network

Skills & experience

We are open to speaking with anyone who fits this role, though we suspect having experience in technology investing or working in high-growth companies is the ideal training ground.

• Immersed in and passionate about technology and early stage startups!
• Comfortable handling multiple conflicting priorities and context switching
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills
• Spoken Hebrew language skills
• Success in a fast-paced, high-output environment
• Demonstrated skill in framing and performing analysis to feed decisions
• Demonstrable analysis experience (research, due diligence, origination as well as competitive analysis, market assessment and the ability to analyze how one product compares with others)
• A network of industry contacts and the ability to build and maintain relationships with entrepreneurs and other stakeholders
• An independent thinker (autonomy and ownership)
• Experience in the Israeli market or a strong affinity with the region

Culture

At the heart of Square Peg's global team is a commitment to our shared values, underscored by decency and integrity: be yourself, anchor to optimism, unleash curiosity, empower through trust and be bold.

We invest the most important resource in our founders, teams and people; time.

Benefits

Square Peg is a people-first working environment.

We encourage flexible/remote work and provide beautiful team facilities in Tel Aviv, Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. We also organize regular team-building events, to bring our global team together while promoting a culture of fun and wellness.

• Flexible work policy
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for both primary and secondary carers
• Wellness allowance
• Learning allowance
• 4 weeks of annual leave
• Significant additional leave for life’s unexpected emergencies