Investor Relations - Associate / Senior Associate

Summary

Evolve Talent Partners is hiring an Investor Relations Associate or Senior Associate for a boutique venture fund. The role focuses on investor engagement, fundraising, relationship management, fund closings, onboarding, investor communications, due diligence, and building scalable investor relations infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and independently manage relationships with existing and prospective investors, serving as a key point of contact for the firm
• Lead investor calls and meetings independently, as appropriate, as well as alongside senior leadership and members of the investment team
• Drive day-to-day fundraising activity, including investor targeting, outreach, meeting preparation, follow-up and pipeline management
• Develop a deep understanding of the firm’s investment strategy, portfolio companies and performance and communicate these effectively and confidently to investors
• Proactively manage investor follow-up and ensure prospective and existing investor relationships are thoughtfully and consistently cultivated
• Prepare senior leadership and investment professionals for key investor meetings, including presentations, briefing materials, investor backgrounds and key discussion points
• Help develop and execute the firm’s broader investor relations and fundraising strategy, including identifying opportunities to expand and deepen the investor base
• Manage the investor closing process from initial commitment through final close, coordinating across investors, internal teams, fund administrators and outside counsel
• Review subscription documents for completeness and accuracy, identify outstanding or inconsistent information, and work directly with investors and their advisors to resolve open items
• Manage investor onboarding, including subscription documentation, KYC/AML requirements and other closing deliverables
• Maintain closing trackers and ensure investor commitments, documentation, side letters and other relevant information are accurately captured and communicated to the appropriate internal and external teams
• Coordinate with legal, finance and fund administrators to ensure closings are completed accurately and on schedule
• Help develop and improve processes around subscriptions, closings and investor onboarding as the firm continues to scale
• Help strategically build and continuously improve the firm’s investor relations function as the firm and its investor base grow
• Develop scalable processes for fundraising, investor communications, diligence, onboarding and ongoing relationship management
• Maintain and enhance the firm’s CRM, investor pipeline and institutional knowledge regarding investor relationships
• Identify opportunities to improve the investor experience and make the firm’s fundraising and IR processes more effective
• Partner closely with the investment, finance and legal teams to ensure investor communications are accurate, consistent and responsive
• Lead the preparation and coordination of investor materials, including fundraising presentations, quarterly and annual communications, portfolio updates and other investor-facing materials
• Own investor due diligence processes, virtual data rooms and information requests
• Coordinate and prepare responses to RFPs and DDQs
• Coordinate investor reporting and other recurring communications
• Work across internal teams and external service providers to respond to investor requests and ensure timely, high-quality execution
• Support and help lead investor events, annual meetings and other opportunities for engagement with the firm’s investor base

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required
• Approximately 4–7 years of relevant experience in investor relations, fundraising, institutional sales, venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, asset management or a related financial services environment
• Demonstrated experience independently interacting with institutional investors, family offices, endowments, foundations or other sophisticated investors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence, judgment and presence to independently represent the firm with investors
• Strong relationship-building skills and genuine interest in developing long-term investor relationships
• Strategic thinker who is also willing to be hands-on and take ownership of execution
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple investor relationships and fund closing processes simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand and communicate investment performance, portfolio developments and financial information
• Collaborative and comfortable working closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, finance, legal, fund administrators and outside counsel
• Experience with private fund subscription and closing processes strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of private markets, venture capital, private equity or alternative investments preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree required
• Approximately 4–7 years of relevant experience in investor relations, fundraising, institutional sales, venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, asset management or a related financial services environment
• Demonstrated experience independently interacting with institutional investors, family offices, endowments, foundations or other sophisticated investors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence, judgment and presence to independently represent the firm with investors
• Strong relationship-building skills and genuine interest in developing long-term investor relationships
• Strategic thinker who is also willing to be hands-on and take ownership of execution
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple investor relationships and fund closing processes simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand and communicate investment performance, portfolio developments and financial information
• Collaborative and comfortable working closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, finance, legal, fund administrators and outside counsel

Nice to Haves

• Experience with private fund subscription and closing processes strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of private markets, venture capital, private equity or alternative investments preferred

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in San Francisco
• Remote work option for the role based in New York