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Blue Horizon Ventures is a Global Investment and Venture Capital Company with its head office in Zurich, who invests globally into a sustainable food supply chain. Mainly focused on companies in the Food-tech (plant based proteins and cellular agriculture) and Agrotech sector. We combine financial performance and ambition with our mission to contribute a little bit to the saving of our planet. Our investor base includes corporate, institutional and private investors from all around the world. We are supporting fantastic entrepreneurs such as the ones who have started companies like Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods. The first fund Blue Horizon Ventures I has a target size of EUR 100 mio.

Job description: 

• • Support and lead deal flow, deal execution and portfolio management
• • Industry analysis, presentations and reports
• • Generate deal flow identifying all the leading start-ups in our investment space and analysis of all incoming deal flow
• • Support in portfolio management (reporting, business plan modelling, financial planning)
• • Access to local distribution partners (retailers) to accelerate portfolio companies
• • Research and Industry analysis
• • General support to the partners

Requirements: 

• • 3-5 years in Venture Capital/PE/investment banking or consulting
• • Business, engineering or law background (MBA is a must)
• • Ideally Vegan-Lifestyle
• • Mother tongue: Indifferent, ideally English
• • Proficient English, other languages welcome
• • Age: between 25 – 35 years

Skills:

• • • High analytical skills
  • • Extraordinary technical skills (powerpoint, excel, etc) and work methodology
  • • Extraordinary skills in financial modelling, business plan modelling, financial analysis
  • • Interpersonal skills – ability to communicate and engage with founders & teams
  • • Very detailed oriented
  • • Investment judgement
  • • High quality standards
  • • Good communication & presentation skills
  • • Passionate about technology, the sustainable food chain & start up ecosystem

Starting date:  ASAP

Place of work: Zurich

Documentation required: Curriculum Vitae / Diploma / Work certificates / EU or Swiss Working Permit