Join Creandum in Stockholm as an Investment Manager

Creandum has its roots in Stockholm. The Nordics have been our home from the start, and it’s from there that we derive a big part of our product, founder, and design perspective. The Nordics have fostered many of our funds’ portfolio successes over the last seventeen years. Today, we are expanding the team in the Nordics with an investment manager.

Your role within the firm

As an Investment Manager, you will be part of Creandum’s global investment team, identifying the most promising startup investment opportunities across Europe and the US — concentrating on the Nordic markets.

Through the firms’ and your network, you will source, analyse and evaluate startup business opportunities across industries, stages and geographies. You will become part of the deal team and you will be a crucial part of the whole deal journey: from the first meeting through to closing, and beyond. Your input will decide about the progress of a due diligence and whether or not the team proceeds with a potential investment recommendation. You will therefore have a direct influence on which companies the Creandum Funds invest in, and you will continue to work with these companies over the long term, both inside and outside the boardroom.

As part of your role, you will represent the firm publicly, both on stage and in the media.

Your tasks:

• Independently source and evaluate new investment opportunities across all Nordic countries and contribute to the list of deals the Investment Team discusses every week.
• Manage crucial parts of various simultaneous workstreams and contribute to the decision-making process.
• As part of a deal team, you analyse business plans, markets, industries and technology trends, enabling the firm to win the most competitive deals.
• Support senior investment team members in their work with new and existing portfolio companies of the Creandum funds.
• Independently manage and prioritize communications and processes on behalf of the senior investment team members. This includes both internal processes as well as engagements with founders, CEOs, and other stakeholders in the ecosystem.
• Be part of a thriving, global and fun team who will support you to grow professionally.
• Represent the firm at external events and panels, as well as through other public-facing activities, thereby helping strengthen the Creandum brand within the industry and your own personal brand within the early-stage venture world.

What we are looking for

Personality: The ideal person for this job is proactive, outgoing as well as self-motivated. You easily build new relationships through a curious mind, by being humble and by contributing to the conversation with ease. You challenge the status quo in every dimension.

Business acumen: You impress with your broad understanding of economic contexts and ideally have a good understanding of business fundamentals. You can zoom into details with confidence while not losing sight of the bigger picture.

Trends and technology: You are fascinated by the future and have a strong interest in technology trends. You develop enthusiasm about entrepreneurs who challenge the status quo. You don’t need to write code yourself, but you should fundamentally believe in the scalable value of software.

Communication: Given the dynamic nature of our operations, we are looking for somebody who keeps cool under pressure and maintains confidence when interacting with stakeholders at all levels. You are a great listener and can precisely distil the most valuable information. You are good at leading discussions around new topics and know how to involve stakeholders effectively.

Mindset: You will be part of a fast-paced environment, which is why extreme ownership of topics and exceptional organisational abilities are key to your success. Though you are part of the investment team, you can prioritise your own workstreams independently.

Your qualifications

• You have a good holistic understanding of economic contexts and business processes.
• You have experience in a fast-paced work environment.
• Your friends call you a true hustler.
• Your testified startup or technology interests help you lead discussions in the ecosystem.
• Your English is flawless and ideally you have a good command of at least one other European language.
• Your friends call you a true global citizen.
• You bring a minimum of 3 years’ full-time work experience.
• You graduated with a degree from a top university.

If this is you, we want to meet you! Please apply here.