Investment Director

About VCMint

VCMint is a founder-led fund backing venture-scale startups with private capital — fueling bold ideas and resilient founders at the earliest stages. We typically write $100k–$200k cheques at seed / early stages and selectively participate in growth to pre‑IPO opportunities.

We are sector‑curious and founder‑led : we back teams building durable value and step in with practical help via our functional and domain advisor network .

Rooted in Hyderabad with a national outlook, VCMint moves with speed, empathy, and conviction.

Role Overview

The CIO is VCMint’s investing engine—owning the funnel from sourcing → evaluation → diligence → execution → portfolio support . You’ll craft theses, build a high‑quality deal pipeline, run rigorous sectoral and company‑specific evaluations, orchestrate LDD / FDD with external partners, and activate our advisor bench to help portfolio founders win. You’ll work day‑to‑day with Aditya and Neelima , keeping our cadence fast, founder‑friendly, and operationally sharp.

What You’ll Do

1) Sourcing & Thesis

• Build and maintain a quality pipeline across seed / early and later‑stage (select growth / pre‑IPO) deals.
• Develop and refresh thematic theses (fintech, SaaS, consumer internet, logistics, AI‑enabled ops, etc.).
• Leverage your network (founders, angels, bankers, accelerators, alumni groups, operators) to find non‑obvious opportunities.
• Represent VCMint at ecosystem events;

host small‑format founder circles in Hyderabad and beyond.

2) Evaluation & IC Prep

exit pathways.

3) Diligence Leadership (LDD / FDD / Tech / Commercial)

commission tech / commercial work as needed.

4) Transaction Execution

ensure clean close checklists and post‑close obligations.

hand off smoothly to finance / ops for compliance.

5) Portfolio Support & Follow‑ons

drive targeted, time‑boxed help (hiring, GTM, ops, partnerships, governance).

manage co‑investor communications.

6) Finance, Reporting & Ops

report on funnel metrics, cadence SLAs, and learning loops.

Founder‑Friendly Communication Standard

crisp feedback even when passing.

What Success Looks Like

maintain a living map of priority themes.

recommend 12-15 investments / year (mix of early and selective growth).

zero avoidable surprises post‑close.

measurable advisor engagements per company per quarter.

Ideal Profile

comfort spanning seed to growth.

ability to frame key questions and pressure‑test assumptions.

founder‑friendly communicator with high empathy.

sector depth in fintech / SaaS / AI / consumer.

Compensation & Setup

Key Relationships