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Investment Analyst @Vilcap

[Hiring] Investment Analyst @Vilcap

Apr 07, 2025 - Vilcap is hiring a remote Investment Analyst. đź’¸ Salary: unspecified. đź“ŤLocation: Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Role Description

Village Capital is seeking an Investment Analyst based in Kenya to support high-potential start-ups tackling real-world problems - particularly in underinvested regions, sectors and communities.

  • You’ll be a key member of the Global Ventures and Women in Tech (WiT) program team at Village Capital, supporting a multi-year strategic partnership with Standard Chartered Foundation across 10 countries in Africa, MENA, and South Asia.
  • This role is a full-time, fixed-term role for 3 years.
  • You’ll co-facilitate workshops, offer 1:1 support to women-led, tech-enabled startups, and support implementing partners as they deliver investment readiness training.
  • You’ll help surface learnings around the types of capital most needed by women founders and contribute to the ongoing evolution of VilCap’s curriculum and tools.

Your three specific responsibilities are:

  • Direct Entrepreneur Support
    • You will facilitate group sessions on financial health, investment readiness, and capital strategy for WiT program participants.
    • You will provide tailored 1:1 support to women entrepreneurs across 10 markets on revenue models, unit economics, pricing strategy, and funding approaches.
    • You will help participants articulate their business growth plans and capital needs using VilCap tools like Capital Explorer and Abaca.
  • Pipeline and Insights
    • You will participate in final selection of women in tech participants to ensure alignment with program target profile.
    • You’ll personally develop relationships with the most promising entrepreneurs as a relationship lead on behalf of Village Capital.
    • You will analyze and report on the financial needs and capital-readiness of WiT participants to inform broader ecosystem learnings.
    • You will contribute to research questions around catalytic capital use, gender lens investing, and effective capacity-building strategies.
    • You will be working with VilCap Impact Investments team to identify potential deal flow for future financing facilities.
  • Program Support
    • You will network with and recruit industry experts, investors, and entrepreneurs to join as program mentors and advisors.
    • You will support the program logistics, facilitation and execution including of entrepreneur annual Alumni events.
    • You’ll support the Program Manager with program management and deliverables.
    • You will collaborate with local Implementing Partners to adapt curriculum and programming to each market's context.
    • You will support Implementing Partners by acting as a co-facilitator during entrepreneur-facing training, particularly on financial topics.
    • You will help collect, analyze, and synthesize feedback and insights to inform improvements across the multi-year partnership.
    • You will advise Village Capital’s programming strategy and recruitment with an eye towards market opportunities, corporate innovation trends and investment trends.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business, or other relevant field.
  • Deep understanding of the start-up and investment landscape in SSA and MENA.
  • 3-5 years of professional experience.
  • Experience with Financial Analysis and Modeling, ideally with early-stage companies.
  • Experience supporting due diligence, pipeline tracking, or evaluating investment opportunities.
  • Strong interest in impact-driven startups.
  • Comfortable with digital tools for managing pipelines, data analysis and CRM platforms.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communications.
  • Comfort with cold external outreach with entrepreneurs and other external stakeholders.
  • Fluency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other tools to both analyze and promote companies.

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