Vice President - Investments & Capital Raising

Company: Shanker Group

Experience: 8 - 15 years

Location: Remote, with frequent travel across India

About the role:

We run fundraising mandates for Indian growth-stage and pre-IPO companies, including our own portfolio companies. We are hiring a senior professional to own these mandates end to end: understanding the business, structuring the deal and making it investable, building the materials, taking it to investors, and closing. The role is output-driven and measured on capital actually raised, not meetings held.

What you will do:

• Own the business case: build a deep understanding of each company's model, financials, competition, promoters, valuation and risks, well enough to defend it independently in front of sophisticated investors.
• Structure the transaction: recommend valuation, raise size, and instrument mix (primary/secondary equity, CCPS, debentures, convertibles), along with investor rights, downside protection and exit mechanisms.
• Test the market: run confidential soft soundings with family offices, funds and wealth managers on valuation, ticket sizes and objections, then feed the results back into the terms.
• Build the materials: lead the teaser, Information Memorandum, financial model, comparables, investor presentation, FAQs and data room.
• Run the raise to close: prioritise investors by mandate and ticket size, manage meetings and diligence, handle objections, and drive commitments through documentation and funding.
• Grow the network: deepen relationships with family offices, HNIs/UHNIs, PE funds, AIFs, PMS managers, wealth managers and strategic investors.

What we are looking for:

• 8 - 15 years across investment banking, private equity, VC, family office, wealth management or corporate finance, with a demonstrable record of closing private capital raises.
• An active, credible network of investors who write between 1cr - 25cr cheques.
• Strong financial modelling, valuation and deal-structuring skills, plus a working knowledge of private placement norms under the Companies Act, 2013 and relevant SEBI regulations.
• Ability to write and present an investment thesis that holds up under scrutiny.
• An MBA or CA is preferred; track record matters more.

What we offer:

• Competitive fixed pay plus incentives on value of capital raised on qualifying transactions.
• Live mandates from day one, starting with a 90-day pilot on an allocated transaction.
• A path to proprietary investments, M&A, pre-IPO and structured capital for strong performers.