Associate Venture Growth
Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager founded in 1972.
About Adams Street Partners
Adams Street Partners provides customized access to private markets investment strategies and solutions. The employee-owned firm manages approximately $73 billion in assets for institutional investors, including corporate and public pensions, foundations, family offices, and endowments, as well as wealth managers and financial advisors. Its offerings include co-investments, growth equity, primary investments, private credit, secondary investments, evergreen funds, insurance solutions, custom solutions, private wealth solutions, and growth capital solutions. The firm operates globally across offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will contribute across the investment lifecycle, from thesis development and sourcing through diligence, execution, and portfolio monitoring. You will assess businesses, markets, management teams, competition, financial returns, capitalization tables, and legal matters. You will research technology sectors, build relationships with companies and investors, prepare investment memoranda, present recommendations, and support internal initiatives.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience in technology investment banking, consulting, principal investing, or analytical experience at a high-growth technology company
- Enthusiasm for technology and emerging business models
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing deadlines
- Advanced analytical and quantitative ability
- Excel modeling skills
- Relationship-building and communication skills
- Ability to structure and present complex ideas clearly in writing and verbally
Responsibilities
- Conduct business, market, management, competitive, financial and returns modeling, capitalization table, and legal due diligence
- Research technology markets and identify investment opportunities
- Build relationships with private companies, entrepreneurs, and investors
- Prepare investment memoranda and present analysis and recommendations to the Investment Committee
- Support internal processes and strategic initiatives
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match
- Profit sharing
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid parental leave, including adoption
- Paid time off
- Commuter benefits
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Additional voluntary benefits