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Venture Fundraising Officer

Euromena Consulting is a top-tier management consulting firm, focusing on the ICT industry and covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our management team has served major ICT service providers, government authorities and financial institutions across the globe on high impact strategic and operational projects. Our respective capabilities/service offerings cover a broad spectrum spanning from strategy to business/financial planning, marketing/sales plan, organizational structure and business processes reengineering, and overall performance improvement or project management related projects. In parallel with our regular consulting activities, we recently launched a startup competition called the Euromena Awards, aiming at awarding shortlisted African / Middle Eastern startups with financial support and consulting services. Following the good feedback received on the event and the observation on the ground of the need for African startups to be assisted, we decided to develop an offering dedicated to fundraising / general support to foster the development of startups.

EWB Ventures is a seed-stage investment vehicle backed by Engineers Without Borders Canada. We are dedicated to supporting early-stage, highly scalable, innovative, for-profit, social enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We make tailored, long-term investments of up to $100,000 in ventures with high potential to drive systemic change for the benefit of the underserved in new, untested ways.

About the role

The Fellow will work with both Euromena and EWB Ventures to support EWB’s portfolio ventures in their individual fundraising efforts. The Fellow will work closely with entrepreneurs to provide guidance and assist them in their fundraising, mainly at the seed or Series A rounds. The role will be highly entrepreneurial, spanning emerging market venture investing, consulting/management, and entrepreneurship, focusing on early-stage businesses that have the potential to systemic change for the benefit of the underserved in new, untested ways.

Responsibilities

  • Interacting with ventures (with a preference for ventures in which EWB has invested, but not exclusively) to help them structure their fundraising process
  • Exploring / Developing constructive relationships with potential investors
  • Managing the whole investment/fundraising process for selected ventures, from the fundraising presentation elaboration, to the actual presentation to investors all the way to the reception of funds and follow-up allocations.
  • Creating and formalizing the internal tools and processes for the investment/fundraising cycle
  • Following up on ventures’ activities and supporting on reporting to the ventures’ investors
  • Creating fundraising tools that can be used by the EWB venture portfolio
  • Researching market trends / performing market surveys in line with EWB / Euromena Consulting areas of interest.
  • Publishing a white paper on results of the market research/survey completed
  • Contributing to the Euromena Awards’ organization

Sound exciting? Here’s who we are looking for.

Skills & Qualifications

Strong soft skills including:

  • Very strong reactivity and autonomy
  • Good communication skills
  • Good networking skills
  • Good presentation skills
  • Highly independent worker
  • Strong ability to analyze documents / numbers
  • English and French fluency (oral and written) (High preference given to candidates that are bilingual)
  • Knowledge of African market and fundraising in general is a plus

Please note: You must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or landed immigrant in order to apply.  No exceptions.

Compensation

The program is costs covered. All costs relating to the placement are either paid for directly by EWB (airfare, insurance, vaccinations, trainings) or indirectly through a living stipend, which covers basic living expenses (food, accommodation, local travel) for a modest lifestyle in your placement country. Fellows also receive an honorarium upon completing their 12 month contract, to assist with repatriation costs in Canada. While it is not likely that you will be able to use the stipend to cover previous expenses (ex. student loans), EWB will support you in extending the non-repayment period on student loans as much as possible.

Additionally, EWB offers a range of benefits including insurance, a settlement allowance, professional development opportunities, and more.

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