An Aspiring Venture Capital Associate with over 5 years’ experience working within Business Development, Finance and AI for industries in High Tech, Energy and Entrepreneurship. Spearheaded the launch of a new VC fund alongside the ex-Director of M&A at Adidas and the CIO of Ocean IQ. An MBA 2021 class graduate in Finance at the Hult International Business School. Looking for a great opportunity to leverage both my entrepreneurial and business development skills alongside my passion for finance to help identify, analyze, and secure investments in line with the fund’s investment strategy. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ? Entrepreneurial: Founded a social enterprise that won international awards and generated over $60k in turnover in one year from $4,000 starting capital. Mentored by Chairman of the board at Divine Chocolate, Jamie Hertzell & Richard Branson’s 1st business partner at Virgin, Nik Powell. ? Business Development: Led a program that designed, integrated, and implemented a new sales support system at CreativeX that generated over $1M of opportunities into the sales pipeline, important to the company’s Series A funding (Offered Chief of Staff role but decided to pursue MBA). ? Financial Modelling: Collaborated in a team of 4 to prepare a comprehensive Financial Services sell-side coverage report with a range of valuation methodologies for First Republic Bank. Presented findings and recommendations before a panel of industry experts and defended data analysis. Awarded recognition as a regional finalist, surpassing competitors including Stanford University. ? Sourcing & Screening Leads: Actively participated in initial screening meetings and supported follow-on conversations between the Angels and Founders, providing notetaking and market research surrounding the prospective investments such as Drynxmith/Pyratex/Veo. Updated the tracker for deal flow and ensured a healthy pipeline of potential investments. Exposure to company due diligence and US investing process. ? Quantitative Analysis: Merged, manipulated, and synced over 10,000 sales data records from two systems into one. Analyzed data and provided insights on end-to-end sales cycles which helped to inform strategic decisions on company growth. Generated vital information used to help solidify successful to Creative X’s Series A funding ? Market Research: Explored and developed a new market penetration strategy for Apple that would leap-frog the current generation of flex displays. The feedback from a Senior Apple executive was outstanding, listing our presentation as ‘the most, exciting, innovative and well-presented he had ever seen’