Investment Manager – Airbel Ventures (Kenya)

Overview

The Investment Manager will play a central role in sourcing, evaluating, and managing investments in early-stage companies that deliver both strong impact and financial returns for Airbel Ventures, the IRC's impact investing arm.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and cultivate relationships with relevant startups, accelerators/incubators, and investors across Africa.
• Lead due diligence processes, including market analysis, financial modeling, impact assessment, and risk evaluation.
• Develop Investment Memos (IMs) to present to the Investment Committee.
• Support portfolio companies post-investment through strategic guidance, fundraising support, and impact assessments.
• Contribute to deepened sector mapping and refine investment theses across Airbel Ventures' focus sectors, sub-sectors, and verticals.
• Represent Airbel Ventures in regional investor networks, events, and conferences.
• Manage relevant IRC internal stakeholders through the full investment cycle and post-investment.
• Support the Managing Partner on fundraising, overall portfolio strategy, and broader internal stakeholder engagement within the IRC.

Required Experience

6–8 years of experience in venture capital, impact investing, development finance, or management consulting, with project experience in impact investing. Experience managing due diligence processes from sourcing to closing. Experience within African startup ecosystems, with existing networks across the African startup ecosystem.

Qualifications

Master's degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field preferred.

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