Head of Growth - Growth Equity Fundraising

Overview

In this senior role, you will own and shape the Growth Equity fundraising practice for a London-based advisory, partnering with the Managing Partner to drive origination, execution, and strategy. You will leverage an extensive investor network to originate mandates, manage client relationships, and lead negotiations, with a clear pathway to Equity Partnership. You’ll build the team as the practice scales and represent the firm within the growth capital ecosystem. This is a high-autonomy opportunity to own a profitable service line within a well-connected platform.

Pay / Benefits

• 30 days' annual leave
• private medical insurance
• pension contribution
• personal development support

Responsibilities

• Own origination strategy for growth-stage fundraising mandates
• Develop and leverage relationships across growth equity funds, VCs, CVCs, family offices and private capital ecosystem
• Originate and win new advisory mandates
• Assess and qualify growth companies as investment opportunities
• Lead client relationships from initial engagement through to completion
• Advise entrepreneurs on 20m-200m equity fundraising processes
• Lead investor targeting, outreach, diligence and negotiation
• Oversee investor-readiness and transaction materials with execution team
• Set and deliver growth strategy for the practice
• Represent the firm across growth capital and investment community
• Build and develop the Growth team as the opportunity scales

Key requirements

• 5+ years' experience advising on, originating or investing in growth-stage companies
• Direct experience of growth equity fundraising / private growth capital transactions
• Strong understanding of venture and growth capital rounds, including investor types, structures, diligence and round composition
• Existing network across growth equity funds and private capital community
• Track record of executing transactions
• Evidence of business development, origination and/or winning mandates
• Strong commercial judgement and credibility to advise founders and investors
• Entrepreneurial, proactive and highly accountable approach
• Backgrounds could include Growth Capital Advisory, Private Capital Advisory, Technology Investment Banking, Corporate Finance or Growth Equity investing with exposure to fundraising

• entrepreneurial mindset
• strong commercial judgement
• credibility with founders and investors
• growth equity fundraising
• investor targeting and diligence
• transaction execution and negotiation

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