Principal – Venture Capital

About Artha Group

Artha Group is a performance-first investment house managing ₹2,300 crores across domestic and international investment vehicles, including Category I & II AIFs, LLPs, and Private Limited companies. With active investments in 130+ startups, we operate at the convergence of capital precision and operational depth.

Role Overview

We’re hiring

Principal

to lead investment execution and portfolio development across our core funds

1 role in Gift City, Gandhinagar

for

Artha Continuum Fund

Reports to

Managing Partner, Artha Continuum Fund

You’ll be responsible for full-cycle investing, from sourcing and thesis development to diligence, structuring, and post-investment portfolio work.

You’ll

• lead a team of Associates and Analysts
• , run internal reviews, and set the bar for research quality and investment judgment.
• This is a

Partner-track

role for professionals ready to own capital, conviction, and execution at a high-performance fund.

What You’ll Lead

End-to-End Deal Execution

• Build proprietary sourcing pipelines (India and global)
• Drive founder meetings, diligence, modeling, and IC prep
• Lead term sheet negotiation, legal closure, and disbursement

Portfolio Value Creation

• Advise founders across GTM, hiring, org design, and downstream capital
• Identify underperformance early; own risk-mitigation conversations
• Track and report KPIs, milestones, and board-level insights

Team Leadership

• Mentor and manage Associates and Analysts
• Enforce follow-up, research depth, and memo quality
• Run internal investment reviews and pre-IC forums

Fund Strategy & Reporting

• Contribute to LP dashboards and investor updates
• Support new fund design, co-investment structures, and sector allocations
• Represent Artha at founder forums, investor summits, and panels

Candidate Profile

• 7–10 years
• in venture capital, private equity, or fund investing
• Strong deal sheet: you’ve led or co-led 3+ investments end-to-end
• Experience across sourcing, founder interaction, diligence, and IC presentation
• Confident communicator—can defend a thesis without overplaying
• Bonus: operator background, product/strategy experience in a startup

Note

Candidates with

• only investment banking or transaction advisory experience will not be considered.
• This is a
• buy-side investor role
• , not a transaction support or fundraising job.

Key Traits for Success

• An ownership-first mindset with high performance standards
• Strong follow-up discipline and pipeline hygiene
• Experience leading junior team members and upholding execution clarity
• Sharp financial acumen, cap table intuition, and modeling fluency
• Ability to build trust with both founders and fund leadership

Compensation Structure

• Total annual package -
• ₹45,00,000
• ₹36,00,000
• fixed annual salary
• ₹4,00,000
• annual retention bonus (paid after 12 months)
• ₹5,00,000 in ESOPs
• granted annually
• (each annual grant comes with its own vesting schedule)
• Performance bonus
• linked to portfolio KPIs and personal execution

Carry

• in the fund (disclosed at final interview)
• Fixed compensation is non-negotiable.
• All upside is earned through performance, not negotiation.
• Incomplete answers
• to screening or reflection questions will result in disqualification.