Associate, Ventures London, England
Job description
Why join us?
OMERS Ventures is the venture capital arm of OMERS. We invest in early stage technology companies across the globe and support their growth and scale .
OMERS Ventures are always on the lookout for talent individuals keen to join our global investment team, based in London. This is a position that requires no prior investment experience. Instead, we consider diverse backgrounds and run a transparent hiring process to find the right attitude and values match. Please apply below to express your interest and when we have an opening in the team we’ll be in touch.
OMERS Ventures leads investment rounds at Series A, B and C. We operate truly globally and are industry agnostic. Some of our current portfolio companies include WeFox, Deliverect, Hopper and DuckDuckGo. You’ll be working with some of the most interesting entrepreneurs at the forefront of disrupting entire industries. Do you think you could tell the next Spotify from Tidal?
We're in a fortunate position to have access to a permanent capital base from our parent entity, OMERS, a Canadian pension fund. This means that when we generate returns, real people benefit. It's a responsibility we don't take lightly.
You’ll have the opportunity to learn from our worldwide team, with its incredible mix of operating, founder and business experience from the likes of Uber, Slack and Wise. We pride ourselves on bringing these diverse perspectives and practical know-how into not just our investment decisions but also ongoing support to serve the founders in our portfolio.
We believe that the skills required to be a great investor can be trained. However, there are some traits necessary:
Resilience
Insatiable curiosity and a rapid learning speed
Capability for storytelling with both numbers and words
A natural disposition towards social networking
Emotional intelligence and empathy
Collaborative approach
Ambition to make a difference
Maybe you are currently at a start-up, or you are a journalist, or a consultant or a lawyer. Whether you have previous venture investing experience does not matter. What does matter is that you have a genuine passion for working with start-ups and will stop at nothing to identify founders and companies destined to change the world.
Our story:
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $121 billion in net assets as at December 31, 2021. OMERS is a jointly-sponsored pension plan, with 1,000 participating employers ranging from large cities to local agencies, and over half a million active, deferred and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children’s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions to the Plan are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS teams work in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe – serving members and employers and originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments in public markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate.
OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.
