Founding Growth, Marketing & Ecosystem Co-Founder FundNexus | Pune, India | Hybrid / Remote

Build the Growth Engine. Build the Network. Build FundNexus.

FundNexus is building a verified startup intelligence and investor discovery platform designed to make startup discovery, evaluation, and fundraising more trusted, data-driven, and efficient.

We are looking for a Founding Growth, Marketing & Ecosystem Co-Founder to build FundNexus's distribution engine from the ground up.

This is not a traditional Marketing Head or Growth Manager role.

We are looking for a builder who can combine growth, marketing, performance advertising, GTM, community, partnerships, events and startup/investor ecosystem development to create FundNexus's first scalable growth engine.

Your mission will be simple:

0 → 500 high-quality startups

0 → 150 serious investors

And turn FundNexus into a habit for both.

The Role As the Founding Growth, Marketing & Ecosystem Co-Founder, you will work directly with the Founder & CEO and Product/Technology leadership to build and execute FundNexus's growth strategy.

You will own the journey from:

Awareness → Acquisition → Activation → Engagement → Retention → Referral across both sides of the FundNexus network:

Startups ↔ Investors

You will be expected to think strategically but execute personally.

**Key Responsibilities

1. Growth & GTM**

- Build FundNexus's 0→1 growth and GTM strategy.
- Identify and validate scalable acquisition channels.
- Develop startup and investor acquisition funnels.
- Build acquisition, activation, engagement and retention strategies.
- Run growth experiments and continuously optimise performance.
- Develop referral, community-led and partnership-led growth loops.
- Define and track key growth metrics including CAC, CPL, CPA, activation, retention and channel ROI.
- Work closely with Product & Technology to improve user journeys and conversion.

2. Performance Marketing & Paid Acquisition Own and build FundNexus's paid acquisition engine.

- Plan and execute paid campaigns across relevant platforms such as Meta, Google, LinkedIn and other appropriate channels.
- Develop audience targeting and campaign strategies for startups and investors.
- Work with creative/content resources to develop high-performing ad creatives.
- Test messaging, audiences, creatives, landing pages and offers.
- Monitor CAC, CPL, CPA, conversion rates and campaign ROI.
- Build retargeting and remarketing strategies.
- Continuously optimise campaigns based on data.

We are looking for someone who understands that running ads is not the goal — acquiring the right users efficiently is. 3. Startup Acquisition Build FundNexus's first startup network.

Target: 0 → 500 high-quality startups

You will

- Develop founder acquisition strategies.
- Conduct direct founder outreach.
- Build referral and ambassador programs.
- Develop programs such as FundNexus Scouts.
- Build founder communities.
- Work with accelerators, incubators and startup organisations.
- Attend and participate in startup ecosystem events.
- Develop startup onboarding campaigns.
- Identify and attract high-quality, investment-ready startups.
- Build strategies that encourage founders to return and use FundNexus regularly.

The goal isn't simply 500 registrations. The goal is 500 quality startups that actively use FundNexus.

4. Investor Acquisition Build FundNexus's first serious investor network.

Target: 0 → 150 serious investors

Build relationships with

- Angel Investors

- Family Offices

- VC Firms
- Micro-VCs

- Syndicates

- Investment professionals

- Strategic capital providers

Responsibilities include
- Investor outreach and relationship building.
- Investor acquisition campaigns.
- Investor-focused events and communities.




- Partnership development with investor networks.
- Investor onboarding and activation.
- Building recurring investor engagement.
- Working with the Founder & CEO on strategic investor relationships.

The objective is to build a high-quality investor network, not vanity registrations. 5. Ecosystem Partnerships Build strategic partnerships that create measurable distribution.

Potential partners include

- VC firms

- Family offices

- Accelerators

- Incubators

- Startup communities

- Founder networks
- Universities and entrepreneurship organisations

- Startup events

- Investment communities

- Ecosystem platforms

You will be responsible for: Identifying → Approaching → Pitching → Negotiating → Closing → Activating → Measuring partnerships.

We value partnerships that generate real startups, investors, engagement and distribution, not simply logos.

6. Events & Ground-Level Execution You should be comfortable being on the ground.

You may help build and execute:

- Founder meetups

- Investor roundtables

- Startup networking events

- Demo days

- Fundraising workshops
- Investor-startup events

- Ecosystem events

You will be expected to take ownership from: Concept → Partnering → Promotion → Attendee Acquisition → Execution → Follow-up → Conversion

7. Marketing, Brand & Content Help establish FundNexus as a trusted brand within the startup and investor ecosystem.

You will contribute to

- LinkedIn strategy
- Founder-focused content
- Investor-focused content

- Thought leadership

- Startup intelligence reports

- Market insights

- Case studies

- Campaigns

- Email/WhatsApp/community communication

- Brand positioning

- Marketing campaigns

You will work closely with the founding team to build a brand based on: Trust + Intelligence + Network + Execution

8. Retention & Habit Building This is one of the most important parts of the role.

We don't want users to simply sign up.

We want them to come back.

You will work with Product, Technology and the founding team to identify:

- What makes founders return?
- What makes investors return?
- What creates recurring value?
- What drives activation?
- What creates network effects?
- What creates referrals?
- What turns FundNexus into part of the user's workflow?

Your responsibility is to help build: Acquisition → Habit → Network Effects → Growth

9. Analytics & Growth Intelligence You should be comfortable making decisions using data.

Track and improve

- CAC

- CPL

- CPA

- Conversion rate

- Activation rate

- Retention

- Engagement

- Referral rate

- Channel ROI

- User cohorts

- Funnel performance

You should be able to look at a funnel and answer: Where are we losing users?

Which channel is working?

Which users are highest quality?

What should we test next?

Who We're Looking For We are looking for someone who has built, executed and learned, not someone who has only managed teams.

**Ideal experience

4–8 years of relevant experience in areas such as:**

- Growth

- Marketing

- Performance Marketing

- GTM

- Startup ecosystems

- Fundraising

- Venture Capital

- Investment Banking

- Fintech / WealthTech

- B2B SaaS

- Marketplaces
- Community-led growth

- Partnerships

Experience with one or more of:

- Startup fundraising ecosystem

- VC firms

- Family offices

- Angel networks

- Founder communities

- Accelerators / incubators





- Investment platforms

- Marketplace/network businesses
- Community-led growth
- Partnerships-led growth

- Performance marketing

What Matters More Than Your Title We care more about what you personally built than the title on your resume. Show us numbers.

For example

«Built a founder community from 0 → 5,000.»

«Acquired 500+ users through a new growth channel.»

«Built a paid acquisition channel with measurable ROI.»

«Closed partnerships with 10+ ecosystem organisations.»

«Built GTM for a product from 0 → 1.»

«Organised startup/investor events and generated qualified leads.»

«Built an investor network from scratch.»

Tell us what you did, how you did it and what changed because of your work.

The Person We Want You are likely a strong fit if you are:

- Highly entrepreneurial

- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Extremely execution-oriented
- Strong at communication and relationship building
- Comfortable with founders and investors

- Commercially sharp
- Data-driven
- Comfortable with paid and organic growth

- Strong at partnerships

- Comfortable executing events
- Willing to work on the ground
- A strong problem solver
- A fast learner

- Persistent and resilient

You don't need to know everything on Day 1. But you must be able to learn fast and execute faster.

Your First Mission If you joined FundNexus tomorrow, your initial challenge would be to build the foundation for:

Startups

0 → 500 high-quality startups

Investors

0 → 150 serious investors

Partnerships

Build a robust network across the startup and investment ecosystem.

Marketing

Build the initial FundNexus brand and acquisition engine.

Growth

Identify the first repeatable acquisition channels.

Habit

Turn FundNexus into a recurring platform for founders and investors.

Compensation & Equity This is a Co-Founder-level opportunity.

FundNexus is currently at an early, pre-fundraise stage.

There will be no salary compensation until FundNexus completes its fundraising.

The selected candidate will receive a Co-Founder-level equity opportunity, with the final equity structure determined based on experience, commitment, responsibilities and mutual agreement.

Equity will follow a standard:

4-Year Vesting | 1-Year Cliff

This opportunity is intended for someone who genuinely wants to build FundNexus from the ground up and participate in the long-term upside.

Why Join FundNexus? You won't be joining an established marketing department.

You will build it.

You will help shape

- The FundNexus brand

- Startup network

- Investor network

- Founder community

- Investor community

- Growth engine

- GTM strategy

- Ecosystem partnerships

- Distribution channels

- Network effects

- Product adoption

You will work directly with the founding team and have significant ownership over how FundNexus reaches the market. How to Apply Send your application to:

? [email protected]

? WhatsApp: (phone hidden)

Please include

1. Resume / LinkedIn profile
2. 2–3 examples of things you personally built from 0→1
3. Your biggest growth or GTM experiment
4. Examples of partnerships, communities or events you built
5. Your experience with startups, investors or fundraising ecosystems

6. Your expected equity expectations
7. Your answer to the following:

«If you joined FundNexus tomorrow, how would you acquire our first 500 high-quality startups and 150 serious investors — and turn FundNexus into a recurring habit for both?» We're Looking for a Co-Builder, Not an Employee.

If you want to build distribution, community, trust and network effects from zero, and you are ready to take ownership of the outcome:

We want to hear from you.

FundNexus

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