About the Role The Manager / Senior Manager – Investment & Partnerships will lead venture operations, pipeline screening, portfolio tracking, and flagship ecosystem events at Rishihood’s Venture Studio. This hybrid role bridges early-stage venture building and active ecosystem engagement, driving deal flow, investor interactions, demo days, hackathons, and founder-focused initiatives across the university ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

- Deal Flow & Investment Pipeline Operations

- Manage end-to-end deal sourcing, screening, and evaluation of student-, faculty-, and external founder-led startups.
- Conduct preliminary business viability, unit economics, and market-size assessments.
- Prepare investment memos, evaluation scorecards, and pitch synthesis for the investment committee.
- Facilitate due diligence, term sheet execution, compliance reviews, and legal documentation (SHA/SSA, convertible notes).
- Track portfolio health metrics, milestone reviews, and coordinate investor update reports.

- Event Strategy & Production

- Conceptualize, budget, and execute flagship events including Demo Days, Investor Mixers, Hackathons, Founder Masterclasses, and Pitch Showcases.
- Oversee cross team management, staging, logistics, on-ground coordination, and attendee ticketing/registration flows.
- Drive post-event engagement, feedback loops, and conversion metrics to maintain long-term investor and partner relations.

- Ecosystem, Investor & Mentor Relations

- Build and nurture partnerships with angel syndicates, venture funds, family offices, and corporate accelerator arms.
- Source, onboard, and manage domain mentors, founders-in-residence, and keynote jury members.




- Collaborate closely with university leadership, academic faculties, and external incubation partners.

- Student Mentorship & Founder Development

- Conduct regular mentorship hours with students on startup ideation, business models, fundraising, and venture building.
- Mentor student founders on pitching, market validation, unit economics, GTM strategy, and investor readiness.
- Conduct one-on-one/group mentoring sessions, workshops, and founder clinics.
- Identify high-potential student startups and connect them with investors, mentors, incubators, and ecosystem partners.
- Track founder progress and support promising ventures into Rishihood’s incubation and investment pipeline.
- Requirements

Experience & Background
- Manager: 2-4 years of relevant experience in a venture capital fund, accelerator/incubator, startup studio, or angel network.
- Senior Manager: 3-6+ years of hands-on experience managing startup pipelines, investment operations, and large-scale startup events.
- Prior experience executing high-tech founders or investor events is required.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Economics, or related fields (MBA preferred).

Functional & Technical Skills
- Robust grasp of early-stage venture frameworks, term sheet mechanics, cap tables, and valuation concepts.
- Demonstrated track record of producing multi-stakeholder corporate or startup ecosystem events.
- High proficiency in pipeline management and productivity tools (Notion, Zoho CRM/Recruit, Excel, Google Workspace).
- Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills with an ability to interface comfortably with senior investors and institutional leaders

📌 Investment Manager (Sonipat)
🏢 Rishihood University
📍 Sonipat