Growth & Business Development Co-Founder

Company: FundNexus Private Limited

Role: Growth & Business Development Co-Founder

Type: Founding Team | Equity-Only

Location: Remote / Hybrid

Stage: Early-Stage Startup

About FundNexus

FundNexus is building a trusted startup-investor ecosystem that connects investment-ready startups with relevant investors through verified data, intelligent matchmaking, and strategic ecosystem partnerships.

We are looking for a Growth & Business Development Co-Founder to build and lead the commercial growth engine of FundNexus—from 0 → 100 → 10,000+ startups and investors.

This is a founding-level execution role, not a conventional marketing or BD position.

What You'll Own

- Growth & GTM
- Build and execute FundNexus's go-to-market strategy.
- Acquire the first 100 startups and investors.
- Develop scalable acquisition, referral, community and sales channels.
- Build systems to scale from 100 → 1,000 → 10,000+ users.

Business Development & Partnerships

- Build relationships with startups, investors, VCs, family offices, accelerators, incubators, universities and startup communities.
- Identify, negotiate and close strategic partnerships.
- Turn partnerships into meaningful user acquisition, distribution and revenue.

Investor & Founder Network

- Leverage and expand your existing founder, startup and investor network.
- Build investor and startup pipelines.
- Develop long-term relationships across the fundraising ecosystem.
- Help strengthen FundNexus's position within the startup-investment ecosystem.

Revenue & Commercial Growth

- Identify and validate revenue opportunities.
- Build early sales and commercial pipelines.
- Convert partnerships and platform activity into revenue.
- Help build FundNexus's repeatable revenue engine.

Data & Ecosystem

- FundNexus is a data-driven platform. You should understand the value of verified, structured and continuously updated startup and investor data.




- You will work with the founding/product team to identify how data can improve:
- Investor-startup matchmaking
- User acquisition
- Sales
- Market intelligence
- Partnerships
- Platform value

What We're Looking For We are looking for a commercially strong entrepreneur/operator, ideally with experience across:

- Startup growth & GTM
- Business development & strategic partnerships
- Startup fundraising ecosystem
- Investor relations or deal sourcing
- Angel/VC/family-office networks
- Founder/startup communities
- Sales and revenue generation
- Early-stage startup building

Strong Preference For Candidates Who Have:

- An existing founder/startup network
- An existing investor/VC/family-office network
- Personally closed strategic partnerships
- Personally generated or contributed to revenue
- Experience working with startup fundraising or deal flow
- Built a product/business from 0 → 1
- Experience building GTM from scratch
- Solid understanding of the startup-investor ecosystem
- Ability to turn relationships into measurable business outcomes

The Ideal Candidate

You are

- Entrepreneurial • Networked • Commercial • Sales-driven • Strategic • Data-aware • Relationship-oriented • Execution-focused
- You should be comfortable doing the work yourself in the early stage—outreach, calls, meetings, sales, partnerships and onboarding and later building the systems, processes and team required to scale.
- We need someone who can think beyond: “How do we get our first 100 users?”
- and think about:



“How do we build a system that can reach 10,000+?”
- Early-Stage Commitment
- FundNexus is currently an early-stage company, and this is an equity-only founding position with no fixed salary initially.
- We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking ownership, operating with limited resources and contributing beyond a narrow when required.
- Where mutually agreed, the co-founder may contribute personal resources toward early business execution. Any such expenses will be approved and documented separately from the equity arrangement.
- Equity will be discussed based on experience, network, commitment and expected contribution and documented through the appropriate co-founder/company agreements.

Product & Pitch Deck Candidates are expected to review both before the interview.

- View FundNexus Prototype - https://www.figma.com/design/iF4q9tndNg8ewpMLGMStan/FUNDNEXUS?node-id=7-43&t;=qMBKMx1aUtvS66NM-1
- View FundNexus Pitch Deck - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jd6lIDnTcyoeswOUKXPER8U2US2EJkbV/view?usp=drivesdk

Come prepared with your thoughts on:

- FundNexus's target market
- Startup & investor acquisition
- GTM strategy
- Partnership opportunities
- Revenue opportunities
- Your approach to 0 → 100 → 10,000+

How to Apply: Email the below mentioned details at [email protected]

Please share

- LinkedIn / CV
- What you have built or helped grow
- Your founder/startup network
- Your investor/VC network
- Relevant fundraising ecosystem experience
- One partnership you personally closed
- One example of revenue you generated/contributed to
- Your approach to taking FundNexus from 0 → 100
- Your availability and commitment level
- One partnership you personally closed

We're looking for a co-founder who wants to build, not just join. FundNexus Private Limited: Connecting investment-ready startups with the right investors.

📌 Growth & Business Development Co-founder (Pune)
🏢 FUNDNEXUS
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