Post of Duty: Remote. 
IDB Lab is the innovation lab and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. It mobilizes financing, knowledge, and connections to support entrepreneurs to catalyze innovation that can drive inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). IDB Lab believes that innovation is a powerful tool that can transform this region, as it provides with unprecedented opportunities to solve long-standing problems that are preventing vulnerable populations to improve their quality of life.  
About this position: 
IDB Lab is looking for a dynamic and client-oriented individual to help with the analyses of equity investments in tech start-ups of its investment portfolio, as part of its Investment Unit team. 
The Investment Team at IDB Lab is the unit responsible for originating, structuring and managing the portfolio of reimbursable financing instruments from direct investments in early-stage companies with high impact and high growth models to investments in venture capital (VC) funds, for which IDB Lab has been an instrumental anchor investor helping to shape the VC industry in LAC. IDB Lab has been also using debt instruments to support innovative SMEs. IDB Lab also leverages third-party financing to achieve its developmental goals, including environment and climate-oriented funds aligned with its strategies. 
 
  
What you’ll do: 
 Support the Investment team, working closely with the investment officers in the assessment of investment opportunities in high-impact and high-performance startups, including participating in due diligence, financial modelling and valuation analyses, market and exit analyses, among others.  Prepare investment memorandum as well as other operational and strategic documents related to IDB Lab’s equity investments in start-ups. Create decks and other materials to support investor relations and reporting, fundraising, and business development opportunities. Support the supervision of positions within the IDB Lab’s financial portfolio, particularly the direct equity investments in tech start-ups, adding value to foster these firms’ impact and growth. Provide input to IDB Lab’s direct equity investments thesis to achieve development objectives (impact, innovation), while also generating expected financial returns. Provide support and elaborate reports on IDB Lab’s portfolio of operations in Brazil whenever required and participate, in meetings required by the Country Office in Brazil, to share IDB Lab’s INV’s perspective.  Deliverables and Payments Timeline:  First deliverable: Workplan including the scope of work and timeline of the activities to be developed as part of these terms of reference.  Second deliverable: Report of activities, including the achieved indicators (to be agreed on the workplan) and status of activities and tasks performed. Third deliverable: Mid-term report of activities and reviewed workplan, if applicable. Fourth deliverable: Report of activities, including the achieved indicators (to be agreed on the workplan) and status of activities and tasks performed. Fifth deliverable: Report of activities, including the achieved indicators (to be agreed on the workplan) and status of activities and tasks performed. Sixth deliverable: Final report of activities.       Deliverable #   Percentage   Planned Date to Submit      At the approval of report #1 15% 4/28/24  At the approval of report #2  15% 6/28/24  At the approval of report #3 20% 8/28/24  At the approval of report #4 15%    📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐  
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 10/28/24  At the approval of report #5 15% 12/28/24  At the approval of the final report 20% 02/28/25  TOTAL  100%   The estimated budget for the consultancy includes the consultant fees. Travel costs will be paid separately once approved.What you'll need:  Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (in areas related to Finance, Business, or related field). CFA will be highly valued. Experience: At least two years of relevant professional experience, including experience in financial transactions, preferably venture capital, private equity or investment banking, with relevant transactional track record (including financial modeling, valuation analysis, market analysis and exit analysis). Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean will be highly valued. Work experience in top-tier startups, venture capital and private equity funds, or M&A, with LAC exposure, is a strong plus. Languages: Proficiency in English and Portuguese required  Key skills:   Excellent financial expertise in the appraisal, due diligence, and supervision of financial investments, particularly tech and impactful investments fields.  Ability to supervise and assess and value startups and investment proposals.  Excellent organizational and communication skills.    Requirements:  Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries.  Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.  Type of contract and duration:  Type of contract: Products and External Services Consultant (PEC), Lump Sum Length of contract: 12 months Work Location: Remote. (São Paulo, Brazil)  What we offer: The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:  A competitive compensation package.  A flexible way of working. You will be evaluated by deliverable.   Our culture: At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job interview process. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at diversity@iadb.org  to request reasonable accommodation to complete this application.  






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