Associate, Early-Stage Investments

About Premji Invest

Premji Invest is a $17B+ evergreen crossover fund investing across AI, Enterprise, Consumer, Health, and Deeptech. The firm operates as one integrated team spanning early-stage, growth, and public markets, partnering with founders from inception to IPO. Premji Invest's capital supports the Azim Premji Foundation, one of the world's largest philanthropic endowments.

The Role

Premji Invest is hiring an Associate for its early-stage investing team, based in the firm's Menlo Park office (3-4 days a week in person). The core of the job is research and diligence: building a deep understanding of the markets the fund invests in and deciding whether a specific company is worth backing, working directly with the investing professionals who lead the early-stage effort.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop research on markets within AI, Software, and Deep Tech — how the technology works, who the players are, where value accrues

- Turn research into investment theses that shape where the team spends its time

- Run diligence on live opportunities, including technical evaluation, customer and expert calls, competitive analysis, and financial/cohort work

- Write investment memos and present recommendations to the investment committee

- Track companies in coverage areas and surface the ones worth meeting

- Support portfolio companies on recruiting, introductions, fundraising, and strategy

Qualifications

- 1-3 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, consulting, or venture investing — or in engineering/product at a technology company

- Ability to learn a technical market quickly and form a clear view of it

- Strong analytical skills, including financial analysis

- Clear, direct memo-writing skills

- Genuine interest in how technology works

Preferred: technical training or hands-on technical experience, or prior research/diligence work in a venture or growth investing role.

Location

Menlo Park, CA (in-office 3-4 days/week).