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March 05, 2007
Associate For Menlo Park VC Firm Granite Ventures
Granite has done some very good deals so you could do a lot worse. They are looking for someone to check in and out within two years between some experience and biz school.
Submit a resume via email to Sean Bender at sbender@ggvc.com
Granite Global Ventures
Associate Job Opportunity
Job Description:
Granite Global Ventures (GGV) seeks to hire a highly qualified candidate to become an Associate in GGV’s Menlo Park office in mid 2007. The Associate will be expected to take a pro-active role in prospecting for new investment opportunities. The Associate will also conduct preliminary due diligence on prospective investments and research markets and companies of interest. The Associate will work closely with members of GGV’s investment staff, including Managing Directors and Principals. The position is envisioned to be a 2-year role, with a subsequent step likely to be an MBA. A 2-year commitment is required.
Candidate Criteria:
• 2 - 5 years of experience from strategy consulting, investment banking, technology company operating experience, and/or equity research.
• Ambitious, hardworking and able to succeed in a results-driven environment.
• Top communications skills, maturity, and creativity.
• Candidates should be pro-active by nature and feel comfortable with outbound, networking-oriented activities.
• Solid understanding of and interest in technology.
• Analytical thinking and quantitative. Strong modeling and valuation skills.
• MBA not required.
About GGV:
Founded in 2000, GGV currently manages $800 million and has produced over $7 billion in market value of successful exits to date. GGV is a leading provider of expansion capital to rapidly growing technology companies in both the US and Chinese-speaking Asia. Out of its offices in Menlo Park, Shanghai and Singapore, GGV initially invests $3M - $10M, with significant capacity for follow on investments. Representative investments include: 2Wire (combined with Alcatel, AT&T and Telmax), AAC Acoustic Technologies (HKSE:2018), Alibaba.com (combined with Yahoo!), Glu Mobile, Hurray Solutions (NASDAQ:HRAY), Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN), and Past investments include Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix), Oculex (acquired by Allergan), P-Cube (acquired by Cisco Systems), Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Sirna Therapeutics (acquired by Merck), and Xfire (acquired by Viacom).
Compensation: Competitive with industry standards.
Interested parties should submit a resume via email to Sean Bender at sbender@ggvc.com
Posted by Paul at March 5, 2007 11:09 PM
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