Dubai (remote) - Investment Associate Venture Capital - AI Startups

Responsibilities: Lead sourcing and origination of high-conviction opportunities across AI infrastructure, foundation models, applied AI, and enabling technologies. Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of global AI founders, research labs, engineers, and applied-AI operators. Conduct detailed technical and commercial diligence: model architectures, data strategy, defensibility, scalability, and monetisation frameworks. Develop investment memos, financial analyses, and thesis-driven research to support IC decisions. Work closely with portfolio founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market, partnerships, and operational scaling. Represent the firm at global AI events, research hubs, and industry networks, constantly scanning for breakthrough innovation. Contribute to long-term thesis development on emerging AI trends and frontier technologies.

Candidate Profile: 5-7 years of experience in venture capital, growth equity, AI-focused M&A, or a high-performance AI/ML product or research environment. Strong understanding of AI/ML architecture, model ecosystems, data pipelines, and computational infrastructure. Demonstrated experience sourcing or evaluating technically complex investments. Global mindset, with a strong network across AI researchers, founders, engineers, and industry operators. Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to form independent, thesis-driven views. Excellent communication skills with the ability to distil deep technical information into structured investment insights. Passion for AI and frontier technology, combined with a builder mentality and entrepreneurial approach.