Investment Analyst

About the position Kinship Ventures backs the world's TAM creators: founders inventing new markets and building enduring companies. We run a focused, two-pronged strategy, backing high-growth companies approaching scale while taking early, conviction-driven positions in the next generation of category-defining founders. This role supports the fund across two fronts. First, capital formation: preparing materials, tracking LP conversations, and writing the communications that move a raise forward. Second, investment work: research, market mapping, diligence support, and the analysis behind conviction. Writing is not a secondary skill in this role. A meaningful share of the work is written: LP updates, recap and follow-up emails, memos, newsletters, and fund materials. Investors here expect a client-service standard of communication, and this role delivers it.

Responsibilities

• Support active fundraising workstreams, from materials preparation through follow-up
• Draft LP updates, recap emails, follow-up notes, and outreach communications
• Maintain LP pipeline tracking and keep records current after every meeting
• Prepare briefing materials and background research ahead of LP conversations
• Support the development of fund decks, one-pagers, and data room materials
• Contribute to fund newsletters and outward-facing communications
• Develop market maps, thematic research, and investment theses across target sectors
• Conduct primary research through calls with operators, customers, and industry experts
• Support quantitative and qualitative diligence: market sizing, competitive benchmarking, financial analysis
• Contribute to investment memos and materials for internal decision-making
• Track deal flow, co-investor activity, and market momentum
• Maintain research libraries and diligence documentation
• Support deal execution workstreams alongside the Principal
• Assist with diligence coordination, data requests, and document tracking
• Build working familiarity with term sheets, cap tables, and governance documents
• Keep deal materials current and accessible across the team
• Write clear, warm, polished communications that adapt tone to the audience
• Turn meetings and conversations into accurate, useful written recaps
• Draft materials that go directly to LPs, founders, and co-investors with minimal editing
• Support fund communications that require a marketing sensibility, not only an analytical one

Requirements

• 2-3 years of relevant experience in venture capital, investment banking, startup ops/strategy, consulting or founder (office) roles.
• Direct exposure to fundraising, investor relations, or LP communications
• Exceptional written English. This is a primary filter. You write clearly, warmly, and precisely, and you adapt register depending on whether the reader is an LP, a founder, or an internal stakeholder
• Strong verbal communication. You are credible on calls with senior investors and operators
• Solid analytical foundation: financial modeling, market sizing, competitive analysis, and comfort with accounting fundamentals
• Working familiarity with term sheets, cap tables, and diligence processes
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Workspace
• AI fluency with Claude and ChatGPT for research, drafting, and analysis. No coding required
• Comfortable working with US-based teams and American business culture
• Organized, autonomous, and able to hold multiple workstreams without dropping threads

Nice-to-haves

• Experience supporting an active fund raise
• Some marketing or copywriting strength, enough to contribute to newsletters and outward-facing fund communications
• Consumer, media, or brand sector exposure
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field