About the Role
Contrarian Thinking Capital is seeking an investor to manage dealflow, conduct end-to-end diligence, craft investment memos, and support portfolio companies. This partner-track role is central to the investment team, collaborating with General Partners and other departments.
Responsibilities
- Manage dealflow
- Run diligence end to end
- Craft investment memos
- Support portfolio companies
Requirements
- Entrepreneurial background with experience building or operating a business, running a P&L, or holding operational responsibility
- Experience in consulting or banking is a plus
- Ability to underwrite, including comfort with financial models and unit economics
- Skill in generating dealflow through relationship building
- Genuine curiosity about unglamorous industries such as waste management, HVAC, metal fabrication, and facilities services
- Strong judgment and conviction, with the ability to form independent views and be a dissenting voice
- Willingness to perform fieldwork, including facility tours, reviewing data rooms, and conducting customer calls
- Ability to write and think clearly, constructing well-reasoned investment memos
- Ability to take ownership without waiting for permission or a process
- Ability to give and take direct feedback constructively
- Curiosity about how things work at an atomic level, especially in less glamorous areas
- Desire to build something in a small team where judgment visibly impacts outcomes
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Underwriting
- Deal sourcing
- Due diligence
- Relationship building
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Business operations
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-Time
- In Office
Experience Level
- Partner track
Benefits
- 100% Company-paid health, dental, and vision for all full-time Crew Members
- Option to add dependents to health benefits
- Unlimited PTO Policy (with approval)
- 8 paid US holidays
- On-time direct deposit pay 2x/month
- Option to enroll in a 401(k) plan with competitive match options
- Employee-only co-invest opportunities
About the Company
- Contrarian Thinking Capital is an early-stage venture fund investing in the real economy.
- We are an investment and advisory firm powered by media and led by veterans of Wall Street, Private Equity, and the operators of Main Street businesses.
- Our Ecosystem includes Capital & Investment, Education & Advisory, Events & Community, and Media & Content.
