About the Role
As a Senior Associate within HOOPP Capital Partners, you will focus primarily on venture capital & growth equity, gaining hands-on exposure to the full investment lifecycle. This foundational role is designed for intellectually curious, motivated individuals eager to advance HOOPP’s venture capital and growth equity strategy, offering strong development opportunities with increasing responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Support the evaluation and execution of venture capital and growth equity fund commitments, co-investments, and direct investments.
- Conduct due diligence on potential investment opportunities, including company, market, competitive, financial, operational, technological, legal, tax, and risk considerations.
- Build and maintain dynamic, user-friendly financial models for valuation, return analysis, scenario analysis, and portfolio monitoring.
- Prepare and contribute to investment memos, committee materials, market maps, fund diligence materials, and other internal investment documentation.
- Assist in evaluating deal structuring, investment terms, fund documents, and transaction implications.
- Support the development and maintenance of a robust investment pipeline by screening relevant opportunities and tracking market activity.
- Monitor financial and operational performance of venture capital and growth equity investments, including both fund investments and direct/co-investments.
- Assist with periodic valuations, performance attribution, investment reporting, and portfolio review materials.
- Support analysis of follow-on investment opportunities, financing alternatives, exit considerations, and other portfolio company developments.
- Help manage investment relationships with fund managers, company management teams, intermediaries, consultants, and other external partners.
- Stay abreast of developments in venture capital, growth equity, technology markets, regulation, and relevant legal, tax, and risk matters.
- Contribute to research and analysis on investment themes, sectors, structures, and emerging technologies.
- Support the continued evolution of HOOPP’s venture capital and growth equity strategy in collaboration with senior team members.
- Engage with internal stakeholders across investments, legal, tax, accounting, operations, risk, and other teams to support transaction execution and portfolio management.
- Collaborate with HOOPP’s AI Lab and broader internal partners to share insights, enhance analysis, and identify opportunities to apply technology and AI tools to investment processes.
- Contribute to team initiatives, including process improvements, knowledge sharing, portfolio-level strategy, risk management, and sustainability-related work.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of experience in venture capital, growth equity, investment banking, private equity, or a related investment role.
- University degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or another relevant field, with strong academic performance.
- Demonstrated interest in venture capital, growth equity, technology investing, innovation, and private markets.
- Strong financial modeling, valuation, business analysis, and due diligence skills.
- Ability to conduct rigorous market, company, sector, and fund manager research.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex ideas clearly and concisely.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Experience with Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Pitchbook, Preqin, or other data and analytics platforms is considered an asset.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance financial analysis, data synthesis, research, and productivity.
- Understanding of current trends across technology subsectors such as AI, enterprise SaaS, fintech, digital health, life sciences, and other emerging areas is considered an asset.
- Curious mindset, strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and a proactive attitude.
- High integrity, professionalism, and team orientation.
- Strong collaboration and relationship management skills, including the ability to work effectively with internal partners and external stakeholders.
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Growth Equity
- Investment Banking
- Private Equity
- Financial Modeling
- Valuation
- Business Analysis
- Due Diligence
- Market Research
- Company Research
- Sector Research
- Fund Manager Research
- Written Communication
- Oral Communication
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Capital IQ
- Bloomberg
- Pitchbook
- Preqin
- Data Analysis
- AI Tools
- Technology Subsectors (AI, Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, Digital Health, Life Sciences)
- Collaboration
- Relationship Management
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
Education Level
- University degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or another relevant field
Salary/Compensations
- $98,000 - $148,000 CAD
Benefits
- High-performance, people-focused culture
- Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Learning and development initiatives (workshops, Speaker Series, LinkedIn Learning)
- Membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan
- Competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees
- Coverage supporting diversity and mental health (gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, health spending account)
- Optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
- Yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
About the Company
- HOOPP Capital Partners focuses on venture capital & growth equity.
- HOOPP provides a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers.
Equal Opportunity
- HOOPP may use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening, assessing and selecting applicants for this position. These tools support our recruitment process but do not replace human judgment and decision-making.
