Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR)

Role Overview:

We are looking for an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) to help build, evaluate and scale new businesses from the ground up. The role sits at the intersection of startups, venture building, strategic investments, fundraising and innovation.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong entrepreneurial mindset, deep startup ecosystem relationships and the ability to move seamlessly between idea - incubation - validation - funding - scale.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Venture Building & Incubation:

- Identify and evaluate emerging business opportunities, categories and disruptive startup models.

- Develop new ventures from concept to MVP, market validation and scale.

- Work closely with founders and internal teams on business models, GTM, product-market fit and scaling strategy.

- Build incubation frameworks, venture pipelines and evaluation methodologies.

2. Startup Ecosystem & Founder Network:

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with founders, accelerators, incubators, VCs, angel investors, family offices and ecosystem leaders.

- Build a strong pipeline of promising startups and emerging technologies.

- Represent the organisation at startup, venture and innovation forums.

- Identify strategic partnerships, investments and acquisition opportunities.

3. Fundraising & Venture Capital:

- Support portfolio/new ventures through fundraising strategy, investor mapping, pitch preparation and investor engagement.

- Develop relationships with domestic and international VC/PE funds, strategic investors and family offices.

- Understand term sheets, cap tables, valuations, ESOPs, dilution and funding structures.

- Participate in investment evaluation, due diligence and deal discussions.

4. Strategy & Investments:

- Evaluate startups on market opportunity, business model, unit economics, technology, team and scalability.

- Prepare investment/venture evaluation notes and recommendations for senior leadership.

- Track emerging sectors, technologies and business models globally.

- Support strategic investments, partnerships, JVs and M&A opportunities.

5. Portfolio & Venture Growth:

- Act as a strategic partner to founders and portfolio companies.

- Help ventures with GTM, partnerships, enterprise access, hiring, fundraising and scaling.

- Establish metrics and governance to track venture performance and milestones.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 10 - 15+ years of overall experience, with meaningful exposure to startups, venture capital, consulting, entrepreneurship, corporate venture building or strategy.

- Experience in building/incubating businesses or working closely with founders is strongly preferred.

- Strong understanding of the Indian and global startup ecosystem.

- Demonstrated ability to build and leverage a high-quality network across founders, VCs, investors and institutions.

- Exposure to fundraising, venture investments, M&A, strategic partnerships or portfolio management.

- Strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability to understand business models, P&L, unit economics and valuation.

- Excellent communication, storytelling, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.

- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-ownership environments and taking ideas from 0 - 1.

Education & Pedigree:

- MBA / PGDM from a top-tier institution - IIM, ISB or equivalent preferred.

- Undergraduate degree from IIT / leading Indian institution or reputed global university preferred.

- International education or work experience will be an advantage.

- Exceptional entrepreneurial track record may be considered in lieu of conventional pedigree.

What Success Looks Like:

Within the role, the EIR should be able to: Discover - Evaluate - Incubate - Fund - Scale.

- Build a strong and differentiated startup pipeline.

- Create and launch new ventures with measurable commercial potential.

- Build meaningful relationships across the venture ecosystem.

- Enable fundraising and strategic capital access.

- Identify high-potential investment and partnership opportunities.

- Become a trusted interface between the organisation and the broader startup ecosystem.

Preferred Backgrounds:

Candidates may come from: Venture Capital / Private Equity | Startup Founder | Corporate Venture Capital | Strategy Consulting | Investment Banking | Startup Accelerator / Incubator | Corporate Strategy / New Ventures | High-growth Technology Companies.

Location: Delhi.

Experience: 10 - 15+ years.