Plug and Play is a general innovation platform and venture capital firm. Our mission is to make innovation open to anyone, anywhere. Each year, hundreds of entrepreneurs join our vertical-specific accelerator programs to work with our corporate members or receive a direct investment from Plug and Play. Plug and Play has over 25 locations across the world and our corporate members include: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, USAA, Visa, Nationwide, Aflac, Daimler, Ford, Nissan, BP, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Pfizer, Walmart, Coca Cola, Adidas, and over 500 more. Plug and Play’s corporate members utilize Plug and Play to identify the best startups to meet their challenges. Plug and Play’s investment portfolio includes Honey, Guardant Health, ApplyBoard, BlockDaemon, Course Hero, BigID, Kustomer, Rappi, Flutterwave, Hippo, PayPal, SoundHound, Lending Club, Dropbox, and many more.
Junior Portfolio Analyst
Job Responsibilities
- Regularly communicate with Plug and Play’s portfolio companies for data collection and pro-actively communicate with startup founders to better understand their business needs and how they can be helped through Plug and Play’s ecosystem
- Input financial data into Excel, Google Sheets, and Playbook (Plug and Play’s propriety innovation software)
- Support lead portfolio analyst on data projects
- All general administrative duties that are required for this position
- As knowledge and experience increases, take ownership of new and different requests and add value through new job skills and accomplishments
**Qualifications**:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work with startup founders, attorneys, CFOs, and different departments within Plug and Play; ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally
- Detail oriented and excellent organizational skills
- Proficient in Excel and Google sheets
- A strong desire to learn about venture capital and entrepreneurship
- Comfortable with Microsoft Office
- A self-starter who is able to work without constant supervision