KITE Scouting Jobs

KITE Scouting is growing our analyst team. Your work as a startup analyst will directly impact partnership and investment decisions of Fortune 2000 companies. Ideal candidates are passionate and knowledgeable about the startup and tech ecosystem. You enjoy studying new areas of innovation and making sense of all recent developments and emerging trends. You’re data-driven and can work your way around an excel. Like everyone at KITE Scouting, you have an insatiable curiosity and commitment to accelerating innovation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Understand key trends and develop analysis on:
• Emerging trends within new and growing technologies such as AI, data, IoT, AR/VR, Blockchain, Advanced Manufacturing etc.
• Tech trends in key vertical areas, such as auto, consumer, cybersecurity, education, financial, health, and retail
• Behavior-driven tech trends, such as cloud, consumerization of enterprise, on-demand and sharing economy
• Data-driven trends like funding and investor trends
• Analyse startup financial metrics to assess viability, growth opportunity
• Create data-driven research reports that synthesize and dissect key areas of interest for enterprise clients
• Develop and lead client presentations to discuss prospective startup partners and provide recommendations
• Outreach to and maintain relationships with startup founders
• Constantly evaluate and improve the KITE analyst process and reporting frameworks to deliver stronger analyst and client outcomes

Required Skills and Experience:

• Must have a BA in business related major
• Must be extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the startup ecosystem, closely following venture funding and all things technology
• Ability to ingest a client’s needs, create a brief and efficiently locate partners against that brief
• Strong writing and presentation skills - must be comfortable writing detailed analysis reports and presenting strong opinions to high-level executives
• Ability to evaluate market size and viability of business models
• Ability to synthesize data and develop meaningful conclusions
• Proficiency in Keynote, Powerpoint and Excel
• Ability to create and navigate term sheets and other documents associated with partnership deals