Striving to become financially sustainable, EIT Health seeks to build continuous revenue streams to sustain our long-term vision and impact. We have created within the Accelerator a team dedicated to Access to Finance, driven by the mission of ensuring start-ups in the healthcare sector have unfettered access to essential funding opportunities.
In close collaboration with the Deal Flow team, the New Investment Opportunities Manager will second the Head of Access to Finance to fuel and manage the portfolio of the European start-ups to be accompanied in their fundraising activities with the objective to continue fitting with the areas of interest of the EIT Health partners (VCs, Corporate VCs, other EU bodies such as EIB, etc.). The objective is to complement the work done by the Deal Flow team and enrich the EIT Health supported start-up portfolio on top of those EIT Health financial assets being supported by the Accelerator’s Start-Up Growth unit.
In particular, the focus of this collaboration with the Deal Flow unit will be made on mature start-ups, stemming from private investors and other entities within the Access to Finance unit’s network that could represent a commercial support opportunity for the EIT Health Accelerator. These could include, for example a selection of biotechs – and in particular clinical stage companies -- and medtechs, such as those with CE mark and/or ideally FDA approval, or alternatively at least in the FiH stage.
In parallel, an objective is to continue equipping EIT Heath with the right resources to answer the direct requests of the ecosystem, and especially our network of investors requesting that the Access to Fi-nance team, on a regular basis, evaluate and support potential future investment opportunities, but also to provide existing portfolio companies with customised services to increase their value in preparation of a new fundraising round, an exit, or a partnership.
As a dedicated member of the Access to Finance team, identify and connect with new relevant investors to add to the pool of VCs, Corporate VCs, privileged partners in events such as conventions, jury panels, incubators, etc. and other networking activities. Conduct ongoing monitoring of key trends and developments from investors and track market trends, technical perspectives, start-ups success stories. In short: Curiosity is A MUST.
The manager will report to the Head of Access to Finance within the Accelerator Team.
This is a permanent position and is based in our Central Office in Munich. However, remotely working from Germany, Spain or France is also possible. 

Your responsibilities

• Managing and operating the identification and processing of mature start-ups which would not fit with the priorities covered by the other teams of the New Accelerator, but which represent a commercially-relevant support opportunity for the entity.
• Engaging, evaluating and selecting from this selection the best start-ups that could match with the investment thesis of our network of investors, of which the VCoE community.
• Creating and animating a pool of experts, ambassadors, and advisors that can support the selection processes.
• Accompanying the selected start-ups all along the support phase delivered by EIT Health network members, partners, experts, and other contracted parties to ensure the high-quality value and relevance of the deliverables in preparation of the active promotion phase.
• Working closely with other Access to Finance team members in an “all hands” fashion to ensure the successful operation of the team and beyond, the New Accelerator.