About Portage
Portage is a fintech and financial services-focused global investor that partners with some of the world's most innovative companies. Portage invests globally across key sector verticals, including wealth and asset management, insurance, consumer and small business finance, as well as payments. The Portage team has deep entrepreneurial and industry experience and provides founders with privileged access to the firm's partners, in-house value creation experts, and broader global ecosystem. Portage currently deploys capital through both its Venture strategy and its later-stage Capital Solutions strategy. The firm has offices in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Paris, and London.
Position Overview
The Portage Capital Solutions team is looking for an individual who is highly analytical and deeply passionate about fintech and financial services to join our team in New York or Toronto as an Investment Intern. This role focuses on evaluating growth and later-stage investment opportunities and providing steadfast support to our portfolio companies.
Your Responsibilities
- Assisting in investment theses development to identify themes and investable opportunities
- Owning analyses on new investment opportunities (e.g., financial, market, and company diligence), with relevant oversight
- Developing a deep understanding of our portfolio companies and how their performance and outlook are evolving over time; supporting our portfolio companies on strategic initiatives
- Supporting portfolio and fund analysis, including tracking our pipeline and consolidating KPIs across the portfolio
Experience and Qualifications
- Self-driven with the ability to take initiative, prioritize, anticipate, and operate with limited guidance while managing multiple workstreams
- Analytical and comfortable structuring quantitative analysis
- Grit and team mentality, willingness to do whatever it takes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and articulate thoughts about companies and markets concisely
- Demonstrated interest in financial services and technology
We welcome all applications and wish to thank all candidates for their interest in applying for this position. However, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
What We Do
Portage Ventures is a global investor dedicated to supporting FinTech companies. The Portage team has deep entrepreneurial and industry experience and provides founders with privileged access to the firm’s partners, in-house experts, and broader global ecosystem. Portage Ventures has a presence in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. Portage is a part of multi-asset class alternative investment platform Sagard.
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