Venture Capital Investment Principal
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: MONSANTO is hiring Venture Capital Investment Principal right now, this occupation will be situated in Missouri. More details about this occupation opportunity kindly read the description below. Monsanto is the world’s leading agriculture technology
company focused on making a difference to sustainably improve the world’s food
supply and benefit the lives of millions of farmers. Monsanto Growth
Ventures (MGV) is a leading inv estor in leading edge agricultural technology,
with a portfolio of over 12 startups valued over $105 Million, with a
mandate to significantly grow our portfolio. MGV has been operating since
2011 and has built a significant presence in Silicon valley, St Louis and the
mid-west region, as well as in Boston and the north east technology corridor.
MGV has a well-known reputation developing new innovation-based companies
across the broad swath of the agriculture vertical including digital
agriculture, microbials, supply chain, chemistry discovery, and gene
editing.
MGV works with Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, private
equity groups, start-up companies and privately held growth companies to
identify transformative businesses and technologies with talented management
teams. Our goal is to leverage the value created by our portfolio
to further Monsanto’s growth in crop sciences, leveraging our relationships to
bu ild eventual partnerships, licensing, collaborations or acquisition. We
back high risk technologies and innovators to develop a risk-balanced portfolio
of transformative opportunities in Agriculture.
We are committed to maintaining our technological edge with sustained,
significant investment in MGV and we seek two dynamic, well networked,
individuals to join us as Investment Principals.
Investment Principal:
Monsanto Growth Ventures seeks two Investment
Principals with strong backgrounds in science and technology to work on the
Venture Capital team. One role will be located in St. Louis ,
and one in the San Francisco office.
Regular travel between the sites will be needed. Both positions
will report to the Managing Director of MGV.
The Investment Lead will: Be a primary investment interface with Monsanto’s
R&D, IT, Digital Ag (Climate Corporation), and Manufacturing teams
with the goal of sourc ing and analyzing new investment/partnership/M&A
opportunities that can accelerate growth and enhance performance in these
areas of Monsanto. Be a leader in Monsanto’s interactions across the
entrepreneurial and investment community. Identify talent,
technology and opportunities for Monsanto. Interactions would
include incubators, universities, and both private and corporate VC groups
Review and communicate investment strategy and goals
for specific opportunities to the Managing Director of the Venture Group,
the Global Venture Leadership Team and to interested parties across
Monsanto. Conduct preliminary due diligence (team, strategy,
financing needs, technology, valuation), with specific input and guidance
from VC stakeholders and with supervision, assist in deal structuring
for investment purposes. Communicate, negotiate and successfully interact with
entrepreneurial management teams, CEO’s, scientists, and managers. Communicate and negotiate successfully with third party
stakeholders including financing syndicate partners, attorneys, Board
members, consultants and financial analysts. Assist in preparing Investment Memorandum’s for Deal
Review Board, various approvals and the Venture Capital Investment
committee. Successfully network within Monsanto to understand,
track and manage investments for their strategic value to Monsanto. Lead various Monsanto Growth Ventures events including
portfolio company reviews and presentations to various stakeholders. Represent Monsanto and MGV at various external
investment events, portfolio company board meetings and various investment
and innovation conferences.
This position may have additional
responsibilities including:
1) Managing legacy investments
of Monsanto’s.
2) Serving as a Board Member or
Observer on various portfolio companies.
3) Working with Monsanto’s < br>reputational teams.
4) Working across Monsanto on
various study groups concerning sustainability, IT or farming issues.
5) Managing student interns who
may participate in various aspects of deal sourcing and analysis.
The role will require gaining a
general understanding of Monsanto’s global agri-business including crop
protection, traits and seed industries, precision agriculture, land and agricultural-related
analytic systems, emerging technologies, value chains and allied areas such as
animal feed, food processing, and sustainability.
This position requires a high level
of aptitude for working with cross-functional teams across Monsanto’s businesses
and technology groups. Individuals must also be adept in strategy
development and communication, problem-solving, dealing with uncertainty,
emergent opportunities, complexity, building relationships and have strong
follow-through with opportunities. C andidates must have strong business and
investment acumen including financial analysis, valuation, due diligence,
negotiation, contracts, equity issuances and structures, debt structures, term
sheets and general VC investment processes. Candidates must be willing to
work to enhance and build an external and internal network of co-workers,
collaborators, experts and stakeholders to be successful. Candidates must have
excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Clarity, precision, and dispassionate rational thinking and speaking are
paramount to success in Venture Capital. The ideal candidate will be
thoughtful, disciplined and detailed oriented in their approach to work.
They must also be well organized, highly creative, a problem solver,
goal-oriented, culturally adaptable, and focused on identifying new
technologies and growth opportunities that could potentially drive success for
Monsanto.
If you were eligible to this occupation, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to MONSANTO.
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