Investment Associate

The Investment Associate will play a strong supporting role in MPowered Capital’s ambitious growth objectives, working with a small team focused on investing in Diverse Talent / Diverse Managers¹ across private markets. The Investment Associate will participate in the full investment process, including portfolio management activities, deal sourcing and pipeline management, investment due diligence / underwriting, and deal documentation and closing. The role will offer a significant opportunity for career development and reports directly to the Managing Director.
Our current expectation is that the role will be hybrid, with a minimum of three days in the office each week and the remainder virtual. The role will be based in Chicago.

Employer
MPowered Capital(“MPowered”) invests in best-in-class Diverse Talent in the private alternatives investment space through GP Structured Partnerships^2, Direct/Co-Investments³ and Fund Investments with flexibility across industry sectors. Founded by Marcia Page, the firm is focused on accelerating equity for women and other under represented talent through capital, commitment, and connections. Despite generating outperformance, Diverse Talent has been underrepresented and undercapitalized due to a variety of structural forces and unconscious/affinity bias. This has created a significant dislocated investment opportunity that MPowered is uniquely positioned to capture. Through the team’s collective experience and proven investment track records, strong operational expertise, and deep industry connections, MPowered is accessing an exceptional, diversified pool of talent to generate superior risk-adjusted returns.

MPowered is an independently-managed investment firm developed in collaboration with, and partnering with, Värde Partners to leverage certain operational capabilities and established infrastructure. The Investment Associate will have access to Värde’s professional/leadership development programming (e.g., training sessions, speaker/roundtable events, social events).

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Join a female-led organization that prides itself on supporting and growing Diverse Talent in the alternative investment space
• Participate in an energetic, fast-paced work environment thatvaluescreativity and criticalthinking, strong business judgment,and the abilityto bring tasks to completion in athorough andtimely manner
• Have strong technical skills, excellent attention to detail, strong communication and organizational skills, and an ability to multi-task and prioritize in the face of multiple time-sensitive demands

Summary of Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate investment opportunities
• Manage our proprietary database/pipeline of Diverse Talent / Diverse Managers
• Participate in the due diligence/underwriting and execution of Fund Investments, GP Structured Partnerships, and Direct/Co-Investments

¹Diverse Talent / Diverse Managers includes, but is not limited to, female, Black / African American, Hispanic American / Latinx, Native American, and Asian American investment talent. ²GP Structured Partnerships refer to seeding relationships and investments (including, but not limited to, working capital funding plus a fund commitment) in fund managers owned, controlled, and/or founded by Diverse Talent with the intent of accelerating their launch and/or supporting their growth. ³Direct/Co-Investments represent investments in opportunities led, originated, and/or otherwise sourced or underwritten by Diverse Talent into operating/portfolio companies.