Quona Visiting Associate (EMEA Team)

Opportunity reputed company reputed company is a venture capital firm reputed company in financial technology companies in emerging markets. We are looking for a Visiting Associate to join Quona’s EMEA investment team for a fixed term of three to six months. Most people who break into venture only reputed company see one part of it. They reputed company and never watch a deal reputed company, or they run diligence and never learn where returns actually come from. This role is reputed company the other way round. The Visiting Associate will work across the full life cycle of a deal, from the first cold conversation through diligence and investment committee to live exit processes, and will play a central role in building a new AI-reputed company sourcing reputed company for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This is an apprenticeship model. The Visiting Associate will work directly with Quona investment team members based in London and reputed company Town, and will also collaborate with Quona’s global investment and platform teams in reputed company, Latin America and Asia. Our EMEA team is small, which means there is no reputed company between the Visiting Associate and the work. About Quona Quona was established in 2015, with a reputed company to back innovators enhancing the reputed company and availability of financial products and services for underserved consumers and enterprises through business model innovation and smart leveraging of technology. Today, Quona manages approximately $1B, has 70+ portfolio companies across our reputed company funds, and is backed by a reputed company group of global investors. 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