Fundraising Officer

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the organisations fundraising strategy in coordination with the Managing Director and senior management.
• Identify potential investors including HNIs, family offices, private equity funds, venture capital funds, strategic investors, impact funds and institutional investors.
• Explore debt funding opportunities through banks, NBFCs, financial institutions and structured finance providers.
• Prepare investor presentations, pitch decks, information memorandums, financial summaries and fundraising proposals.
• Maintain and periodically update financial projections, business plans, project economics and funding requirements.
• Build and maintain a database and pipeline of prospective investors and lenders.
• Initiate investor outreach and arrange meetings, presentations and management discussions.
• Coordinate responses to investor queries and requests for information.
• Manage the due-diligence process including financial, legal, commercial, technical and regulatory documentation.
• Coordinate with CFO, Company Secretary, legal advisors, auditors, merchant bankers and consultants during fundraising transactions.
• Support valuation discussions, term-sheet negotiations and transaction structuring.
• Track fundraising opportunities, investor interest, negotiations, documentation and expected closure dates.
• Explore project-specific financing for new projects, equipment, working capital and expansion.
• Identify government funding schemes, subsidies, sustainability funds, green finance and climate-finance opportunities applicable to the organisation.
• Develop relationships with banks, investment bankers, merchant bankers, financial advisors and institutional investors.
• Prepare periodic fundraising reports for senior management showing funding requirement, investor pipeline, discussions, probability of closure and expected funding timelines.
• Ensure confidentiality of financial and strategic information shared with external parties.
• Support pre-IPO fundraising, strategic investment or private-placement activities where applicable.
• Assist management in evaluating funding alternatives based on cost of capital, dilution, repayment obligations and strategic benefits.