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About Antler

Antler is a global pre-seed investment platform managing more than $1.6 billion in assets and backing exceptional founders from inception to scale. Across 27 cities worldwide—including Bengaluru, Singapore, New York, London, Berlin, Seoul and Sydney—Antler provides founders with an outstanding peer community, access to global networks and pre-seed capital. Antler Elevate, the firm’s emerging-growth fund, supports breakout companies beyond the earliest stages. Antler has backed approximately 2,000 startups globally and is supported by leading institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, family offices and successful founders.

India is a critical market for Antler. Antler India raised its first $75 million fund and has invested in approximately 120 startups - across AI, Deeptech, Fintech and Consumer, over the past five years. Early winners include Namma Yatri, HouseEazy, BazaarNow, Inamo, Inspecity, Armory, Green Aero Propulsion and more. We are now significantly expanding our Indian capital formation capabilities to support the next phase of growth starting with Antler India’s second fund.

The Role

We are seeking a Capital Partner (India) to lead fundraising and investor relations in India. This is a foundational, hands-on leadership role with responsibility for raising Antler India’s second fund, sourcing Indian capital for our global fund-of-funds & continuity vehicles, eliciting strong Indian investor interest for Indian co-investments and global AI-focused SPVs, managing existing investor relations and building a high-performing capital formation function.

The Capital Partner will lead relationships with institutional investors, family offices, HNIs, government-backed investors, corporates and other strategic capital partners. They will own the fundraising process from origination through closing and ongoing investor stewardship, working closely with Antler’s India Partners and the global Capital Team.

This is not solely a strategy or stewardship position. The successful candidate will personally originate relationships, pitch investors, manage diligence and negotiations, travel frequently and close capital. They will also build and lead a small capital team as the platform grows.

Key Responsibilities

Fundraising and Capital Formation

• Lead the Fund II capital raise and contribute to fundraising across relevant Antler India and global vehicles, including continuity funds, thematic strategies and co-investment opportunities.
• Develop and execute a segmented fundraising strategy covering institutional LPs, HNIs, family offices, sovereign and government-backed investors, fund-of-funds, corporates and strategic partners.
• Own the full fundraising cycle: origination, qualification, relationship development, pitching, diligence, negotiation, documentation, onboarding and closing.
• Build new relationships while nurturing existing capital partners and working effectively with intermediaries, advisors, consultants and other gatekeepers.
• Maintain a disciplined, data-driven pipeline and provide clear reporting on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Lead commercial negotiations, including subscription documentation, side letters and partnership structures where required.

Investor Relations and LP Experience

• Manage relationships with Antler India’s existing base of more than 150 Fund I LPs including HNIs and institutional investors.
• Deliver a consistently high-quality LP experience across fundraising, onboarding, reporting, portfolio updates, drawdowns, distributions and ongoing engagement.
• Serve as the senior point of contact for investor questions and concerns, working with Antler India’s Finance, Legal and Fund Operations teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Represent Antler at investor meetings, conferences and relevant industry forums, articulating a compelling perspective on venture capital, early-stage investing and private markets.

Strategy, Positioning and Execution

• Work with the India Partners on Fund II strategy, storytelling, positioning and fundraising materials.
• Translate investor feedback into practical recommendations on fund design, structuring, positioning and commercial strategy.
• Oversee the preparation of pitch materials, data rooms, due-diligence responses and fund documentation in collaboration with the Capital, Finance, Legal and Investor Relations teams.
• Introduce strong CRM, pipeline management and reporting practices appropriate for a fast-growing institutional platform.

Team Leadership and Global Collaboration

• Build and lead a small, high-performing capital team, establishing clear targets, coverage responsibilities and standards of execution.
• Work closely with Antler’s global Capital Team to share investor intelligence, coordinate important relationships and pursue cross-market fundraising opportunities.
• Combine strategic leadership with direct involvement in day-to-day fundraising and investor management.
• Contribute to Antler India’s strategic decision-making specifically on capital formation, investor relations, fund positioning and fundraising execution.
• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, teamwork, accountability and professionalism expected of an Antler leader.

Candidate Profile

We expect candidates to have held a senior capital formation, institutional distribution, investor relations or fundraising role within asset management, venture capital, private equity or alternative investments.

The successful candidate will bring:

• Significant experience raising capital in India, with a strong record of originating and closing complex fund commitments.
• Deep, active relationships across Indian institutional investors, family offices, HNIs, fund-of-funds, government-backed investors, consultants, corporates and strategic allocators.
• Credibility and executive presence with sophisticated investors, supported by strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing institutional due diligence and discussing fund performance, portfolio construction and investment strategy.
• The ability to turn complex investment strategies into clear, differentiated and persuasive investor narratives.
• Experience building or leading a capital formation team while remaining personally accountable for fundraising outcomes.
• Familiarity with closed-end funds, co-investment structures and venture or early-stage investing; experience with other fund structures is an advantage.
• An entrepreneurial, highly organised and self-directed operating style suited to a lean, fast-moving and globally distributed organisation.
• Genuine interest in founders, innovation and India’s emerging technology ecosystem.

The right person will be equally comfortable meeting an institutional CIO, developing fundraising strategy with the India and global leadership and personally driving an investor process to completion.

Location

The role will be based in Mumbai or Bengaluru and will involve frequent travel across India’s major cities, as well as international travel—particularly to Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai.

Why Antler

This is an opportunity to build Antler’s Indian capital formation platform at a pivotal stage of its growth. The role combines the reach and institutional ambition of a global investment firm with the ownership, pace and influence of an entrepreneurial organisation. The Capital Partner will have substantial autonomy, direct access to Indian and global leadership, and the opportunity to shape Antler India’s fundraising strategy, investor relationships and capital formation platform. Every commitment raised will help fund the next generation of exceptional founders, companies and technologies.