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Investment Associate
Goanna Capital Management
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full Time
Mid
1 months ago
Investor RelationsRelationship ManagementSovereign Wealth Fund CoverageFamily Office CoverageFundraisingDiligence
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About the Role
Goanna Capital Management is seeking an Investment Associate to help run their new ADGM office in Abu Dhabi. The role involves LP relationships, sovereign and family office coverage, regional event programming, and supporting investing activity in the Middle East.
Key Skills for This Role
Investor RelationsRelationship ManagementSovereign Wealth Fund CoverageFamily Office CoverageFundraisingDiligence
Responsibilities
- Build and own relationships with sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and institutional investors across the UAE and broader Gulf
- Represent Goanna at regional conferences, industry events, and one on one investor meetings
- Support fundraising execution across the region in partnership with the New York investment and IR teams
- Build and maintain databases of investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, corporates, founders, and ecosystem partners
- Support outreach campaigns, correspondence, meeting coordination, follow ups, and relationship management activities
- Maintain CRM systems, investor pipelines, and internal tracking tools
- Prepare briefing materials, meeting notes, research reports, and relationship updates
- Support fundraising initiatives across the region, including investor research and communication with prospective and existing LPs
- Help build the relationship base around the Frontier Summit and other Goanna programming
- Serve as Goanna's day to day point of contact for ADGM, FSRA, and the broader regional ecosystem
- Surface and develop relationships with regional founders, operators, and co investors
- Support diligence on Middle East and global growth stage opportunities
Requirements
- 2 4 years inside a UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, ADIA, or a comparable institution
- UAE national strongly preferred
- Existing relationships across sovereigns, family offices, or the regional investment community
- Sharp commercial instincts, strong written and spoken English, and a genuine interest in growth stage technology investing
- Based in Abu Dhabi or Dubai, or willing to relocate before the October Frontier Summit
- Strong Excel, PowerPoint, CRM, and research skills
- Comfortable building databases, conducting market research, managing outreach campaigns, and supporting relationship management activities
- Strong written communication skills and experience drafting professional correspondence
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
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About Goanna Capital
- Goanna Capital invests in the most ambitious technology companies shaping the future of AI, SaaS, cloud, and frontier innovation.
- Our portfolio includes category defining leaders such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Ramp, Rippling, and Neuralink.
- We are opening a permanent office in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to coincide with the launch of the Frontier Summit in October 2026.
What You'll Do
- Build and own relationships with sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and institutional investors across the UAE and broader Gulf.
- Represent Goanna at regional conferences, industry events, and one on one investor meetings.
- Support fundraising execution across the region in partnership with the New York investment and IR teams.
- Build and maintain databases of investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, corporates, founders, and ecosystem partners.
- Support outreach campaigns, correspondence, meeting coordination, follow ups, and relationship management activities.
- Maintain CRM systems, investor pipelines, and internal tracking tools.
- Prepare briefing materials, meeting notes, research reports, and relationship updates.
- Support fundraising initiatives across the region, including investor research and communication with prospective and existing LPs.
- Help build the relationship base around the Frontier Summit and other Goanna programming.
- Serve as Goanna's day to day point of contact for ADGM, FSRA, and the broader regional ecosystem.
- Surface and develop relationships with regional founders, operators, and co investors.
- Support diligence on Middle East and global growth stage opportunities.
What We're Looking For
- 2 4 years inside a UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, ADIA, or a comparable institution.
- UAE national strongly preferred. Open to non Emirati candidates with deep regional roots and a strong sovereign track record.
- Existing relationships across sovereigns, family offices, or the regional investment community.
- Sharp commercial instincts, strong written and spoken English, and a genuine interest in growth stage technology investing.
- Based in Abu Dhabi or Dubai, or willing to relocate before the October Frontier Summit.
- Strong Excel, PowerPoint, CRM, and research skills.
- Comfortable building databases, conducting market research, managing outreach campaigns, and supporting relationship management activities.
- Strong written communication skills and experience drafting professional correspondence.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
Why Goanna
- You will be one of the founding hires of Goanna Capital in the Middle East.
- Competitive salary and performance based bonus. Real room to grow.
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