Job Description

Growth & Business Development Co-Founder

Company: FundNexus Private Limited

Role: Growth & Business Development Co-Founder

Type: Founding Team | Equity-Only

Location: Remote / Hybrid

Stage: Early-Stage Startup

About FundNexus

FundNexus is building a trusted startup-investor ecosystem that connects investment-ready startups with relevant investors through verified data, intelligent matchmaking, and strategic ecosystem partnerships.

We are looking for a Growth & Business Development Co-Founder to build and lead the commercial growth engine of FundNexus—from 0 → 100 → 10,000+ startups and investors.

This is a founding-level execution role, not a conventional marketing or BD position.

What You'll Own

Growth & GTM
Build and execute FundNexus's go-to-market strategy.
Acquire the first 100 startups and investors.
Develop scalable acquisition, referral, community and sales channels.
Build systems to scale from 100 → 1,000 → 10,000+ users.

Business Development & Partnerships

Build relationships with startups, investors, VCs, family offices, accelerators, incubators, universities and startup communities.
Identify, negotiate and close strategic partnerships.
Turn partnerships into meaningful user acquisition, distribution and revenue.

Investor & Founder Network

Leverage and expand your existing founder, startup and investor network.
Build investor and startup pipelines.
Develop long-term relationships across the fundraising ecosystem.
Help strengthen FundNexus's position within the startup-investment ecosystem.

Revenue & Commercial Growth

Identify and validate revenue opportunities.
Build early sales and commercial pipelines.
Convert partnerships and platform activity into revenue.
Help build FundNexus's repeatable revenue engine.

Data & Ecosystem

FundNexus is a data-driven platform. You should understand the value of verified, structured and continuously updated startup and investor data.
You will work with the founding/product team to identify how data can improve:
Investor-startup matchmaking
User acquisition
Sales
Market intelligence
Partnerships
Platform value

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a commercially strong entrepreneur/operator, ideally with experience across:

Startup growth & GTM
Business development & strategic partnerships
Startup fundraising ecosystem
Investor relations or deal sourcing
Angel/VC/family-office networks
Founder/startup communities
Sales and revenue generation
Early-stage startup building

Strong Preference For Candidates Who Have:

An existing founder/startup network
An existing investor/VC/family-office network
Personally closed strategic partnerships
Personally generated or contributed to revenue
Experience working with startup fundraising or deal flow
Built a product/business from 0 → 1
Experience building GTM from scratch
Strong understanding of the startup-investor ecosystem
Ability to turn relationships into measurable business outcomes

The Ideal Candidate

You are:

Entrepreneurial • Networked • Commercial • Sales-driven • Strategic • Data-aware • Relationship-oriented • Execution-focused
You should be comfortable doing the work yourself in the early stage—outreach, calls, meetings, sales, partnerships and onboarding and later building the systems, processes and team required to scale.
We need someone who can think beyond: How do we get our first 100 users
and think about: How do we build a system that can reach 10,000+
Early-Stage Commitment
FundNexus is currently an early-stage company, and this is an equity-only founding position with no fixed salary initially.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking ownership, operating with limited resources and contributing beyond a narrow job description when required.
Where mutually agreed, the co-founder may contribute personal resources toward early business execution. Any such expenses will be approved and documented separately from the equity arrangement.
Equity will be discussed based on experience, network, commitment and expected contribution and documented through the appropriate co-founder/company agreements.

Product & Pitch Deck

Candidates are expected to review both before the interview.