Investment Associate

About Goanna Capital

The Role

What Makes This Role Different

• You are the regional anchor in ADGM. Sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and ecosystem partners across the UAE will know you as Goanna's face in the region.
• You will own LP and ecosystem relationships, not service them. From day one you are in the room with sovereigns and family offices, not assembling materials behind the scenes.
• You sit at the intersection of investing and IR with a direct line to firm leadership in New York. The work compounds quickly.

What You'll Do

• *Regional Investor Coverage*
• 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.

*Investor Relations & Business Development*

• Build and maintain databases of investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, corporates, founders, and ecosystem partners across the region.
• 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.

*Frontier Summit & Ecosystem*

• Help build the relationship base around the Frontier Summit, our regional flagship event, 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.
• *Investing Support*
• Support diligence on Middle East and global growth-stage opportunities, with a focus on regional commercial and capital introductions.
• Help portfolio companies access the region through strategic introductions, hiring support, and market intelligence.
• Contribute to investment memos, market research, and internal investment discussions.

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