Venture Capital Jobs and Internships at Cedar-IBSi Capital

Global fintech venture capital by the world's thought-leaders in fintech.

Cedar-IBSi Capital is the Venture Capital brainchild of global management consulting firm, Cedar (www.cedar-consulting.com), and global FinTech market intelligence firm, IBS Intelligence (www.ibsintelligence.com).

The fund is structured to follow a classic LP-GP model

Cedar-IBSi Capital I will leverage the strong knowledge and intelligence backbone of Cedar-IBSi’s 30+ year track record in global financial services and technology research and consulting. The $50-75 million fund will build a portfolio of 25-30 companies and invest $1-2 million in FinTech disruptors in the B2B and B2C space across Europe, GCC and India.

The fund brings together the research, intelligence, experience, and network of Cedar-IBSi’s three decades of digital transformation experience across markets. Access to proprietary deal flow via Cedar-IBSi’s FinTech Lab will also be natural. Portfolio companies will have the unique advantage of accessing more than just capital from the Cedar-IBSi platform, in the form of access to in-house FinTech strategy experts, global networks and offices, data sandboxes, a wide global banking network, and more.

Why a Cedar-IBSi fund

We are the fulcrum of global FinTech

360° research coverage
Daily news coverage, leadership interviews, & conversations
Cedar-IBSi FinTech Lab
Annual IBSi League Tables and rankings
Annual global events & knowledge conferences

Strong ability to add value to founders & portfolio cos.

Subject matter expertise
Access to Cedar-IBSi ecosystem
Banking network
Cedar-IBSi FinTech Lab
Visibility with the right audience
Global expansion support
In-house mentorship

Exclusive access to targets, founders & deals

1-1 relationships with founders
100+ FinTechs screened weekly by Cedar-IBSi
Proprietary FinTech directories
FinTech lab members
Research Coverage

Strong fund manager network

Global clients & network
Strong educational institution associations
Active business networks
Associations with key industry bodies

Fund Investment Thesis

Ticket Size

USD 500K to USD 1 Mn cheques

Global Geographies

Equal investment focus across India, the GCC, and Europe. Countries we have been present in for 30+ years.

Investment Themes

BankTech/Banking software
B2B FinTech/SME solutions
B2C/Personal Finance
Generalist opportunities in Tech

Investment Stages

Pre-series A & series A
Follow-on rounds for winner portfolio companies
Target ownership of minority/significant minority (<25%)

FinTech focus areas

Strong BankTech & FinTech focus across Cedar-IBSi’s expertise areas, split between B2B & B2C

Banking Technology

Digital channels & customer lifecycle management & onboarding
Digital automation
Digital lending
Digital payments and cards
Wealth management & private banking
Lending & risk management
Digital automation & channels
Cash management
Trade finance and supply chain
Treasury and liquidity
RegTech
Universal banking

SME Solutions

Payments
SME lending
RegTech
Payroll
InsurTech
Tax

Personal Finance

Lending & credit
WealthTech
Financial quotes
Neo-banking
InsurTech
Tax

Consumer Payments

Wallets
Remittances

Our unique competitive edge

60+ years of experience focused on the financial services ecosystem
Pure-play FinTech focus
Multi-region focus covering the hottest FinTech markets
Dedicated FinTech lab with sandbox facilities. Soon-to-launch cohort program.
Proprietary league tables and rankings to help identify “winners”
Proprietary intelligence in a variety of forms
Global in-house team consisting of FinTech consultants and experts
Strong understanding of the buy-side (banks + users of FinTech) will help with assessing targets and facilitate exit opportunities