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Tether Capital is the corporate venture capital and strategic investment platform of Tether. We invest across two primary themes: Finance, including payments, remittances, wallets, exchanges, banking and financial infrastructure; and EVO, encompassing AI, robotics, compute, digital infrastructure and other frontier technologies that we believe will shape the future global economy.

We are seeking a senior investment professional to lead our Fintech investment vertical, with a particular focus on early-stage opportunities. The role is responsible for originating, evaluating, executing and stewarding investments that can deliver both attractive financial returns and strategic value to the broader Tether ecosystem.

This is a senior, full-cycle investing role. You will own transactions end-to-end - from sourcing and investment thesis development through diligence, negotiation, execution, portfolio management and value creation. You will serve as a trusted partner to founders, represent Tether on boards and within portfolio companies, and help shape the evolution of Tether Capital's investment strategy and platform.

Success in this role will be measured not only by investment performance, but also by the strategic outcomes generated for Tether through ecosystem development, commercial partnerships, product adoption and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Origination & Sourcing

Contribute to Tether Capital's fintech investment thesis: map the landscape, identify whitespace aligned to Tether's strategic priorities, and translate it into a proactive, thesis-led sourcing agenda.

• Establish Tether Capital market position and brand across the global fintech ecosystem through market insight, ecosystem development and proactive engagement with founders, operators and other investors.

• Build and convert a proprietary, high-conviction pipeline through your network of founders, operators, advisers, and co-investors - and establish Tether Capital as the partner of choice in competitive fintech rounds.

• Represent Tether Capital externally - in the founder community, with co-investors, and at sector forums - building the brand and deal flow that compounds over time.

• Diligence & Execution

Lead end-to-end diligence - commercial, financial, technical, and regulatory - directing external counsel and advisers and synthesising findings into a clear investment memorandum.

• Structure, price, and negotiate transactions: term sheets, valuations, governance and information rights, pro-rata and reserves - protecting Tether Capital's position while staying founder-friendly.

• Build and lead syndicates with top-tier financial and strategic co-investors, and own the relationship through to close.

• Author and present investment recommendations to the Investment Committee, owning the case from first conviction to approval.

• Strategic Value Creation

Engineer commercial synergies between portfolio companies and Tether's business units - distribution, partnerships, product integration, licences, data, and market access - and make them trackable and quantifiable.

• Serve as the strategic interface between portfolio companies and the broader Tether ecosystem, identifying and driving opportunities for commercial collaboration, distribution and long-term value creation.

• Discuss your view on market dynamics, emerging trends and threats, and acquisition optionality back into Tether's strategy, corporate development, and M&A agenda.

• Portfolio & Governance

Serve as board director or observer on portfolio companies, providing governance, strategic counsel, and hands-on support on hiring, GTM, fundraising, and scaling.

• Own portfolio outcomes: lead follow-on decisions, manage dilution and reserves, and drive paths to liquidity (M&A, secondaries, IPO readiness).

• Monitor and report portfolio performance and strategic-value realisation to Tether's leadership.

• Team & Platform

Mentor and develop junior investment team members, and contribute to Tether Capital's investment process, standards, and culture.

• Minimum 8-12 years experience in venture capital, corporate venture capital, growth investing, fintech investing, or closely related strategic investment roles.

• Demonstrated ability to develop investment theses, and exercise sound investment judgment under uncertainty.

• Recognised expertise across fintech sub-sectors, with a working command of the regulatory landscape (licensing, compliance, open banking, payments regulation).

• A demonstrable history of originating and executing early-stage investments, including lead deals and active board roles.

• Equally strong at sourcing and forming conviction as at structuring, negotiating, and closing.

• Deep, activatable relationships across founders, co-investors, banks, regulators, advisors, and senior talent.

• A clear track record of delivering financial outcomes alongside tangible strategic and commercial impact for stakeholders.

• Proven experience guiding high-growth companies through scale as a board member or observer.

• Degree-level education in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline. A professional qualification such as CFA, CAIA, or equivalent is viewed favourably.

Technical requirements:

• Strong understanding of fintech business models across payments, remittances, banking, lending, financial infrastructure, digital assets and stablecoins, with the ability to evaluate unit economics, revenue quality and scalability.

• Deep familiarity with the regulatory landscape governing financial services, including payments, e-money, lending, KYC/AML and digital asset frameworks, and the ability to assess regulatory developments and their investment implications. Proven capability in valuation, deal structuring, governance and negotiation, including board rights, protective provisions, information rights and follow-on strategies.

• Strong commercial judgment, financial analysis and portfolio management skills, with experience evaluating both financial return potential and strategic value creation opportunities.

• Ability to assess competitive positioning, platform dependencies, technology architecture and strategic fit within broader financial ecosystems.

• Team : investment

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Tether Operations Limited

Compensation: $72k - $150k estimated

Location: ZH Zürich CH

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