Great team depth - Business Development Early Metrics Employee Review

- Opportunity to meet interesting CEO's and employees of rated startups - Fun team events

- For being a "technology" VC/startup there is very little use of technology, most of the analysis conducted is based on subjective opinions of people who are not even experts in the industries in which they are rating startups - Everything is micro-managed and there is little space for serious career opportunities

I was with EM for almost 2 years. I joined the company relatively junior and left the company feeling lightyears ahead of where I was when I arrived. Over the course of my journey, I: - Sourced early stage ventures across multiple industry verticals - Led over 100 in-depth face to face founder 2 hour interviews across Europe. - Trained to conduct in-depth management, commercial and financial analysis including customer and supplier references, competitor analysis - I researched many industry sectors and benchmarked products. I was given the opportunity to focus on the sectors I was personally interested in occasionally. - Built relationships with various stakeholders in the startup ecosystem, growing a network of 200+ entrepreneurs and corporate investors and innovation teams across Europe - I presented startups and my in-depth analyses to dedicated corporate clients (across Europe) including Corporate VCs and Innovation teams - helping them support investment decisions and/or make strategic partnerships. Management provided me with necessary support: - Structured training sessions and many 1-on-1 sessions - Stringent weekly review of my work (continuous) Other pros: - Learnt to think like a investor and an entrepreneur - Mastered digesting complex topics in short period of time - Attained a holistic understanding of business and entrepreneurship - Learnt to present to investors and corporates - Developed a good understanding of certain technologies and the business models surrounding them

- As with any early stage company, an appetite for self-learning and self-motivation is necessary if you want the experience to be rewarding - Hierarchical and political - Analysts/Associates cannot specialise in a sector of their interest