Aquila Capital offers compelling investment opportunities that drive global decarbonisation. Specialising in clean energy, green infrastructure and sustainable real estate, we are providing tailored fund vehicles and investment solutions with a focus on sustainability and aim to become one of the leading asset managers for sustainable investment strategies in Europe with a global reach.
For our office in Hamburg or Frankfurt we are searching for an
Investment Director – Venture Debt (m/f/d)
The Role
As Director, you will own end-to-end execution from origination through closing, and play a material role in the fundraising, portfolio management and investments with credible deal and structuring expertise.
Your Responsibilities
* Lead transactions end-to-end, drive diligence, underwriting, term sheet negotiation, documentation process management, and closing across external counsel, sponsors, and management teams.
* Structure venture debt outcomes: design and negotiate economics and protections including pricing, warrant coverage, covenants, collateral package, conditions precedent, and information rights; consistent with venture debt’s multi-component structures and risk controls.
* Own IC-ready outputs: draft and present investment committee materials with clear downside framing, scenario analysis, and structure rationale.
* Develop repeatable sponsor coverage: build and maintain relationships across VC and growth sponsors, venture ecosystem counterparts to sustain pipeline suited.
* Fundraising and LP interaction: representing the investment team to fundraising diligence and maintaining institutional-grade data room quality and message consistency. Explain deal discipline, underwriting approach, and case studies. Own diligence narrative.
* Coordinate across the platform: partner with legal, compliance, fund ops, IR to ensure robust processes, clean documentation, and best-practice operations.
Your Qualifications
* University Degree (Bachelor or Master)
* 8-12+ years in venture debt, growth credit, tech-focused private credit, or leveraged finance with demonstrable responsibility for leading transactions and negotiating terms.
* Strong mastery of venture debt structuring levers including warrants, covenants, collateral, etc. and downside risk mitigation.
* Proven ability to run complex multi-party processes with disciplined execution and time-to-close focus.
* Fundraising diligence fluency: experience in contributing to DDQs, data rooms, and LP engagement, aligned to institutional expectations for transparency, governance, and repeatable process quality.
* Able to convert complex credit concepts into clear IC and LP-ready narratives
* Open-minded and fast to adapt in new and complex environments
* Excellent written and verbal communication in English and German.
* MS Office
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