Head of Business Development (Capital Raising)
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Index Industries
Chicago, IL, US
Summary
Lead the end-to-end partnership pipeline by sourcing and closing deals with fintechs, banks, and protocols. Support the CEO in capital raising efforts, managing VC/LP relationships and running diligence processes.
Job Description
Index Industries is a venture-backed startup, with a mission to build the financial infrastructure for a new era of real estate investing, one that opens the largest asset classes to investors across the globe. The company is currently in stealth and launching its first technology in 2026.
About the Role We're at the stage where the product vision is clear and we need someone to open doors, close partnerships, and help fuel the next phase of growth. This role sits at the intersection of BD and capital markets — you'll build strategic relationships while actively supporting our fundraising strategy.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end partnership pipeline: sourcing, negotiating, and closing strategic deals with fintechs, banks, protocols, and enterprise clients
- Lead capital raising efforts alongside the CEO — managing VC/LP relationships, preparing materials, and running diligence processes
- Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and investor forums
- Develop go-to-market strategies for new verticals and distribution channels
- Build and manage a network of advisors, angels, and institutional investors in fintech and blockchain
- Work cross-functionally with product and legal to structure and execute partnership agreements
Requirements
- 7+ years in BD, corporate development, investment banking, or venture capital
- Deep network in fintech, blockchain, or digital asset ecosystems — you have relationships, not just contacts
- Experience supporting or leading capital raises (Series A and beyond)
- Strong deal structuring skills and comfort reading term sheets, LOIs, and partnership agreements
- Exceptional communication and executive presence — you're credible in a boardroom and at a crypto conference
- Bonus: prior experience at a startup in a BD or capital markets role; relationships with tier-1 crypto/fintech VCs
Compensation: $160K–$200K base + carry/equity + performance bonus
40 years. Three generations. These are numbers we don’t stand behind casually. Together, they begin to paint a picture, one that—when broken down to brass tacks—is simply comprised of hard work day in and day out. But in the early spring of 2018, we zoomed out and began to realize that the Index brand simply didn’t ladder up to our core values. While they served us well for decades, our customers expect us to stay ahead of the curling wave of industry trends, and we needed an updated, modern brand and website to communicate just that.
From the aerospace to medical device industries and even all the way down to the textile industry, we’ve impacted supply chains. At the end of the day, though, we share one major attribute with our customers: We are the working class. Our histories and legacies are deeply woven together into a blue collar narrative. Even though our customers span an incredibly wide range of industries, we’re proud to have fostered personal relationships with many of them—a significant number of them have been steadily built for 40 years. We use these relationships as our guiding light at every turn in our decision making process from the top down, and so it was only natural that it took a front seat during the brand refresh conversation and is now fully reflected in our name.
This brand strategy serves as a 10k’ view of what we do. Simple, straightforward, no minced words is both who we are and what we do. Our business is driven by our customers, and not what any gut feeling says is right or wrong. That’s it, that’s all.
Founded
1977
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Wholesale
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Ontario, California
40 years. Three generations. These are numbers we don’t stand behind casually. Together, they begin to paint a picture, one that—when broken down to brass tacks—is simply comprised of hard work day in and day out. But in the early spring of 2018, we zoomed out and began to realize that the Index brand simply didn’t ladder up to our core values. While they served us well for decades, our customers expect us to stay ahead of the curling wave of industry trends, and we needed an updated, modern brand and website to communicate just that.
From the aerospace to medical device industries and even all the way down to the textile industry, we’ve impacted supply chains. At the end of the day, though, we share one major attribute with our customers: We are the working class. Our histories and legacies are deeply woven together into a blue collar narrative. Even though our customers span an incredibly wide range of industries, we’re proud to have fostered personal relationships with many of them—a significant number of them have been steadily built for 40 years. We use these relationships as our guiding light at every turn in our decision making process from the top down, and so it was only natural that it took a front seat during the brand refresh conversation and is now fully reflected in our name.
This brand strategy serves as a 10k’ view of what we do. Simple, straightforward, no minced words is both who we are and what we do. Our business is driven by our customers, and not what any gut feeling says is right or wrong. That’s it, that’s all.
Founded
1977
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Wholesale
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Ontario, California
