Co-Founder & CEO, New Venture: AI-Native Investment Banking Platform

We are building a new AI-native venture in the investment banking space. We’re rethinking how advisory work gets done by embedding AI across the end-to-end deal lifecycle. Our platform aims to empower experienced advisors and bankers to focus on the parts of a deal that really matter. We are seeking an entrepreneurial and highly motivated Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead this venture from inception to scale. The CEO will shape and execute the vision, build a world-class team, and establish the company as a category-defining player in modern financial advisory.

The Opportunity Investment banking remains one of the last major professional services categories largely untouched by automation. Deals are still executed through labor-intensive workflows that are slow and expensive, leaving clients and bankers to rely on manual processes. We see a major opportunity to build a modern AI-native platform focused on helping business owners sell their business, while ensuring owners get access to senior experienced advisors to maximize exit outcomes. This venture has been significantly de-risked, with a developed product thesis, validated unit economics, and encouraging early signals from prospective clients, advisors, partners, and investors.

Who We Are Looking For We are assembling a dream team of entrepreneurs, technologists, and financial experts, and we are now seeking a Co-Founder & CEO to lead the venture through its next stage of growth. If you are up for it, you will:

• Build and lead a high-caliber founding team across product, engineering, and GTM functions
• Execute on existing enterprise partnerships and bring the MVP to market
• Develop and execute a scalable go-to-market strategy
• Build relationships with clients, advisors, and strategic partners
• Lead fundraising efforts in collaboration with the founding team and investors
• Drive the overall company vision, culture, and performance

Background & Experience

• Demonstrated success in building early-stage ventures or leading 0→1 product launches
• Strong experience in investment banking, capital markets, or M&A space
• Proven track record leading a business as CEO, GM, or senior executive with P&L ownership
• Deep understanding of M&A processes and experience leading deal sourcing
• A strong senior network within the investment banking community
• Strong communication skills with credibility at the C-Suite level
• Experience raising venture capital or strategic funding

What You’ll Get

• A significant equity stake in the venture and operational freedom to define and execute your strategic vision
• A venture already capitalized with a Pre-Seed. Diagram also intends to invest in the Seed, and reserves ample capital to participate in future fundraising rounds
• A venture idea that has been extensively de-risked and has initial commercial traction
• A collaborative co-founder throughout the journey. You’ll have direct access to Diagram and Sagard’s extensive network, and we’ll take care of the early administrative hurdles so you can focus on building the company and hitting your milestones

Please note: This is not an employment opportunity at Diagram, but an opportunity in a new company created by our venture studio.

About Diagram Diagram’s mission is to create companies that solve meaningful problems. We match vetted ideas with proven entrepreneurs passionate about solving the problem, and partner as a co-founder to support them throughout the journey. Since 2016, Diagram has raised over $400M and has launched and invested in 40+ companies in the Fintech and ClimateTech sectors. Our ecosystem is home to 200+ angel investors and an extended global network of corporate partners, investors, and builders. Diagram is part of Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative investment platform with over $46B in AUM. Diagram and its portfolio companies are equal-opportunity employers. Only selected applicants will be contacted for interviews.