Pre‑IPO Finance Lead — Institutional Cash Yield Infrastructure (Regime-Aware AI)
Hong Kong / Singapore / Remote (APAC time zones)
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗽: 𝗬𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱‑𝗮𝘀‑𝗮‑𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵
Think Tesla's self-driving tech, but for treasury—regime-aware AI, always learning, adapting, and optimizing in real time. That's ScaleUp: a 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗬𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 "𝘆𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱" 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝗣𝗜, not a discretionary investment decision you have to defend. Co-founded by an ex‑Goldman Sachs FX quant/PM, we combine MIT co-developed AI with explainable optimization to convert 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀—delivered with institutional controls, audit trails, and custody‑preserving workflows.
Our Secret Sauce:
Regime‑Aware AI + Explainable Optimization: System learns and adapts across regimes; decisions are transparent, attributable, and audit‑ready (built for risk/compliance sign‑off, not black‑box debating).
Proven Traction: $3.2B transacted since 2022, 53% revenue CAGR, 120-person team led by ex-Goldman Sachs FX Quant founder.
US IPO track: Evolving from a yield engine into institutional-grade treasury yield infrastructure—strengthening governance, controls, and audit readiness to support a US listing timeline
Role focus (discreet)
This is a fundraising‑first Finance Lead role: run a tight pre‑IPO capital process, own investor-grade metrics, and help shape the equity story with the CEO. The US‑listing readiness workstream matters, but it's sequenced behind capital formation and strategic finance execution.
What you will own
Capital strategy & fundraising (priority): lead the pre‑IPO raise end‑to‑end (process, materials, diligence, negotiations, closing) and drive capital allocation discipline post‑raise.
Investor narrative & metrics: define and defend KPI architecture (unit economics, revenue quality, margin bridge), and lead ongoing investor communications (board, IC materials, reference/Q&A management).
Ideal background
Senior Investment-banker-led TMT IB (MD) profile: has run capital raises, managed complex diligence, and is credible with institutional investors (SWFs, institutional equity, strategics).
Knowledeable experience working with U.S.-listing audit requirements (PCAOB standards / evidence expectations) and understanding SOX readiness—either directly or as the exec owner driving advisors and internal teams.
Comfortable operating across HK/Malaysia/SG and cross-border stakeholder sets (auditors, counsel, banks, board/audit committee).
Why join
High-leverage Finance Lead seat: the role directly influences valuation outcomes through capital process quality, narrative clarity, and execution velocity. ScaleUp is building institutional-grade yield infrastructure with partner distribution dynamics (not a consumer product).
Apply / Intro
Email with: (1) 2–3 representative capital processes you led, (2) the toughest diligence issue you've managed and how you closed it, (3) a short note on your U.S. readiness / PCAOB / SOX exposure.
PS: Candidates who have previously applied for this opportunity need not apply again; we will review existing applications as part of this search.
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