Investment & Funding Lead (Fundraising Hustler), HEATSIG™

Location: Singapore (hybrid regional travel expected at late stage) CONTRACT FOR SERVICE ROLE

Reports to: Founder

About HEATSIG™

HEATSIG™ is a patented ceiling light fixture (US Patent No. 11,246,205 B1) that integrates thermal infrared sensing for elderly care monitoring. The fixture combines an ESP32 microcontroller, the MLDA detection engine, LM80-tested tunable LEDs (2700K-6000K), a die-cast aluminium housing and a polycarbonate prismatic diffuser. It renders thermal silhouettes rather than camera images and uses a three-tier alert escalation. HEATSIG™ is preparing a pre-seed round, supported by a planned 100-unit, 3-year pilot in private homes (aging-in-place).

Role Summary

Own the pre-seed fundraising process end to end: build the investor pipeline, run outreach and meetings, manage diligence, and drive the round to close. The role suits a self-directed operator who can open doors without warm introductions and keep a pipeline moving with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a target list of investors (angels, seed funds, corporate venture arms, healthtech and agetech specialists, family offices) across Singapore, Southeast Asia, Japan and the US.
• Run cold and warm outreach, schedule meetings, and track every investor in a CRM with stage, next step and owner.
• Prepare and present the pitch with the Founder maintain the pitch deck, financial model summary and data room.
• Coordinate due diligence: IP and patent documentation, product specifications, pilot design, unit economics, and regulatory position.
• Identify non-dilutive funding in parallel: government grants, innovation schemes, competitions and accelerators.
• Support term sheet comparison and negotiation with legal counsel.
• Use the pilot programme as investor evidence: agree on metrics (detection accuracy, caregiver workflow integration) and report progress to investors.
• Report weekly to the Founder on pipeline, conversion and blockers.
• Target USD 50 million in 2 years fund raised

Requirements

• 4+ years in fundraising, venture or growth investing, corporate development, investor relations, or startup business development.
• Demonstrated record of raising or helping raise capital for an early-stage company, or of sourcing deals for an investor.
• Working knowledge of pre-seed instruments (SAFE, convertible notes, priced rounds), valuation basics and typical term sheet provisions.
• Existing network in Singapore and regional venture or angel communities.
• Comfortable explaining a technical hardware and sensing product accurately to non-technical investors.
• Strong written and spoken English additional languages (Mandarin, Japanese) are an advantage.

Preferred

• Experience in healthtech, agetech, medical devices, IoT, or hardware startups.
• Familiarity with Singapore funding sources (e.g. Enterprise Singapore and other agency schemes, angel networks).
• Experience raising against a pilot or pre-revenue proof of concept.

Key Outcomes (first 12 months)

• Investor pipeline of 100+ qualified targets within 60 days.
• Data room and investor materials complete within 90 days.
• Pre-seed round closed within the target timeline set with the Founder.
• At least one non-dilutive funding application submitted per quarter.

Compensation

Commission of 3.5-8% on funding raised, with no cap, at pre-seed stage. Commission is payable only on funds received in the company's bank account. Verbal commitments, written commitments, term sheets and signed agreements do not qualify until cleared funds arrive, and commission is paid per tranche as each tranche is received. The exact rate within the range and the attribution rules (which investors count as sourced by you) are agreed in writing before work starts.

How to Apply

Send a CV ([Confidential Information]) and a short note (maximum 300 words) describing one fundraise you led or contributed to, including the amount, stage, your specific role and the outcome. Include links to relevant profiles or deal announcements. Applications that do not name at least one verifiable deal are not reviewed.