About MAHI
MAHI builds next-generation autonomous navigation technology for defense applications at sea. AI, embedded software, and integrated hardware in a fully certified, production-ready system. We have a tested product, paying customers, and real traction in one of the world's most demanding markets. Backed by leading investors, we're now scaling across Europe and beyond.
The Role
You'll work directly with the founding team on investor and partnership development, translating technical excellence into capital and strategic relationships. One day you're building a fundraising narrative; the next you're on a call with an LP or drafting a partnership brief. Fast-moving, high-stakes, high-ownership.
This role is fully onsite in Mechelen, Belgium
What You'll Do
Fundraising & Investor Relations
Build and maintain investor materials: pitch decks, data rooms, financial summaries, Q&A briefs
Map and research target investors, strategic partners, and sovereign/defence funds
Manage outreach, pipeline tracking, and CRM discipline
Draft investor communications and support due diligence requests
Monitor market developments, comparable transactions, and relevant investor activity
Strategic & Commercial Support
Develop proposals and capability documents for defence clients and government stakeholders
Research market entry, competitive positioning, and partnership opportunities
Support commercial milestones: demos, trials, strategic meetings
Shape narrative for press, policy, and partnership audiences
Who You Are
Background in VC, investment banking, strategy consulting, or early-stage startups
Strong writer, equally at home in an investor memo and a defence brief
Analytically sharp; you structure arguments and back them with data
High ownership, low ego; you execute without hand-holding
Energised by ambiguity and 0 to 1 problems
Bonus: fundraising or M&A experience; defence, maritime, or deep tech exposure; multiple European languages
What You'll Get
Full-time role at the centre of a scaling deep-tech defence company
Direct access to founders and real influence over strategy
Exposure to sophisticated investors, government stakeholders, and defence procurement
Steep learning curve, intentionally
Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
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In the FoodLabs Studio, the team identifies new opportunities to tackle the biggest challenges of our time, along with the most daring entrepreneurs and scientists who have what it takes to empower the transformation. Based in Berlin and supporting entrepreneurs globally, FoodLabs is focusing on solutions across consumer, food supply chains and infrastructure, health, agriculture, livestock farming, climate, and synthetic biology.
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