Business Development Manager

GrowCap provides user acquisition funding to games and apps to help bring them to a wider
audience. We help game studios optimize their advertising spend, scale their user base, and
reach and retain millions of players every day all across the world. We rethink traditional venture
and debt financing by providing fit-for-purpose capital that helps studios grow without giving up
equity, providing an easy and low-cost solution for the $170B global mobile games market.
We're seeking a Business Development Manager to own the pipeline, drive revenue, and
directly impact GrowCap's growth. You'll work closely with leadership to source, qualify, and
close high-quality studio partners.
You'll lead the full deal lifecycle, from first touch to funding, while building strong relationships
and positioning GrowCap as the go-to non-dilutive capital partner.
You'll also bring market insights back into the business to help refine our strategy.
What you'll do
Lead early conversations with studios and manage ongoing partner relationships
Run structured discovery calls to understand UA strategy, growth plans, and data quality
Own the full client journey from application through to funding, managing onboarding, deal progression, and overall partner economics
Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified studios + Maintain clean pipeline management and consistent follow-ups in Pipedrive (or CRM)
Work closely with internal underwriting and product teams to transition qualified opportunities into funding decisions
Partner management
Develop strategic partnerships with agencies, networks, and ecosystem players to drive deal flow
Negotiate and structure partnership agreements that balance risk, return, and long-term growth
Represent GrowCap at international industry events (e.G., GDC, PocketGamer) and build a strong network of potential partners
Growth operations
Improve revenue operations across the business, including outreach, partnership development, and identifying high-value opportunities to drive deal flow
Run experiments to improve onboarding and increase partner success
Synthesize partner and market feedback to identify opportunities to improve our offering and internal processes
Continuously refine outreach, messaging, and positioning based on market feedback
What we're looking for
2-5 years in business development, sales, partnerships, or account management within mobile gaming, adtech, or a high-growth startup
Experience selling into mobile gaming studios or performance marketing teams is a
Proven ability to build pipeline, run outbound, handle objections and close deals end-to-end
Strong communicator with the ability to engage founders, growth leads, and UA teams
Highly driven and results-oriented, you take ownership of targets and consistently deliver
Organized and process-driven, with strong CRM discipline (e.G., Pipedrive)
What success looks like
You consistently generate and convert high-quality pipeline into funded deals
You build strong relationships with top studios and become a trusted growth partner
You can quickly assess whether a studio is fundable based on performance data
You identify and resolve bottlenecks in our funding and revenue operations funnel
You work cross-functionally across leadership, data, and external partners to move deals from initial conversation to funded with speed and clarity
Why GrowCap
Work directly with top mobile game studios at the intersection of games, growth, advertising and digital media
Have direct ownership of how millions in capital gets deployed, which studios, which titles and on what terms
Access performance data across the mobile ecosystem and understand how user acquisition drives downloads, engagement, and monetization
Join a small, high-impact team with fast decision-making and real ownership
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