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GAEU Consulting is an expert innovation funding advisor specializing in the most competitive European funding frameworks, including Horizon Europe, Eurostars, and Life. We support the most innovative European companies in bringing their products to the market with EU grants and private capital as a propelling force.

As a small and agile organization, we build personal relations with our Clients.

The employees are exposed on a daily basis to the most innovative European technologies with the potential to contribute to the UN Development Goals.

As a company with clear ambitions to grow, GAEU Consulting is looking for new talents who combine a strong interest in innovations with a business-oriented mindset and exquisite interpersonal and language skills.

Business & Development Consultant

Location - Krakow

We are now looking for candidates for the position of Business & Development Consultant to our office in Krakow. If you want to be a part of an international team committed to set new standards in the EU grants consultancy services, get familiar with the description of the duties that soon will be yours.
Who are you
You are fluent in English and have great understating of how to build a long-lasting customer relationship.
- You feel comfortable writing complex texts in English, involving technical descriptions and business terminologies.
- You have excellent communication skills,
- You are a result-oriented person able to work under time-pressure and towards tight deadlines,
- You are a problem-solver,
- You are eager to learn new things and open to receive feedback.
- You can work independently and in a group.
- Previous experience with EU grants would be a strong asset, but is not required.
Tasks
- You will be a part of GAEU’s Innovation Funding Team and cooperate closely with international clients.
- You will be responsible for delivering high quality grant proposals.
- Your duties will stretch across the whole life-cycle of the projects, from research tasks, through delivery of professional grant application texts and pitch decks in English, to client assistance and support in the project reporting phase.
- You will be involved in validating and developing business plans.
- You will work with projects within e.g. life sciences, ICT technologies, green tech, deep tech, engineering and have exposure to the most innovative product concepts that may soon enter the market.
- Your duties will give you a unique understanding of the business and market trends in Europe and the long-term development goals pursued by the leading European innovation companies.
Our Offer
- Important role in an international consulting company with ambition to grow.
- Opportunity to learn about most competitive EU funding mechanisms like Horizon Europe.
- Exposure to disruptive innovations and products.
- Interesting professional challenges and diverse career prospects.
- Excellent salary with private medical insurance.
- Remote work in a motivated team.
If this sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, do not hesitate to submit your application and CV in English. Please be informed that we contact personally only chosen candidates.

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Private Equity & Grants Consultant

Location - Krakow

Currently, we are looking for Candidates for the position of Private Equity & Grants Consultant to our team.
Tasks
- Write EU grant proposals to European deep tech funding mechanisms such as EIC Accelerator, Horizon Europe.
- Utilise AI for the development of comprehensive business plans and as a support tool for investment endeavours.
- Participate in securing equity investments for GAEU's clients.
- Develop, analyse, and validate business plans.
- Create professional pitch decks and investment memoranda for GAEU's clients.
- Participate in due diligence projects with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other loan providers.
- Formulate funding strategies for clients in cutting-edge sectors such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and sustainable technologies
You
- Possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in the financial and private equity sector.
- Demonstrate a proven track record in crafting investment documentation for small and medium-sized companies, including investment memoranda, pitch decks, and investor presentations.
- Exhibit excellent language skills, both written and oral, with the ability to articulate complex technological and business concepts in English.
- Represent strong interpersonal skills.
- Proactively engage in every customer interaction.
- Demonstrate eagerness to share knowledge and experience while remaining open to receiving feedback.
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively within a group setting.
Our Offer
- Exposure to the most innovative Scandinavian star-ups and scale-ups.
- Senior team environment with over 15 years of combined experience in business development, innovation funding, and finance.
- Senior position within a growing team.
- Excellent salary pack.
- Skills development through diverse work assignments.
- Opportunity to gain expertise in EU funding mechanisms.
- Engaging professional challenges with promising career prospects.
- Collaborative work in a motivated team.
- Remote work environment.
If this sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, do not hesitate to submit your application and CV in English as soon as possible.

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Key Account Manager (KAM) – Corporate Finance & EU Funding

Location - Stockholm

The role
As a KAM at GAEU you carry substantial responsibility for the sales process. With support from senior colleagues, you handle prospecting, qualification, needs analysis, proposal, negotiation, and contract signing. Your dialogue is typically with the CEO, CFO, and board. You originate engagements across both Corporate Finance and public/EU funding.
You work closely with our Corporate Finance team and technical experts. We provide structured onboarding, hands-on training on live cases, and clear support throughout. In return, we expect you to drive the process independently and deliver results.
You prioritise relevant client dialogues, set clear next steps, and drive them to decision. You map the company’s goals, funding needs, and timeline, shape a solution within private capital and/or EU funding, and lead the process to a signed mandate.
Qualifications
• Experience in B2B new-business sales of professional services.
• Confident in decision-stage dialogues with CEO/CFO/board (able to challenge with sound logic and drive toward decisions).
• Needs analysis: can conduct a structured needs analysis and convert insights into a clear proposal and terms.
• Activity + quality: able to operate professionally—contacting enough relevant companies and running meetings with clear agendas/methods to land high-quality deals.
• Understands how limited companies finance growth and can discuss funding strategy (capital need, timing, dilution) or shows a clear ability to learn this quickly.
• Fluent Swedish and English, spoken and written.
• Meriting: experience from the finance industry.
What we offer
You work with carefully selected companies facing critical financing decisions. You get the opportunity to help them at both strategic and commercial levels. Alongside you is an experienced team of Corporate Finance advisers and EU-funding specialists that enables high pace and high quality. In practice, you own the business dialogue end-to-end: prospect, qualify, run needs analysis, shape the proposal, pitch to management and board, and negotiate terms to signature. We collaborate closely, share knowledge, and execute together when needed. We work with short decision lines and give you significant responsibility, bringing you close to real transactions.
Compensation
Base salary + variable component (commission) tied to actual business results.

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Associate / Senior Associate – Corporate Finance

Location - Stockholm

The role
As an Associate/Senior Associate at GAEU, you work close to the deal at every stage. You contribute to analysis, financial modelling, preparation of investment materials, lead parts of the investor dialogue, and help hold the process together from first contact to closing. You work closely with project leads and our specialists.
We operate with a clear, well-defined process that structures the workflow. You help design the investment case, conduct research, value companies, build financial models, and develop investor materials. You craft targeted investor lists, reach out to investors, participate in investor meetings, and work actively to close transactions.
You become a key part of our growing team and take on significant responsibility early: we give you the mandate and conditions to develop quickly.
Qualifications – skills
• At least 2 years in a relevant role (Investment Banking/Corporate Finance/Transaction Services/Private Equity/Venture Capital) or equivalent experience we deem relevant.
• Knowledge/experience in financial modelling and valuation, or a clear ability to acquire this skill quickly.
• Ability to understand and articulate an investment case: from technology and market to competitiveness, milestones, capital plan, and path to shareholder value.
• Produce concise, coherent investor materials with a clear narrative.
• Fluent Swedish and English at a professional level, spoken and written.
Qualifications – how you work
• End-to-end responsibility: You want and are able to work in both tracks:
(a) analysis/research/modelling/valuation and (b) business/sales: contacting investors, presenting the case, qualifying interest, booking meetings, and following up to decision.
• Collaboration: You work effectively in teams toward a shared goal—own your part, listen to others’ expertise, and contribute what best serves the project.
• Professional delivery: You perform well when goals, responsibilities, and timelines are set; you keep your part together, ensure quality in delivery, and ask for support when needed.
• Meriting: Experience with capital raises for private companies; tech/life science/environment/energy.
What we offer
You work with carefully selected companies at the forefront of technology and take a meaningful role in real transactions. We provide clear methodology, senior support, and the tools to succeed. Our combination of private capital raising and public/EU funding teaches you to structure smart solutions that preserve shareholder value.
Compensation
Base salary + variable component (bonus) tied to actual business outcomes/delivery.