Venture Capital Intern @ Global Founders Capital

About Global Founders Capital

Founders drive incredible opportunity in the world, and we are their greatest advocates. That’s because our team has built multi-billion dollar technology businesses from scratch and has thrived through all the twists and turns of entrepreneurship along with it. Over the past two decades, we have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, Eventbrite, Canva, Away Travel, HomeAway, Zalando, Revolut, Funding Circle, Lazada, Traveloka, Trivago, Jumia, HelloFresh and Delivery Hero represent a few of our global successes. Global Founders Capital invests out of seventeen offices worldwide. Find out more about us and our portfolio here.

Global Founders Capital is currently looking for an intern to support the early-stage investment team in Berlin (the internship can also be completed fully remote). We are hiring on a rolling basis and the internship should last between 3-6 months.

Your opportunity

• Environment: You will work in a fast-paced working environment in one of the fastest-acting VCs globally
• Insights: You will be exposed to the most exciting new technologies and business models from the perspective of a venture capital investor
• Culture: You will work in a team with flat hierarchies and space for your own ideas in a dynamic, dedicated and motivating environment

Your responsibilities

• Sourcing: You will continuously develop our sourcing funnel and actively look for promising new investment targets
• Investing: You will participate in the whole investment process, from initial founder calls to due diligence
• Analysis: You will perform industry landscape evaluations as well as competitor research and market sizing analyses
• Portfolio support: You will support our current portfolio companies in various disciplines to help them become the category leaders of tomorrow

Your profile

• Academical: You are studying for or have an outstanding degree from a top university
• Professional:You have previous work experience from a start-up, top-tier consulting firm, investment bank or venture capital fund
• Entrepreneurial: You have an entrepreneurial mindset with a keen interest in start-ups and technology displayed through deep knowledge and, if applicable, previous start-up work experience
• Analytical: You have a high degree of comfort with analytics, numbers and the capability to draw decisions based on both intuition and data
• Mindset: You can effectively work in an independent, structured and goal-oriented manner, while being team-oriented and ambitious

If you are interested, we are looking forward to receiving your application in English.