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Venture Capital Intern @ Global Founders Capital

Role overview

Summary

This internship supports the early-stage investment team at Global Founders Capital, focusing on sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities. You will gain exposure to innovative technologies and business models while assisting portfolio companies in their growth.

Qualifications

  • Outstanding degree from a top university.
  • Previous work experience from a start-up, top-tier consulting firm, investment bank or venture capital fund.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a keen interest in start-ups and technology.
  • High degree of comfort with analytics and numbers.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented manner.

Responsibilities

  • Develop the sourcing funnel and actively seek new investment targets
  • Participate in the investment process from initial founder calls to due diligence
  • Perform industry landscape evaluations, competitor research, and market sizing analyses
  • Support current portfolio companies in various disciplines

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Goal-Oriented

About the company

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Rocket Internet SE

  • Private Equity, VC & Holdings
  • SME
  • 201–500
Rocket Internet incubates, builds and operationally develops internet-based business models. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Besides, it strategically invests in complementary internet and technology companies globally to build out its network. Rocket Internet's companies are active in a large number of countries around the world. For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.Careers: due to an increased number of fraud cases, please note we only accept job applications via online forms on our website www.rocket-internet.com, LinkedIn Jobs, SmartRecruiters Careers, or via recruitment@rocket-internet.comAny job offers/recruitment related communication sent from domains other than rocket-internet.com or rocket-internet.de have no connection to Rocket Internet SE.

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Job description

Company Description

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. https://www.globalfounders.vc.

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

Job Description

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

Qualifications

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

Additional Information

Interested?
We would be happy to receive your application in English.

We look forward to your application!

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