As a Working Student at Picus Capital, you will play an active role in identifying, assessing and prioritizing promising founders and early-stage companies across global startup ecosystems. You will be deeply involved in Deal Sourcing and Founder & Business Model Assessment.
Requirements
- Founder Identification: Systematically leveraging LinkedIn, university networks and founder communities to identify exceptional founders on a global scale
- Data-Driven Ecosystem Insights: Collaborating on data-driven initiatives to track and evaluate young entrepreneurial talent and emerging startup clusters
- Pattern Recognition: Refining our understanding of founder characteristics and early traction signals that correlate with strong long-term outcomes
- Supporting Founder & Business Model Assessments: You will strengthen our sourcing and evaluation infrastructure by supporting the assessment of inbound and outbound opportunities and helping determine which founders and companies merit deeper engagement
Benefits
- Insights: You will get insights into the most exciting new technologies and business models with a flexible introduction to various business topics and a global perspective on the venture capital sector
- Global Network: Engage in conversations with exceptional founders, experts and other stakeholders in the tech ecosystem. As part of these efforts, you will build and maintain a valuable personal network across the globe
- Culture: We have an ambitious, entrepreneurial & caring company culture with very high standards, enabling you to take full responsibility early on. You will continuously interact with a global team, collaborate with colleagues across 7 offices and learn about each region’s ecosystems
- Personal Buddy: During the onboarding process you will receive a personal buddy at Picus who will provide guidance and support as part of regular buddy sessions
- Perks: Our interns meet on a monthly basis for an interns' regulars' table. Additionally, we also have regular monthly and seasonal team events