Internship Growth Investments, HV Capital
Venture Capital for digital companies
Open for applications
Venture Capital for digital companies
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
Role
Who you are
- An Enthusiastic Learner: We value intellectual curiosity and an appetite for learning regardless of your academic background
- Relevant Experience: Previous internships or work experience, especially in startups, are welcomed. However, this is not a strict requirement. Your analytical prowess, ambition, and willingness to take risks might tip the scales in your favour
- Analytical Savvy: Show us your ability to parse through complex information, draw conclusions, and make recommendations
- Communication and Synthesis Skills: Can you transform complex data into simple insights? We value strong written and verbal communication skills
- Independent and Driven: We support an autonomous work environment where quick productivity and independence are critical
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Maybe you're an aspiring entrepreneur or understand the hustle. Either way, we value a "punch above your weight" mentality
- English proficiency, working knowledge of German, and strong competency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
What the job involves
- We are looking to hire one Growth Investment Intern in Berlin, with a start date in late August or early September
- The internship will last approximately 3-4 months. Additionally, we are already accepting applications for an internship opening starting December 2024/January 2025
- Uncover and Research Potential Investments: You'll dig into industry trends, scour media sources for relevant company data, and delve into market research
- Analysis and Hypothesis Development: Enhance your financial understanding by developing financial models, dissecting business plans, and creating investment hypotheses
- Work Closely With Investment Managers: You'll be immersed in our deal flow, preparing for meetings with potential portfolio companies and assisting in portfolio management
- Craft Reports and Presentations: You'll distil complex data into digestible presentations and reports for our investment team and management
- Contribute to Our Knowledge Base: Investigate specific topics to expand our internal knowledge database and your learning
Application process
- At HV Capital, we believe in creating a more accessible and inclusive venture capital industry. We aim to eliminate the barriers that often make venture capital appear as an exclusive "closed shop."
- To achieve this, we evaluate applicants based on their responses to our screening questions, the results of a cognitive abilities assessment, and their CVs. This ensures a fair and equitable evaluation, giving everyone an equal chance to succeed
- After submitting your application, you will receive an invitation to complete the cognitive ability test within a week. This test is designed to assess your analytical skills and provide an opportunity to demonstrate your potential
- Our hiring decisions are informed by scorecards that have been crafted to identify and nurture a diverse range of talents. These scorecards reflect years of experience in selecting interns, and we use them to ensure that each candidate has the best chance of success
- By mid-to-end June, we will evaluate all applications, CVs, screening responses, and assessment scores to select candidates for interviews. Please note that we assess candidates based on a specific correctness threshold rather than using absolute cut-offs
- You have to apply before June 5, 2024, to be considered for this opportunity
Our take
Getting a new business off the ground can be difficult. An innovative idea is not enough, and oftentimes founders struggle to secure the investment they need to grow. HV capital supports exciting companies from the seed stage and onwards throughout their growth, with a speciality in finding and funding future leaders.
HV Capital, an all-stage investor in the German market, leads seed rounds, growth stage investments up to €20m, and follow-on investments up to €100m per company, supporting its partners for ten years or longer. The company has also created a continuation fund, the first of its kind in Germany, which will enable them to invest longer-term and maintain relationships with its more mature companies, yielding larger returns in the future.
Since founding in 2000, HV Capital has backed roughly 225 businesses, including notable names such as Zalando and HelloFresh. With a list of successes at its back, the company is well-positioned to continue supporting exciting startups into the future.
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Company benefits
- 30 paid days-off: We work ambitiously in a fast-paced environment. We offer generous vacation policies above regulatory standards and encourage team members to take time off to decompress
- Training budget: We offer annual budgets to our team members to use for their personal development, training or coaching.
- Coaching: New joiners are invited to join our cooperation with CoachHub and start their coaching journey there.
- Mentoring: New joiners will have role-specific onboarding and a mentor to support your personal development and give you access to first-hand experiences and insights.
- Physical Health: All employees can use an Urban Sports Club Membership and can get a company bike. Our Berlin office is also a proud owner of a DANCE bike while our Munich office has a fully-fledged gym.
- Work from Anywhere: A couple of weeks per year, all employees can work from a place of their choice. We also equip everyone with the gear of their choice for their home offices. We also have two offices for everyone to use.
- Flexible hours: We support flexible work arrangements that accommodate the different needs of all employees.
- Fair & Competitive Pay: Competitive compensation is part of our organisational pride. Progression is fair and objectively decided.
- Environmental Policy: We reduce our carbon footprint where we can. We offset with ClimatePartner what remains. We pride ourselves that everyone at our firm is committed to sustainability and takes action.
Company HQ
Schwabing-West, Munich, Germany
Leadership
Lars Langusch
(Founder)Co-founded and was CEO at Parship.
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