Founders’ Associate Intern, Merantix
Q2 2025
Artificial intelligence investment platform
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Artificial intelligence investment platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To harness the true potential of artificial intelligence and build the next category leaders.
Role
Who you are
- Passion for Sustainability: You are enthusiastic about addressing climate change and eager to deepen your knowledge of ESG data management and its broader impact
- Analytical and Financial Acumen: You have sound financial skills, are comfortable working with data, and can analyze financial statements, manage budgets and financial models
- Tech-Savvy and Innovative: You are excited about cutting-edge technology, especially AI solutions, and are eager to explore how it can transform ESG management and auditing processes
- Proactive Problem Solver: You have a founder’s mentality, always ready to take initiative, solve challenges, and drive results with a hands-on approach
- Collaborative and Adaptable: You thrive in cross-functional teams, love collaborating with diverse departments like product, marketing, and leadership, and can easily pivot to meet evolving business needs
- First experience as a generalist in a fast paced environment such as consulting or at a startup
- Sound financial skills, including the ability to analyze financial statements, manage budgets, and update financial models
- You are approaching the completion of your degree or have recently graduated from university. Alternatively, you possess outstanding experience that demonstrates your strong commitment to entrepreneurship
- High analytical and conceptual thinking skills
- Interest or experience in sustainability, ESG consulting, or related fields
- Strong affinity for technology and AI, with a desire to learn about AI solutions and their role in ESG
- Fluency in English and another major European language (preferably German or French)
- Excellent excel skills
What the job involves
- As a Founder's Associate Intern, you will play a crucial role in driving key projects and supporting the growth of our company. Your responsibilities will cover a wide range of operational, financial, and strategic tasks that contribute to enhancing business efficiency and success
- Work closely with the founders to support daily operations and long-term strategic initiatives
- Take ownership of strategic projects, from planning to execution, ensuring timely progress and delivery
- Collaborate with the leadership team to assist in decision-making processes by preparing data-driven insights, financial analyses, and action plans
- Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform and shape our B2B strategy, engaging directly with potential clients and partners
- Monitor and optimize financial performance by developing budgets, tracking expenses, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue growth
- Continuously improve internal processes, proposing and implementing financial and operational enhancements to drive efficiency
Application process
- Adding a short intro video is mandatory for this position. We do this to get a better sense of candidates before continuing the process. Any application without a video will be rejected by default. Find instructions at the bottom of the post. No cover letter is required. Thank you!
- Please submit a short intro video (maximum of 2 minutes) addressing the following points:
- Brief Introduction:
- Introduce yourself and summarize your professional background relevant to this role
- Passion for working as a Founders’ Associate:
- Share what excites you most about this role and why you think you'd be good at it
- Alignment with Briink’s Mission:
- Explain why you’re interested in joining Briink and how our mission resonates with you
- Duration: The video should not exceed 2 minutes
- Content Quality: We are not assessing video production skills; using a webcam or smartphone is perfectly fine. Focus on clear communication and authenticity
- Format: In the application form, please provide a link to your video hosted on a platform like YouTube (unlisted), Vimeo, Loom, or a shared drive OR upload the video file under "Other" in the Documents section
- This video helps us get to know you beyond your resume. We’re interested in your communication skills, your passion, and how you envision contributing to Briink’s mission and culture
- No cover letter is required!
Our take
Predicting AI as the most significantly growing tech field of this century, Merantix aims to apply machine learning to sectors that can benefit most from it. After a robust, highly selective vetting process, Merantix identifies founders and collaborates to provide support and funding to scale their businesses. The company integrates all areas of AI, building a complete talent pipeline and fund for venture scaling. Successful examples include Vara, SiaSearch, and Cambrium.
Merantix differentiates itself from typical venture capital firms through its approach. While most VCs invest in established businesses, spreading funds across many companies and taking losses while focusing on winners, Merantix tries to pick winners at the earliest stage.
The launch of an AI Campus in 2021 significantly increased the company's ecosystem, allowing it to explore new fields. Through strategic partnerships with SoftBank and the AI City project in Dubai, Merantix is growing. It has incubated ten successful startups so far and aims to produce even more in the coming years. Merantix is raising a new €100 million fund to co-invest in startups, marking its largest fund yet. This fund will be allocated to co-investing in external startups, investing in incubated startups, and supporting existing investments.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Getting close to the AI startup landscape in Berlin
- Flexible working hours
- Learning & development program
- Regular team events and intensive exchange with all Merantix companies
- Free drinks, snacks, and breakfast
- Equal rights, respect, and promotion of diversity
Company values
- We encourage passion: We invite our team members to pursue their curiosity for a wide range of topics. Only with dedication and commitment can we create machine learning solutions that are capable of transforming entire industries
- We build on trust: We believe that we can only deliver outstanding results if we trust each other’s capabilities and drive. At Merantix, people take on ownership and responsibility for their projects and receive recognition for their hard work
- We are part of a community: We are a significant contributor to the open-source community because we believe that knowledge is most impactful when shared. To strengthen the nexus between research and business, our team members regularly attend academic and industry conferences
- We expect excellence: In everything we do, we strive for outstanding quality and visionary ideas. We push each other to get the best out of every one of us and invest in personal development
Company HQ
Brunnenviertel, Berlin, BE
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Leadership
Rasmus Rothe
(Co-founder)Director of HackZurich since 2014. Currently a board member for Merantix Labs, SiaSearch, Kausa, Cambrium, and KI Bundesverband. Co-founder and on the board of AI Campus Berlin.
Adrian Locher
(Co-founder & General Partner)Previously founded Altoida. Currently a board member for Kausa, Cambrium, SiaSearch, Vara, and Merantix Labs. Co-founded and on the advisory board for AI Campus Berlin.
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