VC Internship @ Bleu Capital in Remote

Applications close on April 30th at 11:59 pm EST

Internship overview

  • Start date: Between June 1st 2022 and June 15th 2022
  • End date: August 15th, 2022 / flexible end date. Possibility to work part-time during college studies.
  • Benefits: Work-from-home friendly, Flexible hours, WeWork all-access membership, Monitor stipend
  • Location: Our team is in New York City, but we are remote-friendly
  • Opportunity for full-time work after the internship: Yes

What you’ll be doing

  • Conduct new investment screening and diligence
    • Support market research (find information, surface the right data and leverage our network to deepen our understanding of investment opportunities), competitive analysis, exit scenario modeling
    • Conduct traction analysis, deep dive into growth data
    • Actively participate in investment committee meetings and get involved in deals
    • Build investment memos and present to committee
    What you get out of this: Understand our investment methodology, discover products and technologies at the forefront of the commerce space,, access investment committee meetings, discover how deals are structured, and understand the business model behind startups
  • Perform day-to-day portfolio support activities
    • Embed yourself with the founders in our portfolio and support them on short-term missions
    • Oversee portfolio performance tracking and periodically report to the fund’s leadership
    What you get out of this: Interact with founders and leadership teams at the forefront of the commerce space. Improve your understanding of company go-to-market strategy, management strategy, and financial analysis
  • Build Bleu Capital’s support systems for founders
    • Help us surface the best tools and resources for our founders
    • Create an onboarding process for our new investments
    • Create a resource pool available to Bleu network, negotiate discounts with partners
    What you get out of this: Identify best practices and resources to launch your venture
  • Develop and engage with Bleu Capital’s network
    • Build connections with entrepreneurs and investors in our network
    • Attend meetings and events on behalf of Bleu Capital
    What you get out of this: Build your professional network of founders and investors in the US and French tech industry
  • Publish content on Bleu Capital’s communication channels
    • Develop and update Bleu Capital’s marketing materials
    • Produce market maps and deep dives into specific themes around the future-of-consumption
    • Communicate on our portfolio and new investments
    What you get out of this: Develop your writing skills and build out specialized knowledge of the commerce space
  • Monitor FoF investments
    • Conduct monitoring of fund-of-fund portfolio and oversee periodic reporting
    • Identity top startups in their portfolio for later stage investments
    What you get out of this: Meet with the best fund managers in the industry and understand how fund performance is measured

Who we’re looking for

Qualifications:

  • Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program (Class of 2022, 2023, 2024). All majors are welcome to apply
  • Demonstrated interest in early-stage technology and prior internship/work experience at an startup or fund

Must-haves:

  • Be an intrapreneur: **Bring an energy and focus to help us grow our fund, and be prepared to drive your own special projects
  • Be a natural learner*:* Ability to process and retain large amounts of information, while context-switching throughout the day; You seek and embrace feedback
  • Be resourceful: **You don’t rely on others to get things done, but also know how and when to ask the right questions to unlock dead-ends
  • Be an Independent thinker: Have opinions and voice them, but be ready to shift your mindset when faced with new information
  • Embody Bleu Capital’s value of humility, ambition and transparency: We serve founders first and foremost; We bring a positive and proactive mindset to problem solving
  • Adopt a “We” mentality: Your team’s success is your own success

Nice-to-haves:

  • Technical, engineering background: Ability to bring a technical perspective to portfolio diligence
  • French fluency: Ability to interact with our french portfolio and network

Our commitment to interns:

  • 1:1 mentorship: Weekly feedback sessions, 360 approach to feedback
  • Help with career planning and exposure to Bleu Capital’s network of funds and entrepreneurs
  • Openness and transparency around Bleu Capital and its activities
  • Access to all levels of leadership

How to apply

Does this position sound like a good fit? :

  1. Application: Fill in your application
  2. Manager call – 30 minutes: General introduction of you and your achievements
  3. Test or Case: Online test relevant to your experience or deep dive into one of your projects
  4. Team Meeting – 1 hour: Meet with the Bleu Capital team and present your case
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