UVC Partners

Initiative Application: Intern or Working Student for our Investment Team at UVC

Internship

About the company

UVC Partners is a leading Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in European B2B tech start-ups from pre-seed to series A. With about € 400 million assets under management, UVC Partners typically invests between € 500,000 and € 10 million initially and up to € 30 million per company. The portfolio includes category leaders in deep tech, climate tech, hard- and software, and mobility with various technologies and business models. As an independent partner of UnternehmerTUM, Europe's most extensive innovation and startup center, UVC Partners has access to proprietary deal flow, an industrial network of more than 1,000 corporates, and access to talent from the leading European technical university. The investments include Flix, Vimcar, planqc, Tacto, Isar Aerospace, TWAICE, DeepDrive, Finn, Aleph Alpha, and many more. They all benefit from the team's extensive investment and exit experience, their ability to build sustainable category leaders with a competitive advantage, and their passion for growing the game changers of tomorrow. Learn more at .

Job Description

Your mission

• Great companies often come from unexpected sources - help us find new sources
• You will identify, contact, and meet entrepreneurs we should get to know. You will help us find THE next big thing.
• You will help us qualify the large deal flow we receive and allocate our time to the right opportunities. You will support the investment team in deal flow and business plan analyses
• You will perform technology & market research and competitor analyses as due diligence on potential investments
• You will participate in pitch meetings with founders
• You help with building a solid, data-driven basis for our investment decisions
• You will support in writing investment memos on potential investments
• You will support deal teams on executing financial transactions and help them in partnering with new startups
• You will support us in ongoing portfolio management, e.g., by helping prepare portfolio reporting
• You have the chance to drive own initiative on how to better serve our growing portfolio
• You will assist in exit preparations of portfolio companies

Your profile

• You find it easy to apply first-principles thinking and your strong analytical skills.
• You have a high level of intellectual curiosity as well as a self-starter and growth mindset.
• You are collaborative, empathetic, and communicative. A true team player.
• You are deeply passionate about startups, technology, and innovation.
• Practical work experience in startups and/or venture capital, private equity or consulting is preferred.
• You are currently studying an undergraduate or graduate degree with outstanding results at a top-tier university. We are open to all types of educational backgrounds (e.g., engineering, science, business, finance, etc.).
• You possess strong written and oral communication skills in English, proficient German skills being a plus, but not a must.

What we offer

• Mentorship - Be paired with one senior member of our investment team over the course of the program with regular 1-to-1 sessions.
• Coaching - You will be supported and coached by an investment team member in dedicated sessions on a weekly basis.
• VC Trainee Program - Take part in our unique 10-month venture capital traineeship program covering all aspects of the job of a venture capital investor.
• Ownership - You will own the outbound deal sourcing process that is essential to our daily work and build the core of a VC fund.
• Network - Work from the coolest office space, the Munich Urban Colab, and be part of Europe's largest entrepreneurship center, UnternehmerTUM, to equip you with perspectives to advance your career.
• Insights - You will get first-hand insights into the way successful start-ups are built, as well as why and how venture capitalists invest in them.
• Purpose - Support the next generation of entrepreneurs in pursuing their dreams and driving positive and sustainable change through innovation and technology.
• Perks - Join our free sports classes in the Munich office and our monthly team dinners.

Contact

Please apply by uploading the following documents:

• Your CV
• Your diplomas and current transcript of records
• A one-pager (instead of a cover letter), in which you present/include
• the innovation or technology trend you are currently most passionate about
• a startup we should invest in (given our investment focus)
• Your earliest start date, your availability (working student position: 20h part-time / internship: 40h full-time, what position you prefer (Junior Venture Scout or Junior Investment Analyst)

By applying for the talent pool you will be the first to be informed one a month about new possibilities to join the UVC team or also about interesting events.

UVC Partners is an equal opportunity employer.

We are happy to connect with students passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship of all backgrounds, as well as partners open to collaboration with driven students and looking for stellar talent in Munich's ecosystem.