Founder's Associate Intern (m/f/d)

inca; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive internship salary

Hybrid-friendly/onsite in Berlin

Job summary

inca, a Berlin-based venture-backed startup, is seeking a Growth Intern to become the CEO’s right hand and help build the company from the ground up. You’ll operate at the intersection of AI innovation, company building, and business development.

From designing sales strategies to engaging with potential partners and investors, you will shape the go-to-market and contribute to a rapid, scalable operating system for growth.

Qualifications

• Drive. Drive. Drive. You take charge, think clearly, and execute with sharpness and commitment.
• 1–2 internships at Tier A companies: VC-backed startups, top consulting firms, investment banks, VC funds, or similar
• Structured, analytical mindset: you solve problems and build systems
• Entrepreneurial energy: you love ambiguity, building from scratch, and making things happen
• Strong communication skills: you pitch, negotiate, and win people over
• Curiosity and passion for AI, automation, and transforming traditional industries
• Nice to have: Early-stage startup or company building experience; Exposure to AI, SaaS, or B2B enterprise sales; Experience working with investors or C-level stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Act as the CEO’s right hand, helping drive all strategic and operational topics
• Direct exposure to customers and potential partners – build relationships, create trust and help close new deals
• Build the structures, processes, and culture of a rapidly scaling AI company
• Develop and execute our sales and go-to-market strategy: from conceptualizing our approach, to first pitch, to closing deals
• Work hand in hand with our AI product team to align commercial priorities with cutting-edge product development
• Shape and evolve our storytelling and messaging for clients, partners, and investors

Skills

Drive and initiative

Tier A Internships

Structured analytical mindset

Entrepreneurial energy

Strong communication

Curiosity about AI

Startup funding experience (nice to ha

Job description

Bring Agentic AI to an Age-Old Industry — with inca

We’re hiring a Growth Intern (m/f/d) who will become the right hand of our CEO and help build inca from the ground up. You’ll play a key role in defining our strategy, creating scalable structures, and driving our commercial success.

This is not a classic operations or sales role — you’ll operate at the intersection of AI innovation, company building, and business development. From designing sales strategies to engaging with VCs and building the operational backbone of our fast-scaling company — you’ll do it all.

Who We Are

We are inca - a venture-backed startup on a mission to automate insurance claims through Agentic AI.

• We bring Agentic AI to insurance industry with a no-bullshit approach — delivering cutting-edge results, where others overpromise.
• The market is on fire: we’re flooded with inbound interest from insurers eager to transform their claims processes.
• Our team combines former BCG Project Leaders, industry- and AI-experts. Together, we’re redefining how insurances are operating in Europe.
• We're backed by top-tier VCs from one of the most competitive InsurTech Pre-Seed rounds in Europe

Tasks

• Act as the CEO’s right hand, helping drive all strategic and operational topics
• Direct exposure to customers and potential partners – build relationships, create trust and help close new deals
• Build the structures, processes, and culture of a rapidly scaling AI company
• Develop and execute our sales and go-to-market strategy: from conceptualizing our approach, to first pitch, to closing deals
• Work hand in hand with our AI product team to align commercial priorities with cutting-edge product development
• Shape and evolve our storytelling and messaging for clients, partners, and investors

Requirements

What You Bring

• Drive. Drive. Drive. You take charge, think clearly, and execute with sharpness and commitment.
• 1–2 internships at Tier A companies: VC-backed startups, top consulting firms, investment banks, VC funds, or similar
• Structured, analytical mindset: you solve problems and build systems
• Entrepreneurial energy: you love ambiguity, building from scratch, and making things happen
• Strong communication skills: you pitch, negotiate, and win people over
• Curiosity and passion for AI, automation, and transforming traditional industries
• Nice to have: Early-stage startup or company building experience; Exposure to AI, SaaS, or B2B enterprise sales; Experience working with investors or C-level stakeholders

Why INCA

• Real AI, real impact. We don’t do AI theater. We build agentic systems that actually work — transforming an industry that’s been asleep for decades.
• No-bullshit culture. No politics, no empty promises — just clarity, ownership, and results.
• Elite learning curve. Work side-by-side with former BCG Product Leaders and AI experts. Learn how to build and scale a venture-backed startup from the inside.
• Location. Based in Berlin (3+ days per week on-site), hybrid-friendly, with regular offsites and founder exposure.
• Timing. 3–6 month full-time internship with a competitive salary.
• High-speed environment. We move fast, fix fast, and execute relentlessly — because we’re here to win.
• Plus: all the perks you’d expect — and the momentum of building something that actually matters.