VC Analyst Intern - Raise Ventures

RAISE; Paris; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

RAISE is seeking a proactive analyst to participate in all steps of the investment process in Paris. You will meet startup teams, analyze decks, and assist in due diligence, term-sheet negotiations, and investment memoranda.

You will also monitor portfolio companies, conduct market research, and contribute to platform-building and process improvements. Fluency in French and English is required.

Qualifications

• Curious and tech-enthusiast with a passion for AI, infrastructure, blockchain.
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset.
• Rigorous and organized, loves improving processes and using productivity tools.
• Autonomous and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Great team player with commitment to deal closure as a team.
• ESG sensitive and interested in impact and durable growth.
• Excellent communication and social skills.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Open to all educational backgrounds; master's/césure in progress.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing deals and proactively identifying opportunities aligned with the investment thesis.
• Assist in due diligence & closing processes, including reference calls and market research.
• Monitor our portfolio and help start-ups scale with strategic support.
• Conduct deep market/watch research and present insights to the team.
• Build internal tools and processes to improve efficiency.

Skills

Curious

Tech enthusiast

Analytical thinking

Data-driven

Rigorous

Organized

Autonomous

Team player

ESG awareness

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree (last year or gap year)

Job description

You will participate in all steps of the investment process in support of the team :

Sourcing deals

You will proactively search for best opportunities in line with our investment thesis and assist the team in the pre-qualification process. As the first point of contact for entrepreneurs you will personally meet startup teams and analyze thousands of decks.

Assisting in due diligence & closing process

You will assess investment opportunities by performing reference calls, product and technical due diligence, competitive landscape research, market sizing, business plan modelling, term sheet negotiations and drafting of the investment memorandum.

Monitoring our portfolio

You will help our +25 companies scale from being an idea on a post-it to becoming a +$1b company by providing them with key strategic solutions concerning subjects including financial forecasting, product testing, market study and competition analysis.

Deep diving & market watch

Do in-depth research on specific subjects to be presented to the investment team regularly to stay on top of the VC market.

Platform building

Just like the companies we invest in, we are constantly innovating by internally creating new processes and improving existing ones, building internal tools, testing and iterating new initiatives, ...

You recognize yourself in the following description :

• Curious & tech-enthusiast: you love technology and you are passionate about AI, infrastructure, blockchain…
• Strong analytical skills & a data-driven mindset
• Rigorous & organized : you love efficient processes and you know ways to improve them (+1 if you love productivity tools)
• Proactive & pressure-proof : you are autonomous and thrive in fast-paced environment
• Great team player: we close every deal as a team and expect everyone to be 100% comitted on all subjects
• ESG sensitive : genuinely curious about impact and durable growth
• Social animal: you love people.

We're open to all educational backgrounds (i.e. Engineering, Business, Finance, Science, etc).

We believe the strength of our team comes from having a diverse and inclusive workplace.

You are on last year of your Master's degree or césure and you have a at least a first meaningful professional experience.

Bonus points for previous successful internships in a start-up and/or in a VC fund.

You are fluent in French and English.