Investment Intern – Early Stage
HV Capital
Seniority
Junior
Model
In-Office
Sector
Salary
Undisclosed
Contract
Intern
Join the Early Investment Team in Munich or Berlin as an Investment Intern. You will assess investment opportunities, identify promising companies, build sector expertise, support deals through the investment process, and stay close to portfolio companies to track performance and identify areas for support.
What you'll do
- Assess investment opportunities through market and competitive research, product deep-dives, customer insights, KPI analysis and financial modelling.
- Identify promising companies through proactive sourcing and your network, meet founders and develop a view on team quality and execution potential.
- Build expertise in one or two sectors, understand key trends and players, and translate your insights into actionable investment theses.
- Support deals from initial screening through investment decision, including investment memos, expert calls, cap tables and participation in IC discussions.
- Stay close to portfolio companies, track performance and key KPIs, and identify early warning signs, inflection points and areas for support.
What you'll need
- Strong analytical and research skills, with a data-driven, pragmatic approach and real attention to detail.
- Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in startups, technology, business models and what makes great companies succeed.
- Clear communication and ownership: be able to turn complex information into actionable insights and confidently engage with founders and colleagues.
- Financial literacy, including comfort with spreadsheets, business metrics, unit economics and basic accounting.
- Proficiency with AI tools: we use them every day and expect you to do the same.
- Fluent English required.
Nice to have
- Previous experience in venture capital, investment banking or consulting.
- Experience at a fast-growing startup, whether as a founder, early employee or in an operating role.
- A technical background in areas such as engineering, product or data science.

