Investment team intern – Ruvento Ventures

Ruvento Ventures fund overview:  

Ruvento Ventures is a venture capital fund with offices in San-Francisco (USA) and Singapore. We invest primarily in frontier tech (AI, IoT, drones, robotics, new materials, space tech, industry 4.0) and automotive mobility (autonomous/electric cars, shared mobility platforms, enabling tech) startups at seed and series-A stages. Ruvento invested in 23 startups so far and is looking for additional talent to help source and conduct due-diligence on new investment opportunities in Russia and US in frontier technology.

For more information, please visit us at: http://www.ruvento.com

Role and responsibilities: 

• Involvement in all aspects of deal flow: from proactively sourcing, screening and assessing emerging investment opportunities to engaging in due diligence, deal execution and closing in accordance with the fund’s focus and investment criteria.
• Preparing call summaries, investment presentations and technical reports to assist the investment due-diligence process and managing the lead/deal database. 
• Conducting startup, segment and market landscape research.
• Perform product, business and financial due-diligence on investment deals.
• Participating in calls with startup founders to develop an understanding of their businesses and conducting segment and market landscape research.
• Networking with startups, strategic investors and other VC funds to facilitate the process of venture deal-flow sourcing.

Skills and qualifications:

• STEM backgrounds are essential – Computer Science; Mathematics; Physics; Engineering. Finance and Economics majors would also be considered.
• Fluent English and strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be final year students or graduates with strong academic credentials at top-tier universities. International academic and work experiences are preferred.
• Demonstrated passion for technology and new scientific trends.
• Candidates with prior internship/work experience in IB/Consulting or VC/PE funds will be given a preference. We would also consider those with experience in technology firms with a focus on hardware and frontier tech.