Working Student Vision Lab at Earlybird

Working Student, Part-time · Berlin

About You

Do you have a deep interest in supporting emerging tech founders with migrant backgrounds, to achieve their dreams? Are you currently studying at a Berlin university and looking to expand your skills by helping us build out and implement our dynamic Vision Lab initiative? Using your entrepreneurial and project management skills, you’ll quickly expand your knowledge of the European startup ecosystem and meet a diverse group of early-stage founders. Please apply today!

About Earlybird

Founded in 1997, Earlybird identifies and backs exceptional early-stage companies on a pan-European basis – supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources, strategic support, plus access to an international network and capital markets. Through two separate strategies, Earlybird focuses on tech-enabled businesses in fintech/ insurtech, enterprise software, and deep tech (energy, food, and space) while Earlybird Health focuses on improving patient outcomes. Earlybird additionally has a Growth Opportunity Fund for follow-on investments, and a pro-bono impact initiative, Vision Lab. With EUR 2.5 billion under management across fund streams and a history of 9 IPOs and 33 trade sales, Earlybird is among Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms.

More information on www.earlybird.com, LinkedIn, and X.

At Earlybird, your projects, responsibilities, and tasks will likely include:

Joining the Vision Lab core team and closing working together with the leads of the program to implement its goals
Researching potential startups and investors for Vision Lab
Supporting us to source and select startups
Communicating across various channels with Partners and startups
Setting up and maintaining the workshop program through effective communication with partners.
Organization of events (in-person, virtual and hybrid)
Preparing presentations and fundraising documents

Engagement Terms:

16 hrs./week
Flexible work time
Hybrid offline/online; ability to work out of Earlybird office in Berlin Mitte and to participate in offline events is a requirement; the remainder is online/home office
Available for a minimum of 12 months

What we hope you bring to the role:

In-progress studies at a Berlin University
Working student or internship experience in a consulting, startup or venture capital company
Strong research and analytical skills
Global mindset and emotional intelligence skills giving you the natural ability to understand the challenges that startup founders with first-generation or migration backgrounds face to successfully launch businesses in Germany/Europe
Demonstrates high integrity in managing emails and excels in self-organization, ensuring timely and efficient communication
Fluency in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Gsuite
Business-fluency in English and German

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Your application

We appreciate your interest in Earlybird VC. Please fill in the following short form. Should you have any difficulties in uploading your files, please contact us by mail at hr@earlybird.com.