Student Assistant
To support our founding team, we’re looking for a passionate person with an interest in venture capital and entrepreneurship as Student Assistant (“Werkstudent”) (m/f/d) starting as soon as possible for at leat 10 hrs / week.
Smart Infrastructure Ventures (‚SIVentures‘) is a private venture capital fund based in Leipzig’s SpinLab Accelerator (at the Baumwollspinnerei) where we are focussing on venture capital investments in early-stage software startups. We invest from € 200k in companies within smart city, energy, proptech, e-mobility, security, ehealth etc.
Our hands-on team of three founders has extensive international knowledge in finance, entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital. We provide access to infrastructure (co-working office space and technology), coaching and mentoring, as well as to our international network of successful business founders, established market players and leading investors. As SIVentures is a startup itself, there are limited pre-defined structures and processes so you will have a lot of flexibility and responsibility. Therefore, being a self-starter with a hands-on mentality is a must.
Your tasks:
- Proactively source startups of different sectors
- Attend pitch events & conferences to identify promising startups
- Speak to founders about their startups, traction & fundraising
- Review & evaluate those startups
- Maintain startup databases
- Research projects within venture capital
- General support of our founding team
Your profile:
- Leipzig based
- At least 1 year until your graduation (Bachelor or Master)
- Currently studying for a Science or Business Degree, with an excellent academic track record
- Hands-on-mentality!
- Reliable self-starter
- High level of commitment & motivation
- Proficiency in German and English (both written and oral)
- Experiences in venture capital and/or entrepreneurship advantageous
We offer:
- A fun, creative & international working environment within the startup accelerator SpinLab
- A small motivated team where you work directly with founders & receive direct feedback
- Many opportunities to develop yourself and to broaden your skill set
- A high level of responsibility and ambitious tasks within a strong team
- After a starting phase onsite, we will offer flexible working time and partially remote work
The starting date is flexible – let us know in your application when you can start.
Smart Infrastructure Ventures
Early-stage VC fund investing in B2B software-based startups focussing on energy, proptech, security, health.
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