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.