1. The Opportunity

• Duration: 3-6 months, anytime between Dec 2023 - June 2024.
• Please specify your planned start and end dates upon application.

2. Best suit Candidates with the Following Goals

• Starting your own company in SE Asia.
• Joining a SE Asia-based digital company.
• Becoming an investment professional in VC and PE

3. What You Will Learn

• Exposure to the venture capital industry in Southeast Asia, as well as to startups and how sectors digitise.
• How to organise and analyse transactions and investment cases in a VC firm.
• How to source and evaluate investment deals.
• The selected intern will be partnered with a mentor and have the opportunity to work across multiple functions of interest throughout the internship program.

4. Job Description

Core Function (75%)

• Market Intelligence and data analysis: (30%): Hunting, organising, and evaluating investment deals data for Southeast Asia digital companies
• Deal Analysis (35%): Supporting the firm’s investment team with deal sourcing, analysis of incoming deals, and deals research for potential investment.
• General Market research (10%): Support team members on market research and data gathering.

Additional Function (25%)

• Case Research: Conduct a deep dive investigation into a specific digital sector or value chain relevant to Cento’s investment thesis and identify potential investment themes.
• Other Participation: An opportunity to voluntarily work with team members on ongoing projects across multiple functions.

5. Internship Culture

• Flat-organisation - Everyone tasks ownership of their project and coordinates with a minimal hierarchy
• Self-driven - The intern will work independently on the project he/she is responsible for and is expected to lead the coordination necessary to accomplish the related tasks.
• Resourcefulness - The interns will have access to all team members, resources, and aggregated knowledge, but how much learning each intern achieves is dependent on his/her resourcefulness.
• Analytical - Data-backed discussion and debate are encouraged.
• Detail Oriented - The interns shall be responsible for the details of the project he/she pursue.

6. Candidate Preference

• We provide internship tracks for both:
• Undergraduates
• Graduates with working experience
• Have prior experience working/internship experiences related to Venture capital or technology companies.
• Can participate in a 3-6 months internship program.
• Has lived, worked, or had exposure to other non-Singapore SE Asian countries and fluencies in SE Asian languages is a plus.
• Experience in other business functions related to startup companies, such as technology development, product development, sales, and digital marketing, is a plus.

7. Application Process and Timeline

• Pls submit your application via Glints along with
• A cover letter sharing why you are interested in the role
• a Resume or detailed LinkedIn profile.
• Shortlisted candidates will receive an email and a mini-project as a part of the application process.
• Candidates who pass the mini-project will proceed to 2 stages of interviews.
• One candidate will be selected for the program.
• All candidates who at least reach the mini-project stage will receive detailed feedback regardless of the result.

Interview process

The final applicants will past through 3 rounds of assessments:

• Stage 1: 1-week remote assignment project
• Stage 2: case presentation & thesis defense
• Stage 3: broad experience interview