Job Description
United Founders is a pan-European early-stage venture capital fund backing exceptional founders from day one. We are generalist by design, with a strong focus on AI, deep tech, and breakthrough technologies, and we invest at pre-seed and seed with cheques from €100k to €1M. Launched in November 2025, we have already built rare early momentum: two unicorns from our first five investments. We are backed by 100 accomplished founders and operators, including 7 unicorn founders, who actively support the companies we back.
We are hiring one Venture Capital Intern in Paris for a 2-month summer internship (July–August 2027, dates flexible). This is an unpaid, short-format internship designed for students who want a real, hands-on introduction to early-stage venture capital before going back to school.
You will work directly with Maxime Paradis, Co-Founder & Managing Partner — Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe, entrepreneur, investor, and faculty at HEC Paris. No layers. No corporate filter. Direct exposure to real investment decisions.
What you'll do
Source exceptional founders: identify promising startups, sectors, and founders across Europe using tools such as Harmonic, Specter, Crunchbase, Dealroom, LinkedIn, Attio, AI agents, and your own network.
Screen inbound opportunities: review decks, assess fit with our mandate, and help decide which companies deserve deeper work.
Run market and company research: build market maps, analyze competitive landscapes, assess business models, and identify key risks and opportunities.
Support due diligence and investment memos: prepare questions, join founder and expert calls, pressure-test assumptions, and contribute to decision-ready investment committee memos.
Support portfolio founders: help with investor mapping, market research, hiring, and introductions to our founder LP network.
Own the CRM and internal data: keep our Attio pipeline clean, enriched, and decision-ready.
Help build the fund: contribute to LP research, ecosystem mapping, events, content, and ad hoc strategic projects.
What you'll get
Direct access to how investment decisions are actually made, real ownership of your research and sourcing from day one, exposure to exceptional founders building in AI, deep tech, software, climate, defense, health and more, access to a unique network of 100 founders and operators, and a steep learning curve. Our strongest interns will be first in line for our 6-month analyst internships and future full-time opportunities at United Founders.
Be clear-eyed about the pace: we are a young fund with high ambitions, the work is intense, and many of the best startup events happen in the evening. For the right person, it is a rare seat.