I don’t think that we’ve featured any internships in Venture Capital yet, but today that’s going to change. From what I’ve heard, it seems like there just aren’t that many internships in VC to start with, and when there are, they get snapped up almost immediately. That’s why I was pretty interested when I got word that vSpring Capital is now recruiting for their Summer Internship Program. They’re based out of Salt Lake City, UT, and they’ve funded a portfolio of companies that work in the Software, Communications, Internet, and Life Sciences industries. I don’t recognize any of their portfolio companies by name, but some of them look pretty cool, so you should check them out.
vSpring is currently looking for 8-12 MBA or undergraduate business students to intern with them for the summer. Each intern will be placed with a vSpring portfolio company and given a project that the company would likely not be able to complete without the help of interns. Projects will typically be in areas like market research and quantification, competitor analysis, marketing, product and project management, R&D, and finance. Interns will be matched specifically with projects, so you don’t have to worry about getting put on marketing at a software company, when you’d be a much better fit for finance and a life sciences company. Beyond that, it seems that you’ll also get some time at vSpring to get a feel for VC world. These aren’t 100% venture capital internships (since you’re working mostly with the portfolio companies), but they’re probably as close as you’ll get. There’s no word on whether the internships are paid, and you can find all of the details on the internships here. To apply send a resume and cover letter to Dennis Wood at Dennis@vspring.com. We’re assuming that all of the internships will be in the Salt Lake City area, but there’s no definitive word on that.
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do you think an international student (non US citizen) could apply for the internship? if not, are you knowledgeable of any other venture capital firm that would consider to accept a foreigner as an intern? thanks a lot
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