[Growth & Private Equity Intern @ Rocket Internet]

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Growth & Private Equity Intern @ Rocket Internet

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Who you are

• You have completed/ are completing an outstanding business degree from a top university with a focus on finance and accounting
• You have a proven track record of personal, academic and professional achievements
• You have already completed internships in investment banking, private equity, consulting, and/or start-ups
• You have exceptional analytical skills and a strong attention to detail, as well as a hands-on mentality
• You have good knowledge of Excel
• You enjoy working independently and having lots of responsibility
• You are fluent in English

What the job involves

• You source, research and identify investment opportunities
• You support in conducting growth investments and late-stage private equity co-investments
• You compile financial models and perform commercial and financial due diligences
• You draft pitch presentations and handle the communication with external parties
• You assist in the execution of transactions and ad-hoc operations
• You take ownership and work highly independently on various projects
  
  https://app.welcometothejungle.com/jobs/WTFHZE02

  Rocket Internet has played a central role in the growing-up of European tech. As a venture fund, they have launched some of Europe’s biggest successes: Canva, HelloFresh, DeliveryHero, to name a few.

  Unlike other Venture Funds, Rocket are operationally active and infamously will often start with a startup idea that has been copied from another market, then staff operators to execute, while it has over 50% equity, making founders more akin to employees of the fund.

  The firm recently de-listed itself from the stock exchange in a buy back deal. In turn, they are building a new abstracted version of Rocket, launching a pre-seed fund - Flash Ventures, a venture fund - GFC, and a debt fund - Global Growth Capital.

  The challenge for Rocket is staying relevant amongst its own more narrow creations. While the ‘copycat’ model fuelled its early success, the current climate of widely available capital has troubled this high-equity business. It remains to be seen whether this side of Rocket will re-emerge, or the Samwer leadership will be content with its more conventional subsidiary funds.

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• Author
  Nicolas Chea, On 14/05/25
• Category
  Ops & Finance Roles
• Type
  Full Time
• Salary
  Not Provided
• Work from home
  No
• Weekly Working Hours
  Not Provided
• Positions
  Not Provided
• Working Location
  London   [ View map ]