If you’re interested in experiencing first-hand the daily grind of working in Venture Capital, I invite you to consider 
becoming an intern at Truffle Capital.
Here’s a summary of the position.
Requirements:
- a dynamic and entrepreneurial individual with aspirations to spend 6 months working in a VC fund
- authorized status in French university to qualify for a ‘stage’ (typically the French undergraduate business schools are the primary source of interns, but this is not a requirement. any French university could work.)
- a self-starting individual able to work in an unstructured environment (read: fun but chaotic)
- a comfort level with the digital media, mobile, and software domains
- a willingness to perform a variety of professional tasks, some highly intellectually stimulating, others less so
- proficiency in 2 of the following languages: French, English, Japanese, Portuguese
Not pre-requisites, but please highlight if you have a comfort level with any of the following:
- new technologies in digital media or mobile apps
- social media: twitter, wordpress, etc.
- basic excel modeling
- powerpoint slide creation
- coding
Here’s what I can offer:
- Low remuneration with no likelihood of a permanent position, however, the possibility of an endorsed recommendation into the private equity industry post-internship.
- Exposure to an array of entrepreneurs and business ventures in the European tech space.
- A chance to learn some of the methods, practices, and tools employed in the VC business, and an opportunity to contribute to their improvement.
- A variety of tasks, ranging from quantitative to qualitative, analytical to motivational, and mundane to inspirational.
- Practically unfettered access to investment pitches, board meetings, negotiations, strategy discussions, deal evaluations, and any other typical VC activities that occur during the period of the internship.
For interested candidates: please send me an email with a concise pitch of how you would be a good fit for the role based on the above explanation.