The board
- Where
- Chicago, IL
- Posted
- Jul 13
Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas and reward their results.
As a Venture Capital Analyst Intern, you will collaborate with the investment team to research key themes and investment opportunities from early stage to growth. The ideal candidate will have meaningful exposure to private company investing and a passion for quantitatively and qualitatively evaluating investment opportunities in the venture capital landscape. This internship will provide meaningful exposure and responsibility to make an impact on a growing team. Prior interns have spent time supporting portfolio companies by assisting with financial models and pitch presentations while also researching new opportunities in the FinTech and capital markets ecosystem.
What you'd do
- Underwrite and evaluate investments based on risk and return fundamentals
- Assist with deal structuring and the evaluation of term sheets, including modeling the economics of deal structures in Excel and the impact on returns
- Prepare discounted cash flow, competitive market and development model analyses for current and pipeline opportunities
- Join meetings with current and pipeline company management teams and co-investors
- Assist in the preparation of pitch decks for pipeline opportunities and follow-on investments in current portfolio companies
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, economics, accounting, or liberal arts graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
- A minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)
- Limitless curiosity about business models, competitive dynamics and innovation
- An interest in diving deep in more than one investment category, gaining exposure to companies across the financial technology landscape including, but not limited to cryptocurrency, capital markets infrastructure and financial enterprise software
- Passion for high quality work and the ability to relentlessly pursue continuous improvement
About DRW · Campus
DRW Venture Capital is a private investor in financial and enterprise technology. Our team focuses on businesses that will benefit from our engagement beyond capital: as a client, as a liquidity provider, through our review of new products, and through our deep industry expertise. Our portfolio comprises ~25 companies including NinjaTrader, OpenFin, BitGo, Pico, Talos and TradingView.