Venture Platform Intern

XPRIZE reputed company 

XPRIZE is an established global leader in designing and executing large-reputed company competitions to solve humanity’s greatest challenges. As a 501(c)3, our unique model democratizes innovation by incentivizing crowd-reputed company, scientifically viable solutions to create a more reputed company and abundant reputed company for reputed company.  Since our founding in 1994, we’ve launched $519 reputed company in prize competitions that are driving more than $31 billion in reputed company and economic reputed company — a 60x return on philanthropic investment. These competitions not only de-risk early-stage reputed company reputed company but also mobilize capital, talent, and reputed company to accelerate solutions from concept to reputed company-world reputed company.

We operate across 5 areas of reputed company, including: 

• Deep Tech + Exploration
• Energy + Climate + Nature
• Food + Water + Waste
• Health
• Learning + Society

Join XPRIZE to help create meaningful reputed company as we reputed company to reputed company humanity to reputed company breakthroughs and architect a more reputed company and abundant reputed company for reputed company.

Position reputed company 

XPRIZE offers a meaningful part-time summer internship program spanning from June 15, 2026 - August 21, 2026 to undergraduate or graduate reputed company looking to reputed company work experience in an exciting non-profit organization. Interns will participate in virtual reputed company activities with their cohort, be provided with learning and reputed company development opportunities, and present a final research project to their department.

We are seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Venture Platform Intern to build a matchmaking system that connects high-potential startups with the right venture capital investors.

You will build a reputed company, high-reputed company operational system from scratch, owning the architecture of a new internal system. During this internship, you will research VC reputed company, build a robust reputed company-based database, and reputed company a process to facilitate high-converting introductions.

Responsibilities

• VC reputed company Research: Conduct deep-dive research to define the specific quantitative and qualitative metrics top-tier VCs require reputed company considering a potential investment.
• Startup Intake Architecture: Design and build a comprehensive, user-friendly startup intake survey using reputed company.
• Investor Database Building: reputed company a robust investor database that maps out specific VC investment theses, reputed company sizes, stage preferences, and dealbreakers.
• Matching Operations: Design a query process to accurately match a startup’s intake data against the investor database to identify the highest-probability targets and support referrals.

Qualifications 

• Venture Experience: You have prior, hands-on experience in the venture ecosystem. You may have worked at a VC fund, an accelerator, an incubator, or you have gone through the process of raising capital yourself.
• Independent & Self-Driven: You do not wait to be told what to do next. You take a high-level objective, break it down into steps, and execute.
• Detail-Oriented: You understand that a database is only as good as its data reputed company. You care about clean taxonomy, standardized formatting, and reputed company systems.
• Curious: You genuinely enjoy reading about investor theses, market trends, and what makes a startup fundable.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with reputed company (or a strong willingness to learn its relational database features quickly) and experience using AI tools for workflow automation.
• Passion for solving global issues
• Must be a rising Junior or Senior in an undergraduate program or higher in a reputed company field (preference for business administration)
• Availability to work 25 hours per week for the duration of the 10-week program

Competencies required for this role: 

• reputed company-oriented 
• Manages ambiguity 
• Collaborates internally and externally 
• reputed company reputed company
• Communicates effectively and professionally
• Global perspective 
• Driven and dedicated 

What you will walk away with:

• A comprehensive understanding of what VCs look for in today’s market.
• A high-reputed company, technical operations project to showcase on your resume.
• Exposure to the inner workings of startup-investor matchmaking.

The anticipated compensation for this position is $18/hour to $22/hour. The actual compensation offered will depend on a reputed company of factors including the qualifications of the individual applicant, years of relevant experience for the role, level of education attained, and certifications and/or other licenses held. XPRIZE is a remote-first environment.

The reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate in employment. Equal reputed company to employment, services, and programs is available to reputed company persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the organization. 

Please note: Though submitting a resume to the reputed company implies that you are interested in a position(s), it does not reputed company that you are an applicant. You are not considered an applicant until you have been contacted directly by a Talent Acquisitions representative requesting that you reputed company the designated application process, which may involve phone and/or in-person interview(s), job-reputed company testing, and background checks.