Our Investment Associates are given the unique opportunity to gain experience in venture capital, having responsibility throughout the entire investment process. You’ll be exposed to deal sourcing, investment analysis, portfolio support, and talent management – and get the opportunity to contribute to NextGen’s next venture investment. You will become a core part of the storyline of Australia’s first student-run VC fund, differentiating you from any other student coming out of university in Australia.
By the end of the year, you would’ve contributed to a generational idea, put a unique experience under your belt, met the most ambitious students in the ecosystem (that we carefully hand-pick), and potentially identified Australia’s next unicorn… 🦄
Our promise to you is that we’ll help you learn and grow at an extremely high rate. We’ll do this by giving you autonomy in your role and by putting you through a VC Bootcamp where we’ve previously worked with the likes of AirTree and Investible, connecting you with professional VCs to mentor you ongoingly and awesome student founders (plus much more).
🧠 What you'll be doing!
You’ll be learning a sh*t ton about startups and venture capital with us by having end-to-end ownership of the investment process at your university.
- Training and mentoring
- NextGen is running our inaugural VC Bootcamp in Feb 2025 to train you up to be a killer venture capital investor. We currently have various professional VCs who will deliver the content and provide mentorship throughout your journey
- Sourcing new startups
- You will be responsible for finding and identifying high-quality, student-founded startups across your campus and state, building strong relationships with them, and bringing those with the highest potential to the evaluation stage
- You’ll be attending events, scouring your university for founders, building your personal brand, creating life-long relationships, and building out our inbound engine to attract the best student-founders
- You’ll begin to develop relationships to serve you for the long term by becoming the face and voice of student entrepreneurship at your campus
- Evaluating and selecting the best student startups
- Once you find all the best startups on campus, you’ll evaluate and narrow down to the most promising startups that are ready for investments. This includes analysing their pitch decks, conducting founder meetings, completing research, and collaborating and discussing with the rest of the team. You will be supported throughout this process by the Investment Principals, Leadership Team and our external VC mentors
- You will be trained and mentored by professional VCs so that your due diligence covers a comprehensive understanding of each startup before investment
- Other activities
- We’ll have plenty of in-person events, social catchups, off-sites, and 1-on-1s to build bonds with one another. The NextGen cohort is a unit of Australia’s next generation of elite founders, operators, and investors
- NextGen also operates like a startup, so you’ll have the opportunity to be an active driver in all of our initiatives, aligning yourself with the benefit and growth of the organisation
Requirements
- You care about these values: taking radical ownership, growing a garden of tall poppies, embracing curiosity, and putting humans first. Read more here
- You are a current student at an Australian university and will graduate end of 2025 or later (all degrees and study fields are welcome ie. PhD, MBA, CompSci, Eng, etc)
- If selected, you can commit a minimum of 8 hours per week (flexibility with exam season) until the end of 2025 with awesome opportunities to continue in 2026
- If selected, you will be able to start the first week of Feb
