HOF Capital is a global multi-stage venture capital (VC) firm that partners with the world's best founders and helps them build generational category-defining technology companies. Since launching its first fund in 2016, the firm has invested in some of the most successful technology startups of the past decade (e.g., SpaceX, OpenAI, Neuralink, Anthropic, xAI, etc.) and achieved top-tier investment performance throughout its history, which has enabled the firm to grow rapidly to $1.5B+ of assets under management (AUM).
Due to this rapid growth, HOF Capital is looking to bring on an extremely capable VC Investment Intern with a genuine passion for finding, investing in, & supporting technology startups that have the potential to become generational category-defining companies. This VC Investment Intern will learn from and work with multiple investment team members, participate in various aspects of the firm's investment & portfolio management process (including sourcing new investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, and providing portfolio companies with post-investment support), and learn how VC investors make high-quality investment decisions through firsthand experience. If successful, this VC Investment Intern will have the potential opportunity to become a full-time member of the firm's investment team.
Previous interns have succeeded at earning full-time positions at HOF Capital or have gone on to work for some of the world's leading technology companies and investment firms including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Revolut, Jane Street, Citadel Securities, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, and BlackRock.
HOF Capital welcomes applications throughout the year, and the firm's internships typically range from 3 to 12 months.
HOF Capital does not sponsor visas for international students.
Minimum qualifications:
• Currently enrolled at a top-tier university.
• Majoring in a STEM-related field of study.
• Excellent academic performance (e.g., high GPA, high honors, merit-based awards, etc.) & professional performance (if applicable).
• Independent thinker with outstanding intellectual & analytical aptitude.
• Extremely capable, disciplined, responsible, hard-working, detail-oriented, conscientious, and self-motivated.
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills.
• Team player with no ego.
• Innate desire to become the best.
• Genuine passion for finding, investing in, & supporting technology startups that have the potential to become generational category-defining companies.
The ideal candidate should be excited to:
• Do whatever is needed to help HOF Capital and its portfolio companies become leaders in their industries.
• Build strong relationships throughout the technology, VC, & startup ecosystem in order to help HOF Capital identify promising new founders & startups as early in their journeys as possible.
• Develop deep domain expertise in the technologies & business models within HOF Capital’s areas of interest (e.g., AI, software, deep tech, etc.).
• Assist in evaluating investment opportunities by participating in due diligence meetings with founders, evaluating products & technologies, researching markets & competition, verifying assumptions & claims, etc.
• Help HOF Capital's portfolio companies become as successful as possible, no matter what it takes.
• Work with other HOF Capital team members to ensure the success of other firm-wide initiatives.