Investment Intern – Life Sciences – Dementia Team
EQT Ventures is the early-stage venture capital strategy of EQT Group, partnering with founders building 'Generation-Defining Companies.' With 1.1 billion euro invested behind the strategy, EQT Ventures acts as an early-stage lead investor, operational advisor, and high-conviction capital provider for ambitious European founders, typically investing between 2-50M EUR.
About EQT Ventures
EQT Ventures partners with founders building Generation-Defining Companies, aiming to back ambitious visions that can become game-changing, resilient businesses. As early-stage lead investors, operational advisors, and high-conviction capital providers, the team—made up of ex-founders and operators—provides hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale fast, break through barriers with access to the global EQT platform, and build long-term resilience. EQT Ventures is domiciled in Luxembourg, with investment advisors located in Stockholm, Paris, London, New York, Berlin and Amsterdam, and is focused on European companies, having backed over 140 founding teams to date across sectors such as AI, fintech, edtech, robotics, and aerospace. The firm operates through multiple funds, including EQT Ventures I, II, and III, with clients/portfolio companies ranging from early-stage startups like Sana Labs, 1X, Payrails, Parloa, and The Exploration Company.
Skills
About the Role
As an Investment Intern on the neuroscience investment team in Amsterdam, you will work closely alongside experienced investment professionals and contribute to real work across the full investment cycle. You will screen and assess new investment opportunities in dementia and neurodegeneration, spanning therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices and enabling technologies. You will contribute to scientific, clinical and commercial due diligence on prospective investments, conduct market research, competitive analysis and reviews of the scientific literature, and help prepare investment materials and internal analyses to support the team's decision-making. You will collaborate closely with senior investment professionals on live transactions and portfolio work, and gain direct exposure to portfolio companies operating at the frontier of neuroscience research. This is a hands-on, six-month opportunity to gain meaningful, practical insight into how life sciences investment decisions are made.
Requirements
- Master's degree in a life sciences discipline, such as neuroscience, medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, biology or a related field
- At least two years of relevant experience beyond undergraduate studies, through professional work, a PhD programme or advanced postgraduate study
- Experience reading and critically appraising clinical or scientific literature
- Strong interest in scientific innovation and translating novel discoveries into medicines or medical technologies
- Proven ability to synthesise complex scientific information and present it clearly in writing and in conversation
- Fluency in English, written and spoken
- Proactive, collaborative working style with the ability to take ownership and manage own workload
- Familiarity with the life sciences investment landscape or prior exposure to a healthcare or biotech environment (nice to have)
- Background or demonstrable interest in neuroscience, neurology or neurodegenerative diseases (nice to have)
- Additional European language skills (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- Screen and assess new investment opportunities in dementia and neurodegeneration across therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices and enabling technologies
- Contribute to scientific, clinical and commercial due diligence on prospective investments
- Conduct market research, competitive analysis and reviews of the scientific literature
- Prepare investment materials and internal analyses to support the team's decision-making
- Collaborate with senior investment professionals on live transactions and portfolio work
- Engage with portfolio companies operating at the frontier of neuroscience research
Benefits
- Close mentorship from investment professionals
- Flexible start date