Intern - Social Venture Capital and Incubation

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: 

Edge Growth is an enterprise and supplier development (ESD) specialist firm, providing an end-to-end holistic ESD solution. It invests in and incubates early stage ventures. Edge’s SME Incubation program aims to find high potential early stage firms run by first time entrepreneurs and helps them become outstanding entrepreneurial CEO’s. Its enterprise development solutions closes the gap – between corporates and SMEs, business strategy and good corporate citizenship, investment and impact, high potential enterprises and growth finance, and economic development and job creation.

ABOUT THE JOB: 

Edge Growth is seeking an Intern - Social Venture Capital and Incubation. S/he will be responsible for developing breakthrough tools for evaluating new businesses.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop breakthrough tools for assisting growth entrepreneurs to scale their businesses;
• Screen applications for venture funding and incubator applicants;
• Work on specific projects to assist venture entrepreneurs, especially (but not only) growth strategy and market entry strategy;
• Project manage incubation programs;
• Other ad-hoc strategic projects.

Qualifications:

• About 1-3 years of work experience;
• VC, private equity, strategy consulting, or banking (M&A/leveraged finance) backgrounds are best fit;
• Experience with SMEs would be highly appreciated;
• Understand challenges, constraints, and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs in the SA environment;
• Involved in a brand new and innovative incubation program;
• Practice conducting due diligence of small businesses, based on Bain & Co’s strategic due diligence methodology;
• Experience of working in a close-knit, open team of individuals with a collective passion for honesty, justice, and social relief;
• Exceptional business analytics and quantitative skills;
• Ideally, a strong grounding in classical and venture growth strategy;
• Ideally, some personal experience as an entrepreneur;
• Good financial modelling skills;
• Strong intellect and focus;
• Outstanding communication skills, ability to synthesize complicated analyses concisely and to articulate insightful conclusions compellingly, succinctly, and logically;
• Excellent writing and presentation skills;
• Ability to operate with limited supervision.

HOW TO APPLY: 

Interested candidates can send their resume, cover letter, and a presentation to csullivan@edgegrowth.com